Firms/companies
Delivery drivers sue Amazon in proposed class-action suit
29 Oct 2015
Delivery drivers for the new app-based Amazon Prime Now service say by classifying them as independent contractors Amazon denies them regular employee benefits
Volkswagen posts first loss in 15 years after diesel scandal
29 Oct 2015
Scandal-hit German auto giant Volkswagen AG reported yesterday its first quarterly loss in 15 years after keeping a €6.7-billion provision for liabilities related to the emission cheating in its diesel engines
Apple’s quarterly net profit vaults 31% to $11.1 bn
28 Oct 2015
Apple’s iPhone sales rose 22 per cent year-on-year to $51.5 billion helped in large measure by booming China sales
Flipkart set to open brick-and-mortar stores
28 Oct 2015
Cummins to cut 2,000 jobs on global slowdown
28 Oct 2015
The company said that it is resorting to restructuring, and cost reduction and adjustments to manufacturing capacity to tide over the uncertainties in the global market
Walmart to test drone deliveries
27 Oct 2015
Walmart, the world's largest retailer by revenue, has been conducting indoor tests with small drones for several months
Role reversal: Maruti to export new Baleno to Japan
27 Oct 2015
Maruti Suzuki India will for the first time export a made-in-India car to Japan, the home of parent Suzuki Motor Corp, in a move that could lead to India becoming a Suzuki export hub
Nestle resumes making Maggi; to hit shelves in Nov
27 Oct 2015
Nestle SA, the world's largest packaged food company, has resumed manufacturing of its instant noodles Maggi at three of its India facilities
Toyota to recall 6.5 mn vehicles worldwide over faulty power window switch
27 Oct 2015
Japanese car maker Toyota yesterday said that it is recalling 6.5 million vehicles worldwide over an error that occurred during the manufacturing of a power window switch
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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.
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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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