Firms/companies
Twitter shares rise sharply over fake acquisition report
15 Jul 2015
Twitter stock shot up nearly 8 per cent after report on a fake Bloomberg site the micro-blogging network was working with banks after receiving a $31-billion takeover bid
Toyota recalls 625,000 hybrid cars globally to fix software glitch
15 Jul 2015
A software glitch causes the hybrid system to shut down while the car is in motion
IBM to launch service to ship breast milk for kids of working mothers
14 Jul 2015
IBM plans to organise a service for working ,mothers to ship breast milk back to their babies in temperature-controlled packaging whenever they travel for business
Firefox blocks Flash over security issues
14 Jul 2015
SC rejects Vijay Mallya's FERA plea; slaps Rs10-lakh fine
13 Jul 2015
The case pertains to an alleged payment of $2,00,000 by Mallya to London-based Benetton Formula Ltd for promotion of the Kingfisher brand abroad
Telstra raises mobile investment to A$5 bn to fight off rival Optus
10 Jul 2015
The move could counter Optus’ plans to significantly increase investment in its network to nearly A$1.8 billion from A$1.3 billion over the next year aimed at derailing Telstra’s dominance in the mobile market
Procter & Gamble to sell its beauty brands to Coty for $12.5 bn
09 Jul 2015
The transaction for 43 brands includes P&G’s global salon professional hair care and colour, retail hair colour, cosmetics and fine fragrance businesses, along with select hair styling brands
TCS Q1 net rises 13% to Rs5,709 crore
09 Jul 2015
TCS said its quarterly revenue rose 16.1 per cent from a year earlier and 6 per cent compared to the previous quarter to Rs25,668 crore
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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
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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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