Firms/companies
iPhone6 first weekend sales top 10 mn
23 Sep 2014
Canadian regulator asks Ipca to stop API exports
22 Sep 2014
Siemens acquires US oilfield equipment maker Dresser-Rand for $7.6bn
22 Sep 2014
The acquisition of Dresser-Rand gives Siemens access to the US oil industry at a time when a drilling boom for oil in North America has led to higher demand for energy services and equipment
Vodafone buys 140 Phones 4u outlets
20 Sep 2014
Bezos, Musk enter space war
20 Sep 2014
Walmart extending its e-commerce reach in India
20 Sep 2014
Don’t reappoint Mallya, advisory firms urge USL shareholders
20 Sep 2014
Proxy advisory firm Institutional Investor Advisory Services has advised shareholders against the reappointment of chairman Vijay Mallya at United Spirits
CBI probing Chidambaram's role in Aircel-Maxis deal
19 Sep 2014
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is probing the role of former finance minister P Chidambaram in allowing foreign investment by Maxis in Aircel
Australian fast food chain Hungry Jacks hijacks McDonald's promotion campaign
19 Sep 2014
Australian fast food chain Hungry Jack's has hijacked rival McDonald's promotional offer by allowing customers who win prizes at Big Mac's Monopoly promotion scheme to redeem them at its own store
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison steps aside, Safra Catz, Mark Hurd appointed co-CEOs
19 Sep 2014
Oracle said yesterday that its co-founder Larry Ellison would relinquish his role as chief executive and become the software giant’s executive chairman and chief technology officer
Apple firms up users’ data security
19 Sep 2014
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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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