Firms/companies
Apple reportedly moving closer to making iPhones in India
07 Sep 2016
Earlier reports spoke of Foxconn planning to build a plant in India exclusively for Apple products but, now, people familiar with Apple's plans say it is in talks with Foxconn to manufacture iPhones in the region
Galaxy Note 7 recall costs Samsung around $1 bn
06 Sep 2016
Raghuram Rajan justifies his FCNR act as he bids adieu to RBI
06 Sep 2016
The FCNR(B) scheme drew in $26 billion, more than anticipated, but, for the RBI, its cost could be huge, when the rupee falls against the dollar – every 1 rupee rise in the dollar-rupee rate would costs us Rs40,000 crore more in import costs
Bayer raises offer for Monsanto to $127.50 a share as talks advance
06 Sep 2016
A successful deal would be Bayer's biggest since it paid €17 billion in 2006 to buy German multinational pharmaceutical company Schering AG, and also the largest-ever German takeover of a foreign company
Tata Sons moves court to set aside London court’s order favouring DoCoMo
06 Sep 2016
Tata Sons has made an application to set aside an order obtained by NTT DoCoMo from a London court to allow the Japanese company to claim Tata's overseas assets to settle a dispute over Tata Teleservices
LG reveals smart fridge with Windows 10
03 Sep 2016
Amazon, Google, dozens others back Microsoft in privacy battle
03 Sep 2016
In its case against the US Justice Department, Microsoft has been backed by a wide range of lawyers, rights activists, IT leaders and media houses in arguing that the government can’t force it to keep demands for customers’ data secret
Ireland, Apple to jointly fight EU tax ruling
03 Sep 2016
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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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