Firms/companies
Jaguar Land Rover plans massive expansion in UK
11 Jan 2016
JLR plans to invest £500 million on a 30-acre site in Coventry, with another 30 acres earmarked for suppliers and a £35 million bridge to connect the two sites – and that is just the start
Japan's Asahi Group expected to table $3.41-bn bid for two SABMiller brands
11 Jan 2016
A deal would be the biggest overseas beverage acquisition ever by a Japanese company, overtaking the 2009 purchase by Kirin Holdings Co of Australia's Lion Nathan for $3.3 billion
Yahoo considering selling its web business: report
09 Jan 2016
Analysts say the sale of Yahoo's core web business would leave it as a holding company for the company's various investments
Nissan successfully tests driver-less car with Nasa tech
09 Jan 2016
The Nissan LEAF vehicle is equipped with cameras, sensors and cellular data networking, uses robotics software originally developed for Nasa's Ames Research Centre's K-10 and K-REX planetary rovers to operate autonomously
Google-Lenovo to launch Tango smartphone at $500
08 Jan 2016
Google’s much-awaited Project Tango will finally hit stores as a $500 Lenovo smartphone, the two companies announced at the ‘CES in 2016’ in Las Vegas on Thursday
Apple buys artificial intelligence firm Emotient
08 Jan 2016
Volkswagen won’t buy back cars sold in India
08 Jan 2016
Cook is Apple’s lowest-paid exec at $10.3 mn
07 Jan 2016
In a year when Apple’s sales grew 28 per cent but shares fell for the first time since 2008, chief executive Tim Cook saw his compensation rise 11.5 per cent. Angela Ahrendts, senior vice president for retail and online stores, was the highest paid
Tata Trusts ties up with Mars Inc for food safety
07 Jan 2016
Mars Food, a segment of Mars, Inc, will conduct joint research with Tata Trusts on nutritional guidelines that can help address anaemia and other forms of malnutrition
Lafarge may exit India as plan to sell part capacity to Birla Corp fails
06 Jan 2016
The decision comes after Lafarge failed to sell 5.15-mt of its cement capacity in Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand to Birla Corporation for Rs5,000 crore, as the M P Birla group failed to secure limestone mining rights for the two units
Kodak revives photo film with new Super 8 camera
06 Jan 2016
Kodak yesterday announced a brand new Super 8 film camera that it hoped would kick off a revival of film photography
Sony reveals turntable PS-HX500 at CES
06 Jan 2016
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COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
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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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