Firms/companies
Google’s modular phone to debut next year
21 May 2016
Google’s Project Ara is set to deliver a modular handset, the first phone manufactured by Google next year
Levi’s-Google jacket – the last word in wearable technology
21 May 2016
Simply touching or holding on the left cuff of the stylish jacket can change music tracks, answer or block calls, or access navigation information
India further tightens norms for Bt cotton seed pricing
21 May 2016
Following soon after the imposition of price controls on genetically modified cotton seeds in December last year, the government has now capped royalties for any new variety that biotech firms develop
European regulator set to conditionally approve AB InBev-SABMiller merger
21 May 2016
The European regulator is set to conditionally approve Anheuser-Busch InBev’s $104-billion proposed acquisition of its smaller peer SABMiller
Ford to recall 48,700 EcoSport SUVs in India
20 May 2016
Reliance Jio-powered Apple iPhones in the offing
20 May 2016
Apple looks to 4G, Bollywood for growth in India
20 May 2016
HSBC to shut down half its branches in India
20 May 2016
Bayer confirms making preliminary buyout offer for US rival Monsanto
20 May 2016
Bayer disclosed that its executives had recently met with executives of Monsanto to privately discuss a negotiated acquisition of Monsanto
Britain’s Serious Fraud Office widens probe into Rolls-Royce’s bribery allegations in Nigeria
19 May 2016
Ekart to now offer full-fledged courier services
19 May 2016
Tata Comms to sell 74%stake in data center to ST Telemedia for $630 mn
19 May 2016
The deal includes sale of a 74-per cent stake in Tata Comm's 14 data centers in India and a similar stake in its three Singapore data centers
Bayer courts Monsanto with preliminary buyout offer
19 May 2016
A successful deal would create a company with $68 billion in annual sales, nearly 28 per cent of the world's pesticides market share and about 36 per cent of US corn seeds and 28 per cent of soybean seeds
Foxconn, HMD strike deal for Nokia comeback
19 May 2016
The Nokia name will return to the mobile phone market as the company backed by one of its former executives has teamed up with manufacturer Foxconn to buy the rights to the brand for mobile devices
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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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