Firms/companies
Google’s Paris HQ raided over tax evasion, money laundering
25 May 2016
Cracking down on ‘transfer pricing’, French authorities say the software giant is suspected of evading taxes by failing to declare the full extent of its activities in the country
Apple fails to get waiver of 30% local sourcing norm
25 May 2016
Apple Inc’s proposal to set up wholly-owned retail stores has been approved by the Foreign Investment and Promotion Board, but it has not succeeded in getting a waiver of 30 per cent local sourcing
Monsanto rejects Bayer’s $62-bn bid, says offer inadequate
25 May 2016
Monsanto, the world's largest seed company said its board has unanimously rejected Bayer AG's $62-billion acquisition bid as "incomplete and financially inadequate", adding it was willing to negotiate further
Bank of India reports Rs3,587 Q4 net loss
25 May 2016
Amazon stops giving refunds on electronics items
24 May 2016
Photos of iPhone chassis shell show four speaker array and vertically arranged rear camera
23 May 2016
Airbus subsidiary develops world's first 3D-printed electric motorcycle
21 May 2016
The motorbike weighs only 35 kg, is about 30-per cent lighter than most conventional e-motorcycles. It goes from 0 to 80 km in seconds and can travel close to 60 km between charges
Yahoo may fetch much less than early bids
21 May 2016
Silver Lake, TPG Capital mull selling Avaya Inc
21 May 2016
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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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