Firms/companies
Facebook reaches 1 bn daily-user milestone
28 Aug 2015
Google rejects EU antitrust charges of abusing market power
28 Aug 2015
Search giant Google Inc on Thursday rejected EU antitrust charges of abusing market power at the cost of its competitors
Anil Ambani group to make Kamov 226T choppers with Russian manufacturers
28 Aug 2015
This is the second project that the Russian government has awarded to Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group after the Pipavav deal
Amazon launches refurbished smartphone section partnering with Surpluss.in
28 Aug 2015
Amazon has launched its refurbished smartphone section, which sells smartphones from Samsung, Xiaomi, Apple, OnePlus, Motorola, Micromax, and Lava on Amazon
Copycat China now has its own Goldman Sachs!
27 Aug 2015
A staffer at the Chinese finance company named Goldman Sachs today claimed any similarity to the multi-billion-dollar US investment giant was unintentional
Walmart to end sales of military-style rifles
27 Aug 2015
Walmart said yesterday that it would end sales of high-powered military-style assault rifles in its stores in the US
Schlumberger to acquire Cameron for $12.7 bn
27 Aug 2015
The combination of Schlumberger and Cameron, two of the best known names in oil-field services, would create an energy technology powerhouse
TCS gifts $35 mn to Carnegie Mellon University
26 Aug 2015
LG unveils 4K OLEG TV with 33 mn sub-pixels
26 Aug 2015
German court invalidates Apple's swipe feature
26 Aug 2015
The ruling could impact the Apple iPhone’s most popular defining features, of which rival Android-based phones makers had developed their own versions
ICICI Bank unveils first guarantee-backed home loan product
26 Aug 2015
The new scheme has been launched in association with the India Mortgage Guarantee Corporation
Featured articles
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.
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.
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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