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Tata Group eyeing stake in Air India, says chairman Chandrasekaran
10 Oct 2017
The government has yet to finalise the divestment plan for Air India – whether to sell in parts or whole — for the loss-making national carrier, which is sitting on a debt pile of Rs50,000 crore
Tesla struggling with Model3 production
09 Oct 2017
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Walmart rolling out new in-store returns service Mobile Express Returns
09 Oct 2017
Walmart is rolling out a new returns service, which will allow people who make online purchases to return or exchange them directly at a Walmart store
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Big deal: Biyani’s Future buys Shoppers Stop arm HyperCity
07 Oct 2017
The deal is seen as a win-win for both sides, enabling Shoppers Stop to pare its losses and focus on its tie-up with Amazon, and Future Group’s Big Bazaar to expand its footprint in the metros
Facebook to build next data centre in Virginia
07 Oct 2017
![RIL sells US shale asset at $126 mn after buying it for $392 mn RIL sells US shale asset at $126 mn after buying it for $392 mn](/companies/companies_r/Reliance_Industries/images/global_oil_07_oct_sm_domain-b.jpg)
RIL sells US shale asset at $126 mn after buying it for $392 mn
07 Oct 2017
The US shale market has become highly competitive and companies have cut costs to stay afloat after a slump in crude oil and gas prices
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Chinese regulator approves HP’s $1.1 bn acquisition of Samsung Electronics’ printer business
07 Oct 2017
The deal includes Samsung's printer business, intellectual property portfolio of more than 6,500 printing patents and a workforce that includes nearly 1,300 researchers and engineers with advanced expertise in laser printer technology, imaging electronics
![Glencore to buy Chevron’s S African, Botswanaian assets for $973 mn Glencore to buy Chevron’s S African, Botswanaian assets for $973 mn](/companies/companies_g/glencore/images/glencore_07_oct_sm_domain-b.jpg)
Glencore to buy Chevron’s S African, Botswanaian assets for $973 mn
07 Oct 2017
The assets include a 100,000 barrel-per-day oil refinery in Cape Town, a lubricants plant in Durban, 820 petrol stations and other oil storage facilities and 220 convenience stores across South Africa and Botswana
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India's economic slowdown temporary, GST a big positive: World Bank
06 Oct 2017
The recent slowdown of India’s economy is an aberration, which will correct itself as GST implementation woes get over in the coming months, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim Kim has said
Foxconn announces location of planned factory
05 Oct 2017
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
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HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
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India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
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Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
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