Firms/companies
Tim Cook sells $36 mn worth of Apple stock
29 Aug 2016
L&T to emerge an agile company with Rs2 lakh crore revenue by 2021
27 Aug 2016
Larsen & Toubro is building on its inherent strengths of engineering excellence to achieve a revenue of Rs2 lakh crore by 2021 and achieving an order inflow in excess of Rs2.5 lakh crore per annum
Facebook’s “Trending” feature to get a makeover
27 Aug 2016
Monsanto, allies desert National Seeds Association over pricing, royalty issues
27 Aug 2016
Things came to head after the National Seeds Association backed the May 2016 Gazette notification that reasserted the government’s right to fix seed prices
Tata Motors Q1 net profit falls 57% to Rs2,236 cr as `Brexit’ bites
27 Aug 2016
While sales volumes were higher in both standalone as well as Jaguar Land Rover businesses, these were more than offset by the adverse forex impact of Rs2,296 crore and adverse commodity derivatives impact in the operating profit, mainly in JLR business
Target Corp could shift some orders to Trident Ltd after terminating business with Welspun
26 Aug 2016
World Bank President Jim Yong Kim gets a second term
26 Aug 2016
Kim's selection is in keeping with the tradition of an American being picked by the United States, the bank's largest contributor, as the World Bank president
Now, buy a car on Amazon
26 Aug 2016
RBI opens bond market, allows banks to issue `masala bonds’
26 Aug 2016
Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) will be allowed to trade in corporate bonds under the negotiated deals system, under an arrangement with market regulator Sebi, to ease the process of investment in debt securities
Featured articles
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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