Firms/companies
Allergan to sell US distribution unit Anda to Teva for $500 mn
04 Aug 2016
The sale comes just a day after Teva completed its $40.5-billion acquisition of Allergan’s generic unit, following US regulatory approval a week ago
Virgin Galactic granted licence to restart testing of rocket plane
03 Aug 2016
US authorities have granted a licence to Virgin Galactic to restart testing of its rocket plane following a fatal crash in 2014
Emerson Electric to sell network power unit to Platinum Equity for $4 bn
03 Aug 2016
Emerson Electric Co yesterday struck a deal to divest its network power unit to investment firm Platinum Equity in a deal worth $4 billion, in order to focus on its high-growth businesses
SolarCity accepts Tesla Motors’ $2.6-bn acquisition offer
02 Aug 2016
The alliance between SolarCity and Tesla, which is also opening the world’s biggest battery factory, would lead to integrated homes that produced power from sunshine that was stored in batteries to charge vehicles overnight
Washington state claims $100 million from Comcast for deceiving customers with service guarantees
02 Aug 2016
S Korea suspends sales of most Volkswagen models
02 Aug 2016
South Korea today revoked certification of 80 Volkswagen models across the VW, Audi and Bentley brands
RBI issues final guidelines for ‘on tap’ licensing of private banks
01 Aug 2016
RBI said large industrial companies will only be allowed to invest up to 10 per cent in banks, and will not be eligible to set up banks
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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!
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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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