Firms/companies
Infosys launches artificial intelligence platform `Mana’
29 Apr 2016
Bringing artificial intelligence to the enterprise will enable businesses to continuously reinvent their system landscapes, Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka says
Mark Zuckerberg: salary $1, cost of security $4.3 mn
29 Apr 2016
Facebook pays the most to protect its chief executive, but others like Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and Oracle’s Larry Ellison are not far behind, as top CEOs face a variety of threats, from jihadist groups to wacky relatives
Comcast to buy Hollywood studio DreamWorks for $3.8 bn
29 Apr 2016
Comcast Corp, the largest cable operator in the US, yesterday struck a deal to buy Hollywood studio owner DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc for $3.8 billion
Infosys launches blockchain platform to allow banks to simplify complex transactions services
28 Apr 2016
FBI refuses to reveal security flaw it used to access of San Bernardino gunman's iPhone 5C
28 Apr 2016
India to save the market for Apple with a relaxed FDI policy
28 Apr 2016
A government panel has approved Apple’s demand for doing away with the 30 per cent local sourcing requirement for retail stores because of the cutting-edge technology the iPhone maker would bring
SC seeks details of Sahara’s properties, may grant bail to Roy
28 Apr 2016
The apex court’s observation brings some hope for Sahara chief Subrata Roy, who has been languishing in Tihar since March 2014
Apple's little wonder iPhone fails to enthuse customers
27 Apr 2016
Apple announced financial results for its fiscal 2016 second quarter ended 26 March 2016, reporting its first-ever decline in iPhone sales and its first revenue drop in 13 years
After VW, Mitsubishi’s top two bosses to go over mileage scandal
27 Apr 2016
Japan’s sixth-largest carmaker has admitted that it used non-compliant fuel economy testing methods for 25 years, much longer than previously thought – and both its chief executive and chief operative officer are expected to resign
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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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