Firms/companies
Voltas to move beyond A/Cs, re-enter areas it had quit
03 Feb 2015
Tata Strategic Management Group and Voltas are currently working on segments Voltas can enter, and in some cases, re-enter after having exited them inthe late '80s
RIL in JV pact with SBI for payment bank
02 Feb 2015
Reliance seeks to leverage state-run State Bank of India’s nationwide network and risk management capabilities and RIL’s retail and telecom businesses for entering the banking space
Maruti logs 9.3% jump in January domestic sales
02 Feb 2015
Sun Pharma buyout of Ranbaxy gets conditional US nod
31 Jan 2015
Fearing that the $4-billion deal would be anti-competitive, the FTC has stipulated that Sun sell its interest in a generic anti-bacterial medicine
Microsoft launches new Outlook app for iOS
30 Jan 2015
Coal India’s Rs22,600-cr stake sale more than fully subscribed
30 Jan 2015
The Coal India share sale was more than fully subscribed, helping the government meet nearly half of the divestment target fixed for the current financial year.
Google launches Gmail cash transfers in UK
30 Jan 2015
British Gmail users can now send money to each other using Google’s mail service, as the search giant has announced it is expanding the reach of Google Wallet’s integration with Gmail
Shell announces $15-bn spending cuts as low oil prices bite
30 Jan 2015
The company said that it would defer spending in many areas, exit selective growth positions, and drive costs down in the supply chain
Boeing reports Q4 net profit of $1.47 billion
29 Jan 2015
Airtel seeks to enter payment banking with Kotak Mahindra
29 Jan 2015
Bharti Airtel today said it will apply for a payment banking licence, in which Kotak Mahindra Bank hopes to pick up a 19.9-per cent stake
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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.
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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
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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