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Mark Fields to succeed Alan Mulally as next Ford chief
22 Apr 2014
With Ford Motor CEO Alan Mulally set to retire, chief operating officer Mark Fields is all set to take over
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L&T, Future Generali call off insurance JV plan
22 Apr 2014
The two said in separate statements that they were calling off their joint venture because of "inordinate delay" in finalisation of the deal
![Tata Steel likely to invest in Canada iron ore project Tata Steel likely to invest in Canada iron ore project](/companies/companies_t/Tata_Steel/images/tata_steel_sm_domain-b.jpg)
Tata Steel likely to invest in Canada iron ore project
22 Apr 2014
Tata Steel owns approximately 26.3 per cent of New Millennium Iron Corp and is the corporation’s largest shareholder
Idea tops the subscriber addition chart
21 Apr 2014
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GM under fire for failing to recall problem cars
21 Apr 2014
General Motors, America’s biggest carmaker, waited years to recall nearly 335,000 Saturn Ion cars over power steering failures despite getting thousands of consumer complaints and more than 30,000 warranty repair claims
![Hero MotoCorp setting up JVs in Bangladesh, Columbia Hero MotoCorp setting up JVs in Bangladesh, Columbia](/companies/companies_h/hero_motocorp/images/heromotocorp_april_sm_domain-b.jpg)
Hero MotoCorp setting up JVs in Bangladesh, Columbia
21 Apr 2014
The expansion into Bangladesh and Colombia is a part of Hero's vision of expanding its global footprint to 50 countries by 2020
![European Media mogul questions Google’s business model European Media mogul questions Google’s business model](/companies/companies_g/google/images/mathias_döpfner_sm_domain-b.jpg)
European Media mogul questions Google’s business model
21 Apr 2014
Mathias Döpfner, CEO of German publisher Axel Springer SE, has warned Google in a letter that in the history of economics, monopolies did not survive long
![TCS, Mitsubishi to form new IT services company in Japan TCS, Mitsubishi to form new IT services company in Japan](/companies/companies_t/tcs/images/tcs_logo_june_sm_domain-b.jpg)
TCS, Mitsubishi to form new IT services company in Japan
21 Apr 2014
Tata Consultancy Services has signed an agreement with Japan's Mitsubishi Corporation to create a new IT services company in Japan
![Wal-Mart launches own money-transfer service Wal-Mart launches own money-transfer service](/companies/companies_w/wal_mart/images/walmart_money_transfer_sm_domain-b.jpg)
Wal-Mart launches own money-transfer service
21 Apr 2014
Wal-Mart has launched its own money-transfer service, taking a step towards becoming one of the biggest financial services providers in the world
Facebook launches location sharing feature in US
19 Apr 2014
![Shell's Sakhalin-2 project expansion gets Putin's support Shell's Sakhalin-2 project expansion gets Putin's support](/companies/companies_s/Shell/images/vladimir_putin_april_sm_domain-b.jpg)
Shell's Sakhalin-2 project expansion gets Putin's support
19 Apr 2014
Russian president, Vladimir Putin yesterday promised support to Shell chief executive officer Ben van Beurden’s plan to expand the Sakhalin-2 oil and gas project in Russia’s Far East, at a meeting at his residence near Moscow
![Ex Apple chief John Scully regrets ousting Steve Jobs Ex Apple chief John Scully regrets ousting Steve Jobs](/companies/companies_a/Apple/images/john_scully_sm_domain-b.jpg)
Ex Apple chief John Scully regrets ousting Steve Jobs
19 Apr 2014
John Sculley, who was instrumental in Steve Jobs' ouster from Apple in 1986, says in hindsight Jobs' removal had not been such a good idea
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
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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
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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
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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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