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Apple working on electric car: reports
13 Feb 2015
The iPhone maker is reported to be working on an actual car and not just a service for carmakers to use
![SBI Q3 net vaults 30% to Rs2,910 crore as bad loan growth slows SBI Q3 net vaults 30% to Rs2,910 crore as bad loan growth slows](/finance/banks/SBI/images/arundhati_bhattacharya_sm_domain-b.jpg)
SBI Q3 net vaults 30% to Rs2,910 crore as bad loan growth slows
13 Feb 2015
State Bank, accounts for about a quarter of loans and deposits in the country
![ICICI Pru Life planning to sell 5% stake: reports ICICI Pru Life planning to sell 5% stake: reports](/finance/insurance/icici_prudential_life/images/icici_sm_domain-b.jpg)
ICICI Pru Life planning to sell 5% stake: reports
13 Feb 2015
Long-term investors like sovereign funds, pension funds and other financial investors have evinced interest in picking up a stake in the life insurance joint venture between ICICI Bank Ltd and Prudential Plc
![Sun’s Shanghvi reported in talks with Tanti for Suzlon stake Sun’s Shanghvi reported in talks with Tanti for Suzlon stake](/companies/companies_s/Suzlon_Energy/images/dilip_shanghvi_sm_domain-b.jpg)
Sun’s Shanghvi reported in talks with Tanti for Suzlon stake
13 Feb 2015
Sun Pharmaceuticals founder Dilip Shanghvi and Tulsi Tanti of Suzlon Energy are in advanced talks for a multi-layer deal to eventually give the pharma baron's family a stake in the debt-laden wind turbine maker
![Pipavav Defence denies reports of stake sale to Mahindras Pipavav Defence denies reports of stake sale to Mahindras](/companies/companies_m/Mahindra/images/ship_port_sm_domain-b.jpg)
Pipavav Defence denies reports of stake sale to Mahindras
12 Feb 2015
Pipavav Defence & Offshore Engineering has denied it was in talks to sell a stake to M&M, after widespread reports today that the Mahindras were close to picking up a 25-30 per cent stake in it
![Apple becomes first US firm to cross $700 bn in market value Apple becomes first US firm to cross $700 bn in market value](/companies/companies_a/Apple/images/apple_logo_domain-b.jpg)
Apple becomes first US firm to cross $700 bn in market value
12 Feb 2015
The iPhone maker is now worth twice as much as its long-time rival Microsoft and almost double of its closest rival Exxon Corp – and its shares are still rising
![Mahindras set to buy up to 30% stake in Pipavav Defence Mahindras set to buy up to 30% stake in Pipavav Defence](/companies/companies_m/Mahindra/images/ship_port_sm_domain-b.jpg)
Mahindras set to buy up to 30% stake in Pipavav Defence
12 Feb 2015
Although the reports have not been officially confirmed, a stake in Pipavav Defence & Offshore Engineering will give the Mahindras a big presence in the defence sector
![Grasim to merger group company Aditya Birla Chemicals Grasim to merger group company Aditya Birla Chemicals](/companies/companies_g/Grasim/images/grasim_logo_sm_domain-b.jpg)
Grasim to merger group company Aditya Birla Chemicals
11 Feb 2015
The proposed merger will consolidate Aditya Birla Group’s chlor-alakali business into Grasim and strengthen its existing portfolio of viscose staple fibre, caustic soda and allied chemicals
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India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
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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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