Firms/companies
Microsoft wins case against US govt demand for data
15 Jul 2016
In a victory for privacy advocates, a US federal court has ruled that Microsoft doesn’t have to turn over to the government the contents of a customer’s email account stored on a foreign server
Outsourcing deals push TCS Q1 net
15 Jul 2016
Bayer raises takeover offer for Monsanto to $64 bn
15 Jul 2016
German drug and crop chemical group Bayer AG on Thursday raised its takeover bid for Monsanto Co by $2 billion in order to pressurise the US seed company to engage in talks
Viacom in advanced talks to sell 49% in Paramount Pictures to Dalian Wanda
14 Jul 2016
Founded in 1912, Paramount is the fifth oldest surviving film studio in the world, and America's oldest running studio and is consistently ranked as one of the "Big Six" film studios of Hollywood
Starbucks to invest in Italian restaurant Princi
14 Jul 2016
Microsoft releases Skype for Linux Alpha Client
14 Jul 2016
Xerox Corp in talks to buy financial printing firm RR Donnelley & Sons Co
14 Jul 2016
Xerox, which plans to split into two companies by the end of the year, will merge parts of RR Donnelley with its copier, printer and related-services business and the rest with its smaller business BPO services
Marshmallow continues to grow: Google data
13 Jul 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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