Firms/companies
RCom Q4 net profit rises 46 per cent
30 May 2015
JP Morgan Chase to cut thousands of jobs
29 May 2015
Adani’s Carmichael project faces aboriginal challenge
29 May 2015
The mine is expected to extract four billion tonnes of coal during its operating life of approximately 90 years
Google hopes to gobble up e-comm giants with ‘buy’ button
29 May 2015
If Google manages to bring online buyers on its website, it could stop users and advertising revenues from flowing into e-commerce sites like Amazon, Flipkart and Alibaba
Teva settles US antitrust charges for $1.2 bn
29 May 2015
The world’s biggest generic drug maker Israel’s Teva Pharmaceutical Industries has agreed to settle US antitrust charges for illegally blocking competition to its blockbuster sleep-disorder drug Provigil
Ford launches GoDrive car share in London
28 May 2015
More trouble for Mallya as MCA, I-T dept probe USL fund diversion
28 May 2015
The government’s move comes after the majority shareholder Diageo put pressure on Vijay Mallya to quit as the chairman of United Spirits following a probe that found huge diversion of funds to UB group firms
Carlos Slim reopens talks with Videocon for stake
28 May 2015
Carlos Slim, the world's richest man after Bill Gates and owner of America Movil, is in discussions with the Videocon group for a stake as he eyes India’s expanding telecom business
Apple tops as most valuable global brand
28 May 2015
The launch of the iPhone 6 and its smartwatch helped Apple to surge ahead of Google as world’s most powerful brand
Sahara bids to reclaim UK hotel as Subrata Roy remains in jail
27 May 2015
The Sahara group’s move comes at a time when the group has failed to raise Rs10,000 crore needed to bail out its boss Subrata Roy who has been in Tihar jail for the past 14 months
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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.
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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