Firms/companies
Aditya Birla Nuvo Q3 net up 7% at Rs386 crore
11 Feb 2015
Corporates using shell firms to pay bribes, says HDFC’s Parekh
11 Feb 2015
Respected banker Deepak parekh says bribes paid by corporations are disguised so well and look completely genuine or go through a large web of unidentifiable shell companies that the best of forensic accountants find it difficult to trace it
China, Japan drag down McDonald’s January sales
10 Feb 2015
Qualcomm fined record $975 mn in China anti-trust probe
10 Feb 2015
Qualcomm is a key player in China’s expanding high-speed 4G network from where it derives a major chunk of its profit from high-margin royalties
Black money: HSBC admits ‘failures’ by its Swiss arm
09 Feb 2015
Reports said the clients of HSBC’s Swiss unit included politicians, actors, rock stars and individuals with ties to arms dealers and dealers of ‘blood diamonds’ or ‘conflict diamonds’
HSBC helped UK’s rich to dodge tax: report
09 Feb 2015
Investigations by the UK tax office HMRC have helped recover some £135 million in unpaid tax, interest and penalties from the UK citizens involved, say reports
Ratan Tata invests in CarDekho parent GirnarSoft
09 Feb 2015
Ratan Tata’s first investment in an auto portal in his personal capacity, the investment augurs well for Tata Motors, which is passing through the worst of times with low sales and profits
WhatsApp tests internet voice calls
07 Feb 2015
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
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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
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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
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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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