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

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's appeal on Sika-Saint-Gobain deal rejected

05 May 2015

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

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

General Motors plans product blitz to boost India sales: report

04 May 2015

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

ad,MR and PR agencies

banking & finance

insurance

mutual funds

Page no. 356 of 1431

Featured articles

Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful

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.

What is a Ponzi scheme?

By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023

Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.

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