Firms/companies
RBI lifts gold curbs, allows local sale of imported metal
22 May 2014
Nominated importers will have to procure gold, if considered necessary, through two invoices – 20 per cent for exporters and the other 80 per cent one domestic users
EU charges 3 of world’s biggest banks with rate rigging
21 May 2014
US and European regulators have so far handed down some $6 billion in fines to 10 banks and brokerages for rigging the Libor and its euro cousin Euribor
Google overtakes Apple as world’s most valuable technology firm
21 May 2014
Google’s brand value shot up 40 per cent in a year to $158.84 billion while Apple’s brand value fell 20 per cent to $147.88 billion, according to Millward Brown’s ‘2014 100 Top BrandZ’ report
Google eyeing video streaming service, Twitch
20 May 2014
Sahara proposes sale of 2 overseas hotels to raise Rs10,000 cr
19 May 2014
A new bench comprising justices T S Thakur and A K Sikri refused to allow Sahara’s plea for putting Roy under house arrest in Lucknow instead of keeping him in Tihar jail
Adani Group gets Rs5,500 cr DRI show-cause for fudging imports
19 May 2014
Notices were issued against three companies of the Ahmedabad-based Adani Group for alleged over-valuation by Rs2,000 crore of capital equipment for power projects
AT&T to buy US satellite-television provider DirecTV for $48.5 bn
19 May 2014
A successful deal would combine AT&T, the second-largest wireless carrier and the largest satellite television company in the US, exceeding the deal size of Comcast's $45-billion acquisition of Time Warner Cable
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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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