Firms/companies
Wipro’s SEC filing points to threat to business from Donald Trump
10 Jun 2017
This is the first time an Indian IT company has blamed Trump’s ‘America First’ approach and protectionist policies for falling revenues
RIL emerges world’s second largest producer of paraxylene
10 Jun 2017
With the commissioning of its third crystallization train RIL has emerged the world’s second largest producer of paraxylene after BP, with an annual capacity of 2.2 million tonnes or about 11 per cent of global production
Amazon may get to retail food in India soon
09 Jun 2017
Alphabet to sell Boston Dynamics to SoftBank
09 Jun 2017
Infosys founders may be looking to exit company: report
09 Jun 2017
Set up in 1981 as a private company, the promoters took it public in 1993 and turned it a professionally-managed company in 2014, but they now feel the company has lost its soul – the idea of Infosys
Apple’s Horizon Machine for repair of cracked displays to be available at more locations
08 Jun 2017
Uber axes executive who bared Indian rape report
08 Jun 2017
Samsung to invest Rs4,915 cr, make Noida manufacturing hub
08 Jun 2017
The investment would position Samsung’s Noida plant as a major production hub, doubling manufacturing capacity of smartphones and refrigerators and creating 15,000 jobs
RBI cautions states on the risks of competitive farm loan waivers
08 Jun 2017
According to a report by Bank of America Merrill Lynch, various state governments in India are expected to waive off loans worth Rs2,50,000 crore
RBI keeps rates unchanged; decides to wait and watch
07 Jun 2017
RBI governor Urjit Patel on Tuesday said there are a lot of ‘moving pieces’, including the monsoon, consumer inflation, input and wage costs and the rollout of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), the risks of which are yet to play out
Dish Network fined $280 mn for DNC Registry violations and privacy breaches of US consumers
07 Jun 2017
Tesla unveils plans for at least 10 ‘gigafactories’ at annual meet
07 Jun 2017
Fighting off calls for annual elections amid fears that it is becoming a family concern with conflicts of interest, Tesla unveiled several future plans, including for the mass-market Model 3 and updates for existing models
Tata Elxsi’s ‘Autonomai’ platform hosting driverless car project
07 Jun 2017
Tata Elxsi works with leading OEMs and suppliers in the automotive and transportation industries for R&D, design and product engineering services from architecture to launch and beyond
Adani gives go-ahead for Australian coal mine project
06 Jun 2017
Pre-construction work on the world’s largest coal mine, which will generate 10,000 direct and indirect jobs, will start in the September quarter, group chairman Gautam Adani said
After Amazon, Google shares hit record $1,000
06 Jun 2017
Alphabet, the parent company of Google, now has a market value of about $680 billion, which takes the net worth of its founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin to nearly $50 billion each
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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
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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