Firms/companies
Toshiba to raise $2 bn from Swiss smart meter group Landis+Gyr sale
03 Mar 2017
Toshiba initially acquired the whole of Landis+Gyr in 2011 for $2.3 billion and a month later sold a 40-per cent stake to state-backed Innovation Network Corporation of Japan for $680 million
Gmail users can now receive 50-MB mails
03 Mar 2017
Railways looks to term contacts to augment freight revenue
03 Mar 2017
Indian Railways has announced an action plan for 2017-18, in lieu of its annual budget
YouTube to offer live TV streaming service
02 Mar 2017
Roll-Royce reveals new sports EV for kids to drive for surgeries
02 Mar 2017
Luxury car maker Rolls-Royce has developed a new single-seater electric sports car for children to drive themselves to surgeries at hospitals
Amazon Web Services suffers major outage
01 Mar 2017
Reliance Jio, Samsung join hands to bring 5G in India
01 Mar 2017
While India is still focusing on providing 4G services, this project aims to bring 5G connectivity to all users in the country
Airbus completes sale of its Defence Electronics unit to KKR
01 Mar 2017
Airbus Group SE yesterday said that it had finalised the sale of its Germany-based Defense Electronics business to US private equity firm KKR
AT&T expands unlimited plans
28 Feb 2017
BMW mulling electric Mini facility outside UK
28 Feb 2017
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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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