Firms/companies
GM puts $1-bn Indian investment on hold amid poor sales
25 Jul 2016
General Motors is re-evaluating its planned $1 billion investment in India and has put on hold moves to bring a new car platform to India as it reassesses its strategy in the country
Mondelez in talks to buy license for Cadbury biscuits from Burton's Biscuits for $263 mn
25 Jul 2016
Verizon close to finalising deal to buy Yahoo’s internet businesses for around $5 bn
23 Jul 2016
US telecom giant Verizon, run by CEO Lowell McAdam, plans to buy Yahoo’s web assets and integrate it into its fledgling digital media business, which includes AOL properties it acquired last year
Kotak Mahindra Bank Q1FY17 net profit soars 290%
23 Jul 2016
Cairn India, Vedanta sweeten merger deal for shareholders
23 Jul 2016
The shareholders of Cairn India will now get one share in Vedanta and minority shareholders will get an additional four Redeemable Preference Shares in Vedanta with a face value of Rs10 for every share held by them
Cairn India says India investment plans intact
22 Jul 2016
Cairn India expects to merge with Vedanta by fiscal-end
22 Jul 2016
The merger of Cairn India Ltd with Vedanta Ltd was planned in June last year, but was held up opposition from minority shareholders
AstraZeneca's bid to save Crestor sales fails, court turns down IPR protection request till 2026
21 Jul 2016
AstraZeneca’s last-ditch attempt to protect its statin Crestor failed as a federal judge denied its bid for a restraining order against Indian generic drugmakers
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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
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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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