Firms/companies
Essar Oil to delist, buy back shares at Rs146.05 apiece
07 Dec 2015
The number of domestic retail investors in Essar Oil is reported to have fallen nearly 18 per cent since June last year to 7.9 per cent in September, even as FII holdings rose to 5.4 per cent from 4.1 per cent
Tata Steel close to selling UK long products plant: report
07 Dec 2015
Tata Steel may also cut 720 jobs at its Rotherham plant in South Yorkshire after talks to save redundancies failed, say reports
RBI may allow market-linked pricing of loans
07 Dec 2015
The move to allow computation of banks' base rates on the basis of marginal cost of funds is expected to benefit new customers in the next financial year
Sun Pharma gets US nod for generic leukemia drug
05 Dec 2015
Facebook’s new update allows users to share live videos and collages
05 Dec 2015
The new feature will enable 1.5 billion Facebook users use their smartphones to shoot video so other people can see what they are doing as it happens or, alternatively, watch live video of friends and family doing something fun
Maruti Suzuki Baleno bookings zoom past 40,000
05 Dec 2015
The latest offering from India’s largest automaker not only beat arch rival Hyundai’s Elite i20, but also its own Maruti Swift whose sales dropped 34 per cent
Samsung to pay Apple $548 mn in patent dispute
05 Dec 2015
Samsung, however, said it might seek reimbursement from Apple depending on any future rulings from the US Patent and Trademark Office or the US Supreme Court
Yahoo launches next-generation messaging platform
04 Dec 2015
The new Yahoo Messenger helps users share multiple photos within the app, download photos in full resolution and even `unsend’ messages sent accidentally, with just two taps
Bhopal gas disaster lessons fast forgotten
03 Dec 2015
The Public Liability Insurance Act, 1991, meant to provide immediate relief to industrial disaster victims, remains largely on paper as there is no awareness of it at the district level
Facebook CEO and wife pledge 99% of shareholding to charity
02 Dec 2015
The donation, amounting to $45 billion at Facebook's current value, will not, however, be made immediately, but over the course of the couple's lives
Volkswagen to recall 3.23 lakh vehicles in India
02 Dec 2015
Chinese yuan to join IMF reserve currency basket
01 Dec 2015
More than anything, the move by the International Monetary Fund is seen as symbolic of the new world economic order and China’s growing clout
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