Firms/companies
Goldman to buy GE bank’s $16-bn of deposits
14 Aug 2015
Earlier this year, GE announced plans to divest the bulk of its banking operations to simplify its business and focus on its core operations
Roche to buy GeneWEAVE BioSciences
14 Aug 2015
Google’s Niantic Labs to become independent company
13 Aug 2015
The split with Niantic suggested that Google might be looking to slim itself as part of its proposed reorganisation
Lenovo Group to lay off 10% of global non-manufacturing workforce
13 Aug 2015
Lenovo plans to cut about 3,200 positions to save about $1.35 billion annually
Tata Steel to continue exploring sale of European long-products business as talks with Klesch Group collapse
13 Aug 2015
Bombay HC lifts ban on Nestle’s Maggi, orders fresh tests
13 Aug 2015
The Bombay High Court today lifted the ban on Nestle India’s Maggi instant noodles and set aside the Maharashtra FDA’s ban on the popular fast food
Symantec Corp to sell data storage unit Veritas for $8 bn
12 Aug 2015
The deal, the biggest US leveraged buyout this year, would give Symantec much-needed funds to compete in the cyber security market with Microsoft , Intel and Kaspersky Labs
Capital One to buy GE Healthcare Finance for $9 bn
12 Aug 2015
Capital One, which has emerged as the seventh largest US bank, hopes to bolster its healthcare lending operations through the acquisition
Toyota launches new, feature-packed Etios
12 Aug 2015
Toyota to sell spares online
12 Aug 2015
US too finds Maggi noodles safe for consumption
12 Aug 2015
India is looking increasingly isolated, health regulators in the UK, Singapore, Canada, Australia and Vietnam have also cleared India-made Maggi as safe for human consumption
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
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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
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Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
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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
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