Firms/companies
Facebook admits tracking non-account users
11 Apr 2015
Reliance Jio to take on WhatsApp and WeChat
11 Apr 2015
GE agrees to sell part of real estate for $23 bn; announces $50-bn share buyback
11 Apr 2015
Diversified industrial group GE yesterday struck a deal to sell a major part of its real estate portfolio to Blackstone Group LP and Wells Fargo & Co for about $23 billion as part of its plan to focus on its core industrial business
Flipkart ties up with Mumbai dabbawalas for last-mile delivery
10 Apr 2015
Online marketplace Flipkart has tied up with Mumbai’s 'Dabbawala' organisations for last-mile delivery of orders to Mumbai buyers
Rafale deal, n-supplies top PM’s agenda on Paris visit
10 Apr 2015
Continuing his diplomatic offensive, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to hold a one-on-one meet with French President Francois Hollandeand and meet trade leaders before moving on to Germany and Canada
French court orders HSBC to pay $1.1-bn bail over Swiss tax scandal
10 Apr 2015
French authorities have started a formal criminal probe on British banking giant HSBC Holdings Plc over alleged tax evasion by its subsidiary Swiss private bank in 2006-2007
YouTube viewers to get skip-ads option
10 Apr 2015
GE close to selling nearly all its $30 bn real estate holdings
10 Apr 2015
GE is close to clinching a deal to sell nearly all of its $30 billion real estate portfolio to a consortium led by Blackstone Group and Wells Fargo & Co
Digital technology, social media depress users: study
09 Apr 2015
People who log on to Facebook more frequently evaluate themselves against their friends more often and experience more depressive symptoms
Satyam case: Ramalinga Raju gets 7-yr jail; ordered to pay Rs5-cr fine
09 Apr 2015
A special CBI court has found Satyam Computer Services founder B Ramalinga Raju, his brother B Rama Raju, former company officials and accountants guilty in India’s biggest corporate scam
Manulife replaces Aviva in $1.2-bn bancassurance deal with DBS Group
09 Apr 2015
Manulife will gain access to DBS’ six million customer base in the four markets through the bank’s extensive network of over 200 branches
Snapdeal acquires FreeCharge
08 Apr 2015
Shell to buy Britain’s BG Group for $69.6 bn
08 Apr 2015
A deal between the two energy companies comes amid the recent collapse in global oil prices and BG’s record $5-billion loss in the fourth quarter
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