Firms/companies
![After phone fiasco, Samsung recalls 2.8 mn washing machines After phone fiasco, Samsung recalls 2.8 mn washing machines](/companies/companies_s/Samsung_India/images/wsb_tv_sm_domain-b.jpg)
After phone fiasco, Samsung recalls 2.8 mn washing machines
05 Nov 2016
The recall in the US came after the Korean company received more than 700 reports of its top-loading washers experiencing excessive vibrations, causing the tops to detach during use and risk injury from impact
Google formally rejects EU antitrust charges
05 Nov 2016
![Apple grabs 104% of Q3 smartphone profits, thanks to Samsung’s woes Apple grabs 104% of Q3 smartphone profits, thanks to Samsung’s woes](/companies/companies_a/Apple/images/smartphone_oct_sm_domain-b.jpg)
Apple grabs 104% of Q3 smartphone profits, thanks to Samsung’s woes
05 Nov 2016
Data released on Friday showed that Apple took virtually all of the smartphone industry's profits in the third quarter of 2016, despite more Android devices being sold in the market
![RIL, partners hit with $1.55 bn demand over gas migration issue RIL, partners hit with $1.55 bn demand over gas migration issue](/companies/companies_r/Reliance_Industries/images/ril_oct_sm_domain-b.jpg)
RIL, partners hit with $1.55 bn demand over gas migration issue
05 Nov 2016
The government has slapped a $1.55 billion demand on Reliance Industries and its partners BP and Niko for "unfairly enriching" themselves by producing natural gas belonging to state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp
New management team announced at Tata Sons
04 Nov 2016
![Google’s Android grabs 87.5% of market, but challenges ahead Google’s Android grabs 87.5% of market, but challenges ahead](/companies/companies_g/google/images/android_handsets_sm_domain-b.jpg)
Google’s Android grabs 87.5% of market, but challenges ahead
04 Nov 2016
Almost nine out of 10 smartphones in the world run on Android while Apple's iOS shipments are down 5.2 per cent; but few Android makers make a profit and the platform is challenged by Google's own new Pixel devices
Airtel provides over 17,000 PoIs to Jio
04 Nov 2016
![Facebook defies odds for robust growth, but warns of tapering Facebook defies odds for robust growth, but warns of tapering](/companies/companies_f/facebook/images/mark_zuckerberg_sm_domain-b.jpg)
Facebook defies odds for robust growth, but warns of tapering
03 Nov 2016
Facebook Inc, now on pace to reach $27 billion in revenue this year, is defying the slowdown in growth that usually comes with increasing size
Featured articles
![](/Uploads/Images/thumb_733d509d-493c-41e9-b429-1260d912bb91-Aerogel-Crayon.jpg)
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!
![](/Uploads/Images/thumb_294b0bec-6ff0-43c9-9fbc-a14e7cc70fa5-COP28.jpg)
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.
![](/Uploads/Images/thumb_97943c9b-6e8f-429b-b355-1d4502bac437-Ponzi-Money.jpg)
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.
![](/Uploads/Images/thumb_0f8359a3-2528-4faf-86c9-707fb7bccc01-Hdfc-logo.jpg)
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
![](/Uploads/Images/thumb_dc6b9dcc-e31e-4574-82e7-928e089406e0-Finger_millet.jpg)
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
![](/Uploads/Images/thumb_e37827da-fafd-4991-8635-60fade3df34c-ICM.jpg)
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
![](https://businesshistory.domain-b.com/Uploads/Videos/Images/thumb_61209e69-fdfb-493a-add7-afc253731af7-YouTube-thumbnail-Hovercraf.jpg)
History of hovercraft Part 3...
By Kiron Kasbekar | Presenter: Kiron Kasbekar
![](https://businesshistory.domain-b.com/Uploads/Videos/Images/thumb_f5cfed27-cd8d-4644-9c6b-d1f3f64fb558-YouTube-thumbnail-Hovercraf.jpg)
History of hovercraft Part 2...
By Kiron Kasbekar | Presenter: Kiron Kasbekar
![](https://businesshistory.domain-b.com/Uploads/Videos/Images/thumb_1510a271-632f-46ba-846b-a761ccffe903-History-of-Hovercraft.jpg)
History of Hovercraft Part 1...
By Kiron Kasbekar | Presenter: Kiron Kasbekar
![](https://businesshistory.domain-b.com/Uploads/Videos/Images/thumb_b54c323b-99c2-47ed-9df1-06452504c83a-YouTube-thumbnail-Indian-tr.jpg)