Firms/companies
Jaguar sets up unique high-wire stunt to promote new XF
18 Mar 2015
Jaguar has teamed up with expert British stuntman Jim Dowdell to perform “a world first high-wire water crossing” in the all-new aluminium-intensive Jaguar XF, using a pair of parallel wires just over an inch thick
Ratan Tata sets up automotive innovation centre in UK
18 Mar 2015
The National Automotive Innovation Centre in Warwickshire, UK, is planned as the largest research facility of its kind in Europe
BHP’s $13-bn South32 spin-off to cost $738 mn
18 Mar 2015
The proposed spin off of BHP Billiton's base metals and coal assets has met with mixed reactions from investors and analysts
Sprint announces turnkey wired and wireless communications service for small, medium companies
17 Mar 2015
Holcim seeks renegotiation of merger deal with Lafarge
17 Mar 2015
The merger of the world’s two biggest cement makers, Holcim and Lafarge, is headed for collapse after Holcim demanded a revision of the agreed merger terms
Apple’s much-awaited TV service may roll out by Oct
17 Mar 2015
Apple Inc's long-expected TV service has moved closer to launch as the iPhone maker is in talks with programmers to offer a slimmed-down bundle of TV networks
India tops in asking Facebook to block undesirable content
17 Mar 2015
Facebook restricted access to nearly 6,000 items on its website in India during July-December 2014 - the highest for any country
BSNL boosts national broadband infrastructure with new fixed line technology
16 Mar 2015
The government hopes to tap BSNL’s next generation network, which converges voice and data, for promoting eHealth, eEducation services in villages
Yahoo releases source code for encryption plugin
16 Mar 2015
Vodafone seeks time to cancel its ‘111’ helpline
16 Mar 2015
Facebook to buy TheFind to enter e-commerce
16 Mar 2015
General Electric to sell Australian consumer-lending business for $6.26 bn
16 Mar 2015
In one of the biggest deals in the Asia-Pacific region so far this year, diversified conglomerate General Electric is divesting GE Capital, its consumer-lending operation in Australia and New Zealand
SC gives Sahara last chance to raise money for Subrata bail
14 Mar 2015
The Supreme Court was threating to 'alienate' Sahara Group's propertie for takeover for sale, but give it a last chance to raise Rs10,000 crore to secure bail for its chief Subrata Roy
SBI rebuts reports of killing Adani’s $1-bn loan proposal
14 Mar 2015
The State Bank of India has denied reports emerging on Friday that it had decided to scotch the Adani Group’s $1-billion loan application for its Australian coal project, but admitted that the proposal is in limbo
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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
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