Firms/companies
GE to sell European private equity financing unit to Sumitomo Mitsui Bank for $2.2 bn
01 Jul 2015
The move comes just two days after GE agreed to sell its vehicle-fleet businesses in the US, Mexico, Australia and New Zealand to Canada's Element Financial for $6.98 billion
Bombay HC allows Nestle India to export Maggi
30 Jun 2015
Study finds Google prioritises own services over rivals
30 Jun 2015
The study revealed that Google favoured search results that directed users to Google content over results that pointed to competitors
AOL to take over management, sales of ads from Microsoft
30 Jun 2015
The deal is the latest by Microsoft to focus on its core products, while exiting the display ads and search business
ITC’s food business revenue hits $1-billion mark
30 Jun 2015
Airtel ranked world's 3rd-larget mobile firm
30 Jun 2015
Bharti Airtel, India’s largest mobile operator by subscribers and revenues, has emerged as the third-largest mobile operator in the world behind China Mobile and Vodafone Plc
Bombardier inks Rs 1,500-crore deal with Delhi Metro for ‘Movia’ coaches
30 Jun 2015
The new trains will be manufactured at Bombardier’s Vadodara unit in Gujarat and the delivery is expected to begin in the third quarter of next year and end in early 2018
Nissan recalls 12,000 cars in India
30 Jun 2015
Japanese car making giant Nissan Motor Co has issued a recall of 12,000 cars in India as part of the company’s global effort to rectify engine switch and airbag problems
HDFC Bank lending to RIL exceeds RBI limits
29 Jun 2015
Ford Motor to allow owners to rent their cars
29 Jun 2015
Banks in India fail to pass on RBI rate changes: IMF study
29 Jun 2015
Banks in India are faster in effecting a hike in lending rates, but a rise in their deposit rates is not so quick, emphasises an IMF Working Paper
Sony considering manufacturing in India
29 Jun 2015
General Capital to sell most of fleet management ops to Canada's Element Financial for $6.98 bn
29 Jun 2015
Novartis to buy chronic pain drug developer Spinifex Pharmaceuticals
29 Jun 2015
Founded in 2005 and based in Stamford, Connecticut, USA, and Melbourne, Australia, Spinifex’ lead product is EMA401, under development as a potential first-in-class oral treatment for chronic pain without CNS side effects
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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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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
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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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