The Supreme Court has given the troubled conglomerate a month's time to explain why a receiver should not be appointed to auction off its properties to refund investors in its illegal bonds

German regulator asks Volkswagen for clean up plan

28 Sep 2015

German auto regulators have told Volkswagen to submit a plan by 7 October specifying when its vehicles would meet emissions requirements, after it admitted to cheating on US air pollution tests

Samsung launches plan to lure away users from iPhone

28 Sep 2015

Google to unveil new products on Tuesday

28 Sep 2015

Sprint not to participate in auction of wireless airwaves

28 Sep 2015

Royal Dutch Shell to end exploration in offshore Alaska

28 Sep 2015

Comcast to buy 51% of Universal Studios Japan for $1.5 bn

28 Sep 2015

Facebook’s Zuckerberg connects with Modi, almost

28 Sep 2015

AB InBev may bid $106 bn for SAB Miller: report

28 Sep 2015

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA could table an initial $106 billion takeover offer for SABMiller later in the day today

Qualcomm commits up to $150 mn in new Indian Fund

28 Sep 2015

Hyundai recalls 470,000 Sonatas over engine debris defect

26 Sep 2015

Microsoft releases Invite app for iPhone

26 Sep 2015

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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