Firms/companies
Microsoft to buy back another $40 bn shares
21 Sep 2016
The announcement of the $40-billion stock buyback comes on top of an existing $40-billion repurchase programme that will also be completed by year's end
Adani settles Glencore’s claims to Abbot Point port in Australia
20 Sep 2016
Adani, which bought the Abbot Point port for A$1.8 billion in 2011 from the Queensland state government, had to pay Glencore Plc A$19.25 million ($14.52 million) to end a legal wrangle over control of the port
Allergan to buy Tobira Therapeutics for $1.7 bn
20 Sep 2016
Zydus Cadila to partner Takeda Pharmaceutical to develop and commercialise vaccine against chikungunya
20 Sep 2016
Google acquires California-based startup API.ai
20 Sep 2016
Heritage Group in advanced talks to sell retail business to Kishore Biyani’s Future Group
19 Sep 2016
Media groups sue FBI over information related to unlocking of San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone
17 Sep 2016
Exxon Mobil accounting practices under scanner
17 Sep 2016
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
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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
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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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