Firms/companies
Satish Borwankar named Tata Motors COO, Pisharody quits
06 Jun 2017
The move is also in line with Tata Motors’ recent revamp of its management reporting structure where the huge hierarchical model of 14 layers gave way to just five
Sell-out not on cards, Azim Premji assures Wipro staff
06 Jun 2017
The rumours follow reports that Premji, who owns a 73.25 per cent stake in Wipro, took home 63 per cent less compensation for the last financial year as the country’s third largest software exporter saw profits declining due to shifts in business and technology
State Bank of India raises Rs15,000 cr in India's largest QIP
06 Jun 2017
NPA-laden SBI has so far raised over Rs30,000 crore from government contributions and qualified institutional placement of shares over the last three years
Rcom and Aircel to merge as Aircom
05 Jun 2017
Reliance Jio becomes fastest 4G network in India
05 Jun 2017
Infosys to hire 20,000 people this year
03 Jun 2017
RCom gets 7-month’s time to service Rs45,000-cr debt
03 Jun 2017
RCom had earlier announced plans to merge its wireless operations with that of Aircel and sell its tower business to Brookfield Asset Management to immediately reduce debt from Rs45,000 crore to about Rs20,000 crore
Developer earnings from the App Store top $70 bn
02 Jun 2017
Google adds another security feature to Gmail
01 Jun 2017
SAIL, ArcelorMittal finalise terms of Rs5,000-cr joint venture: reports
01 Jun 2017
ArcelorMittal may follow up the joint venture with a ramp-up of its India presence through purchase of stake in three of SAIL's weak units, reports pointed out
Uber Technologies sacks Anthony Levandowski
31 May 2017
RBI urges banks to gear up for account portability
31 May 2017
Bankers aren’t quite convinced that this could be done with the multiple account number formats and also because inter-bank portability of bank account numbers could lead to fierce competition in the banking industry
JLR joins other luxury car makers, cuts prices ahead of GST
31 May 2017
The benefits will be in the range of Rs2 lakh to Rs5.7 lakh on Jaguar XE sedan and Rs4 lakh to Rs10.9 lakh on Jaguar XJ while on Land Rover models Discovery Sport and Range Rover Evoque the benefits will range from Rs3.3 lakh to Rs7.5 lakh
Amazon shares hit $1,000 for the first time
31 May 2017
The stock price takes Amazon’s market value to about $478 billion, double that of the world's biggest traditional retailer Wal-Mart, while the value of a $1,000 investment on Amazon's first day of trading in 1997 exceeds $500,000 today
Featured articles
Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
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.
What is a Ponzi scheme?
By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
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
Business History Videos
History of hovercraft Part 3...
Today I shall talk a bit more about the military plans for ...
By Kiron Kasbekar | Presenter: Kiron Kasbekar
History of hovercraft Part 2...
In this episode of our history of hovercraft, we shall exam...
By Kiron Kasbekar | Presenter: Kiron Kasbekar
History of Hovercraft Part 1...
If you’ve been a James Bond movie fan, you may recall seein...
By Kiron Kasbekar | Presenter: Kiron Kasbekar
History of Trams in India | ...
The video I am presenting to you is based on a script writt...
By Aniket Gupta | Presenter: Sheetal Gaikwad
view more
