Firms/companies
Facebook joins GSM operators lobby group COAI
07 Aug 2014
Facebook becomes the first non-telecom company to join COAI, whose membership was restricted to cellular operators and telecom infrastructure companies
EIH plans hotels in Thailand, China
06 Aug 2014
The company plans to invest about Rs1,000 crore in two properties in Bangalore and Goa and these projects are currently awaiting environmental clearances
Sanofi Emcure in pact to market oncology drugs
06 Aug 2014
Fox abandons Time Warner takeover bid
06 Aug 2014
Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox has abruptly terminated its attempt to acquire for Time Warner Inc
Tata Steel boosting capacity at UK facility
06 Aug 2014
LIC to invest Rs3,00,000 crore this fiscal: report
06 Aug 2014
The state-run insurer is looking to invest around Rs45,000 crore in equities alone in the current financial year, says LIC chairman S K Roy
Fiat launches premium hatchback Punto Evo
05 Aug 2014
Google tip off leads to arrest over child abuse
05 Aug 2014
Micromax overtakes Samsung to emerge as India’s largest mobile phone supplier
05 Aug 2014
Micromax had a 16.6 per cent share of India's handset shipments in the April-June quarter while Samsung saw its share fall to 14.4 per cent
Twitter tests new feature to explain hashtags
05 Aug 2014
LIC questions Cairn India’s $1.25 billion loan to Sesa Sterlite
04 Aug 2014
LIC, which owns 9.09 per cent shares worth Rs5,382 crore in Cairn India, wants to know the economics of lending at 3.5% at a time when a 2-year bank deposit fetches 9-9.5% interest
Austrian student sues Facebook over privacy violations
04 Aug 2014
The legal proceedings could end up as the largest class and privacy action suit ever taken in Europe
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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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