Firms/companies
Minister rules out train fare hike in budget
07 Feb 2015
Tata Steel Q3 net profit down 69% at Rs157 crore
07 Feb 2015
Xiaomi selling ‘illegal’ phones in India, Ericsson tells HC
07 Feb 2015
According to Ericsson, Xiaomi was violating a division bench order of the court which allowed the Chinese company to sell and import till today (5 February) only handsets which have Qualcomm processors
Verizon to sell wireline operations, lease towers in deals worth over $15 bn
06 Feb 2015
The proceeds from the sales would allow Verizon to return significant value to shareholders through a $5 billion accelerated share-repurchase programme
Mirach says Sahara deliberately blocking sale of assets
06 Feb 2015
Mirach, which was floated only weeks ago to facilitate a structured deal between unnamed investors and Sahara, alleged that members of the Sahara Group violated the exclusivity agreement
BT Group seals deal to acquire EE for £12.5 bn
06 Feb 2015
Rivals Vodafone and TalkTalk have already called for competition authorities to force BT to spin off its Openreach business, which enables other telecom companies to access its fibre network to carry call and data
POSCO’s India project stuck as firm has to bid for iron ore mines
05 Feb 2015
In line with the government’s new policy of awarding mining rights, the South Korean steel major will not be entitled to any preferential allotment of mines
Govt may lower export duty for iron ore from Goa
05 Feb 2015
In a big relief to Sesa Sterlite, the centre is considering a reduction in the export duty for low-quality iron ore from Goa
Real time tweets to appear in Google search results
05 Feb 2015
Twitter and Google have entered into a pact display tweets in real time in Google Search
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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
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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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