Firms/companies
M&M plans to build long-range electric vehicles
24 May 2017
Mahindra plans to ramp up electric vehicle production to 5,000 units a month by mid-2019 from 400 units currently and will invest in making batteries that enable cars to run for 400 kilometres on a single charge
Apple-Nokia dispute ends in major business deal
24 May 2017
Local sourcing norms don’t apply to Tesla, India tells Musk
24 May 2017
The government on Tuesday clarified that the 30 per cent local sourcing norm applies only to retail business and not manufacturers
Moody's downgrades China's credit rating to A1 from Aa3
24 May 2017
The downgrade, however, is unlikely to affect China’s economy that is flush with foreign money and still within investment grade, although officially it is seen to be raising borrowing costs for the Chinese government and its state-owned enterprises
Flipkart, Snapdeal sign term sheet for all-stock merger
24 May 2017
The merged entity will create a stronger competitor to global online retailer Amazon, which is using all available means to establish itself as leader in the Indian online market place
Ford Motor appoints Jim Hackett as CEO
23 May 2017
Saurabh Agrawal of Aditya Birla Group named Tata Sons CFO
23 May 2017
As group CFO at Tata Sons, Agrawal will have to focus on turning around some of the group’s loss-making units such as Tata Teleservices and the group’s UK steel business
RBI to boost oversights panel, empower rating agencies in NPA fight
23 May 2017
RBI will reconstitute the present banks oversights committee with more members and expand the scope of cases to be referred to the OC beyond those under S4A as required currently
India-Opec dialogue: Pradhan seeks shift from 'Asian premiums' to `Asian dividend'
22 May 2017
Opec should work towards `Responsible Pricing’ instead of chasing the market, he said, adding that this is important for India and other Asian countries for socio-economic and developmental reasons
Adani holds back Australian coal project investment
22 May 2017
While the immediate reason for delaying a final decision to invest in the Carmichael coal mine project is cited as failure by the Queensland cabinet to consider the royalty issue, the government is under pressure to raise rates to promote jobs, say reports
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COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
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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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