Firms/companies
Microsoft may reveal new laptop at 2 May event
17 Apr 2017
Toyota’s robotic leg helps disabled people walk
17 Apr 2017
Japanese carmaker Toyota has designed a robotic leg to help people who have been paralysed on one side of their body
BP working to control damaged oil well in Alaska
17 Apr 2017
Kia Motors set to invest Rs10,000 cr; Andhra likely destination
17 Apr 2017
Since the Kia factory will be located close to Hyundai’s factory, Kia is considering utilising Hyundai Motor India’s paint shop and body shop and a lot of aggregates to keep costs in check and bring in economies of scale
Apple receives permit to test self-driving vehicles on California roads
15 Apr 2017
In the first official confirmation of its automotive ambitions, Apple’s yesterday said that it had received permissions to test self-driving vehicles on California roads
SoftBank pumps in Rs1,675 cr into Ola
15 Apr 2017
Infosys Q4 net slightly lower at Rs3,603 cr; plans Rs13,000 cr buyback
13 Apr 2017
Infosys Ltd, India's second-biggest software services exporter, reported a 2.83 per cent fall in consolidated net profit to Rs3,603 crore for fiscal fourth quarter, even as the company added more clients in the $100 million-plus category
Microsoft pulls the plug on Windows Vista
12 Apr 2017
Westinghouse losses threaten to cripple Japan’s Toshiba
12 Apr 2017
The warning comes less than two weeks after Toshiba announced it was booking a $9.2-billion loss as its US subsidiary Westinghouse Electric filed for bankruptcy
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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
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