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Siemens to cut another 4,500 jobs worldwide
07 May 2015
The latest round of job cuts takes the total announced since December to 13,100 — or about 4 per cent of the global workforce
Tesla acquires Riviera Tool
07 May 2015
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Tesla beats expectations with Q1 revenue of $1 bn
07 May 2015
Once expected to flop, independant electric vehicle maker Tesla Motors has pulled off surprising first quarter results
Daimler unveils self-driving 18-wheel truck
07 May 2015
EU court finds Skype name too similar to Sky
06 May 2015
Voltas enters mass market air coolers
05 May 2015
Apple in talks with major labels to kill free Spotify streaming ahead of Beats relaunch: reports
05 May 2015
![US Supreme Court favours Barclays in $4-bn dispute with Lehman US Supreme Court favours Barclays in $4-bn dispute with Lehman](/finance/banks/barclays/images/lehman_sm_domain-b.jpg)
US Supreme Court favours Barclays in $4-bn dispute with Lehman
05 May 2015
The disputed assets relate to Barclays's acquisition of the bulk of Lehman's brokerage business at the height of the 2008 global financial crisis
![€41-bn Holcim-Lafarge merger gets conditional US, Canadian nod €41-bn Holcim-Lafarge merger gets conditional US, Canadian nod](/companies/companies_h/Holcim/images/holcim_lafarge_sm_domain-b.jpg)
€41-bn Holcim-Lafarge merger gets conditional US, Canadian nod
05 May 2015
The merger of two of the world's biggest cement companies, Switzerland's Holcim and Paris-based Lafarge, will create the world's biggest cement maker with a market cap of $50 billion and annual sales of nearly $43 billion
![Cisco names Chuck Robbins as CEO; John Chambers is executive chairman Cisco names Chuck Robbins as CEO; John Chambers is executive chairman](/companies/companies_c/Cisco_Systems/images/chuck_robbins_sm_domain-b.jpg)
Cisco names Chuck Robbins as CEO; John Chambers is executive chairman
04 May 2015
Chuck Robbins joined Cisco in 1997 and has moved quickly through the company’s ranks, most recently serving as Cisco’s senior vice president of worldwide operations
![Future Retail and Bharti Retail announce merger Future Retail and Bharti Retail announce merger](/companies/companies_f/future_group/images/kishore_biyani_sm_domain-b.jpg)
Future Retail and Bharti Retail announce merger
04 May 2015
The merger will create one of India’s foremost retail networks with a national footprint of over 570 retail stores in multiple formats across 243 cities
![Shell agrees to clean up 2008 Nigerian oil spill Shell agrees to clean up 2008 Nigerian oil spill](/companies/companies_s/Shell/images/nigerian_sm_domain-b.jpg)
Shell agrees to clean up 2008 Nigerian oil spill
04 May 2015
Claimants said that oil spillage from two pipelines amounted to 500,000 barrels of oil, while Shell initially estimated the volume at about 4,000 barrels
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
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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
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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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