Firms/companies
Microsoft ties up with Snapdeal, PayTm, Justdial
06 Nov 2015
![Microsoft working to make passwords redundant: Nadella Microsoft working to make passwords redundant: Nadella](/companies/companies_m/Microsoft/images/satya_nadella_sm-domain-b.jpg)
Microsoft working to make passwords redundant: Nadella
06 Nov 2015
Microsoft chief Satya Nadella says his firm is working to replace passwords that can be confused or hacked with tamper-proof biometrics
AstraZeneca to buy ZS Pharma for $2.7 bn
06 Nov 2015
![BASF puts $540 mn steel coatings business for sale BASF puts $540 mn steel coatings business for sale](/companies/companies_b/basf/images/sub_banner_sm_domain-b.jpg)
BASF puts $540 mn steel coatings business for sale
06 Nov 2015
The German chemical company has hired HSBC in helping with the sale process and has opened its steel coatings business books to five industrial players who have shown interest
![Toyota half-year profit rises nearly 12% Toyota half-year profit rises nearly 12%](/companies/companies_t/Toyota_Motor_Corp/images/vehicle_sales_sm_domain-b.jpg)
Toyota half-year profit rises nearly 12%
06 Nov 2015
Despite a decline in global vehicle sales, Japanese auto giant Toyota Motor Corp reported encouraging results for the first half-year ended September, posting a 11.6-per cent jump in net income and 8.9-per cent in revenue compared to the same period last fiscal year
Snapdeal betting big on selling automobiles
05 Nov 2015
![Facebook notches another quarter of record revenues Facebook notches another quarter of record revenues](/companies/companies_f/facebook/images/facebook_sm_domain-b.jpg)
Facebook notches another quarter of record revenues
05 Nov 2015
Stepping up its mobile-adevertising efforts has paid off for Facebook, though most of its revenue continues to come from the US and Canada rather than Asia-Pacific
![EDC Canada to fund Tata Sons $500 mn annually to boost business with Canadian companies EDC Canada to fund Tata Sons $500 mn annually to boost business with Canadian companies](/companies/companies_t/tata_son/images/madhu_kannan_sm_domain-b.jpg)
EDC Canada to fund Tata Sons $500 mn annually to boost business with Canadian companies
05 Nov 2015
Tata Sons has invested over C$1.3 billion in Canada over the past five years, and various companies' currently source from over 1,000 Canadian suppliers
![Rio Tinto sees India, SE Asia to drive steel growth Rio Tinto sees India, SE Asia to drive steel growth](/companies/companies_r/rio_tinto/images/rio_tinto_sm_domain-b.jpg)
Rio Tinto sees India, SE Asia to drive steel growth
05 Nov 2015
Global mining giant Rio Tinto Plc is looking to emerging markets in India and South East Asia for long-term demand for iron ore, the company’s iron ore head Andrew Harding said on Thursday morning
![Samsung may be out of smartphone business in five years: analyst Samsung may be out of smartphone business in five years: analyst](/companies/companies_s/Samsung_India/images/note5_sm_domain-b.jpg)
Samsung may be out of smartphone business in five years: analyst
04 Nov 2015
Samsung, among the leading smartphone manufacturing brands, is seen to be ‘going downhill’ and in the next five years, might be out of the smartphone business, predictas an anlyst
![Bank of America to sell $87-bn money-market fund business to BlackRock Bank of America to sell $87-bn money-market fund business to BlackRock](/finance/banks/America_bank/images/bank_of_america_banner_sm_domain-b.jpg)
Bank of America to sell $87-bn money-market fund business to BlackRock
04 Nov 2015
The transaction is expected to increase BlackRock's global cash-management business to $372 billion from about $285 billion
![Fresh emissions trouble to cost VW another $2.2 bn Fresh emissions trouble to cost VW another $2.2 bn](/companies/companies_v/Volkswagen/images/volkswagen_logos_sm_domain-b.jpg)
Fresh emissions trouble to cost VW another $2.2 bn
04 Nov 2015
Already reeling from the fallout of cheating on US emission tests for nitrogen oxide, German car maker Volkswagen on Tuesday disclosed "unexplained inconsistencies" in the carbon dioxide emissions from 800,000 vehicles as well
Featured articles
![](/Uploads/Images/thumb_733d509d-493c-41e9-b429-1260d912bb91-Aerogel-Crayon.jpg)
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!
![](/Uploads/Images/thumb_294b0bec-6ff0-43c9-9fbc-a14e7cc70fa5-COP28.jpg)
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.
![](/Uploads/Images/thumb_97943c9b-6e8f-429b-b355-1d4502bac437-Ponzi-Money.jpg)
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.
![](/Uploads/Images/thumb_0f8359a3-2528-4faf-86c9-707fb7bccc01-Hdfc-logo.jpg)
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
![](/Uploads/Images/thumb_dc6b9dcc-e31e-4574-82e7-928e089406e0-Finger_millet.jpg)
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
![](/Uploads/Images/thumb_e37827da-fafd-4991-8635-60fade3df34c-ICM.jpg)
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
Business History Videos
![](https://businesshistory.domain-b.com/Uploads/Videos/Images/thumb_61209e69-fdfb-493a-add7-afc253731af7-YouTube-thumbnail-Hovercraf.jpg)
History of hovercraft Part 3...
By Kiron Kasbekar | Presenter: Kiron Kasbekar
![](https://businesshistory.domain-b.com/Uploads/Videos/Images/thumb_f5cfed27-cd8d-4644-9c6b-d1f3f64fb558-YouTube-thumbnail-Hovercraf.jpg)
History of hovercraft Part 2...
By Kiron Kasbekar | Presenter: Kiron Kasbekar
![](https://businesshistory.domain-b.com/Uploads/Videos/Images/thumb_1510a271-632f-46ba-846b-a761ccffe903-History-of-Hovercraft.jpg)
History of Hovercraft Part 1...
By Kiron Kasbekar | Presenter: Kiron Kasbekar
![](https://businesshistory.domain-b.com/Uploads/Videos/Images/thumb_b54c323b-99c2-47ed-9df1-06452504c83a-YouTube-thumbnail-Indian-tr.jpg)