Firms/companies
Strides Shasun completes acquisition of controlling stake in Australia’s Generic Partners
17 Aug 2016
Cisco to soon announce 14,000 job cuts
17 Aug 2016
The company’s new CEO, Chuck Robbins, is planning to boost growth by moving the company's offerings toward low-cost, software-based networking, security and management products
Ford targets fully autonomous car production by 2021
17 Aug 2016
Ford is investing in new technologies and collaborating with four start-ups to deliver high-volume, fully autonomous vehicle for ride sharing in 2021
Grocery scanner data helps IBM researchers speedily identify sources of food-borne illness outbreaks
17 Aug 2016
Google to launch video chatting app Duo
16 Aug 2016
Leaked images show Space Black next iPhone
16 Aug 2016
Piramal Enterprises to acquire Ash Stevens
16 Aug 2016
ONGC launches Rs100-cr start-up fund
16 Aug 2016
Concho Resources to buy Reliance Energy's US assets for $1.625 bn
16 Aug 2016
Concho will pay about $1.1 billion in cash and about $500 million in stock to buy Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group's privately-held Reliance Energy
AIG to sell United Guaranty Corp to Arch Capital for $3.4 bn
16 Aug 2016
AIG had said that it would spin off UGC, cut jobs and sell its broker-dealer network as part of restructuring to ward off activist investor Carl Icahn
Lyft rejects acquisition bid by GM
13 Aug 2016
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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.
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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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