Firms/companies
Japan’s SoftBank to acquire Fortress for $3.3 bn
15 Feb 2017
GM in talks to sell Opel arm to Peugeot, exit Europe
15 Feb 2017
The surprise decision to sell Opel is in line with CEO Mary Barra’s promise to have GM “disrupt ourselves” rather than be jolted by outside forces – but exiting such a large market as Western Europe is risky, say analysts
Toshiba plunges into loss after $6.3-bn nuclear business write-down
14 Feb 2017
Shigenori Shiga, a former Westinghouse boss brought in as chairman of scandal-hit Toshiba, stepped down after the huge nuclear business write-down
Amazon launches Chime to take on Skype
14 Feb 2017
Reliance Infra bags deal to maintain US Seventh Fleet
14 Feb 2017
The agreement will be the first private sector pact after India and the US had last year signed the Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement
L&T to make missile systems, drones in pact with Airbus' MBDA
14 Feb 2017
The joint venture aims to develop and supply fifth generation anti-tank guided missiles, missiles for coastal batteries and high speed target drones
Facebook offers outside audit of ad data
13 Feb 2017
GVK wins bid to develop Navi Mumbai airport
13 Feb 2017
GVK Infrastructure, which operates the Mumbai Chatrapati Shivaji Airport, will also operate the new airport at Navi Mumbai, intended to decongest the Mumbai airport
Verizon to start offering unlimited data plans
13 Feb 2017
Google to ban torrent sites soon
13 Feb 2017
Infosys tweaks severance pay rules
13 Feb 2017
The Infosys board has agreed to change the severance pay rules of its management team, which co-founder Narayana Murthy had criticised as violation of corporate governance norms
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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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