Firms/companies
RBI working on co-lending model for MSMEs
17 Jun 2017
Walmart to buy Bonobos for $310 mn
17 Jun 2017
Nestle looks to sell US confectionery business
17 Jun 2017
Setback for Sikka: Infosys Americas head Sandeep Dadlani quits
17 Jun 2017
The resignation of Sandeep Dadlani comes as a setback to Infosys as the company’s senior management had shown signs of stability in the recent past
Amazon to by Whole Foods, sends jitters through US grocery market
17 Jun 2017
Online retailer Amazon is buying Whole Foods Market Inc for $13.7 billion, entering the brick-and-mortar store segment in a move that could turn the high-end grocer into a mass-market merchant
BSNL unveils `Chaukka-444’, unlimited data for Rs444
16 Jun 2017
The STV-444 or `Chaukk-444’ special promotional offer allows BSNL’s prepaid users to use unlimited data for 90 days for Rs444, but at 3G speeds
Du Pont-Dow Chemical merger deal gets US antitrust nod
16 Jun 2017
The justice department nod for the $130-billion all-stock merger is conditional on the companies offloading certain assets, while the merger is yet to get clearance from the Canadian authorities
Warburg Pincus to buy 43% stake in Tata Tech for Rs2,323 cr
16 Jun 2017
The deal will see Tata Capital divesting its entire 13 per cent stake held by Tata Growth Fund and Alpha TC Holdings, while Tata Motors will sell 30 per cent to get its holding down to 43 per cent, the same as the new investor
BP, RIL to expand partnership, invest Rs40,000 cr in KG gas fields
16 Jun 2017
The two companies plan to expand collaboration beyond the conventional transportation and aviation fuels retailing to nonconventional mobility solutions, addressing electrification, digitisation and disruptive mobility trends
Foxconn mulls Wisconsin for proposed US factory
15 Jun 2017
Oil PSUs sign pact for 60 million tonne west coast refinery
15 Jun 2017
The three OMCs - IOC, BPCL, HPCL- together have a refining capacity of 139 million tonnes, which will reach 200 million tonnes with the setting up of the $30 million West Coast refinery
RBI picks top 12 loan defaulters for bankruptcy proceedings
15 Jun 2017
The 12 large loan defaulters account for 25 per cent of the total NPAs of about Rs10,00,000 crore in the banking sector and these will be referred to respective banks for filing insolvency proceedings
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COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
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The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
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
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
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
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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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