Firms/companies
Bajaj Auto workers threaten to stop work again
19 Apr 2014
The workers union at Bajaj Auto has given notice regarding plans to stop work at the company’s Chakan plant from 28 April
RIL reports Q4 net profit of Rs5,613 crore
19 Apr 2014
Mukesh Ambani says RIL’s retail business has turned around and has grown to become India’s largest retail chain
Glenmark recalls anti-ulcer drug in the US over tablet mix-up
19 Apr 2014
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd is recalling 2,900 bottles of its anti-ulcer drug ranitidine from the US market after a tablet to treat high blood pressure was found in one of the bottles
IBM posts lowest quarterly revenue in five years at $22.5 bn
17 Apr 2014
IBM hopes to raise profitability as it shifts its business from hardware to cloud computing and data analysis
Wipro Q4 net profit jumps 41% to Rs2,239.1 crore
17 Apr 2014
French regulator orders Nestle to allow rival coffee capsules on Nespresso
17 Apr 2014
The French regulator yesterday ruled that Nestle should allow its competitors' branded coffee capsules to be used on its single-serve Nespresso coffee system
Google adds Lens Blur to Google Camera app
17 Apr 2014
Microsoft “most attractive” employer in India: survey
17 Apr 2014
Indian responses were in line with global traits where salary and employee benefit followed job security
SC set to unfreeze Sahara accounts for Roy's bail
17 Apr 2014
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it was prepared to lift the freeze on the Sahara Group's bank accounts so that it can pay the Rs10,000 crore bail the apex court has set for the release of its chief Subrata Roy
After China, Iraq, Poland, GSK bribery probe now expands to Jordan, Lebanon
17 Apr 2014
The probe into a whistle-blower's allegations that British drug giant GlaxoSmithKline’s employees bribed doctors to prescribe its products has now expanded to the Middle East
Google files patent for contact lenses with tiny cameras
16 Apr 2014
Google has claimed patent for a technology that envisages smart contact lenses equipped with tiny cameras
Rolls-Royce, Daimler value JV stake at $3.36 bn
16 Apr 2014
Coca-Cola posts better-than-expected quarterly revenue
16 Apr 2014
Coca-Cola Co posted better-than-expected quarterly revenue as it increased spending on marketing and advertising, driving up sales in emerging markets
Researchers claim to find way to hack Galaxy S5’s fingerprint sensor
16 Apr 2014
Four days after Samsung released its long-awaited Galaxy S5, security researchers said they had already found a way to hack the fingerprint sensor of the device
Intel's PC chips rise after record slump
16 Apr 2014
Intel Corp’s main personal-computer processor business is slowly picking up after a record industry slump, though the company’s push to get into faster-growing mobile-phone chips has hit hurdles
Google admits to using readers’ mail
16 Apr 2014
Google has amended its service terms to clarify thatall emails stored on its servers were analysed, including incoming and outgoing emails, to provide users with "personally relevant product features"
Twitter acquires social data provider Gnip
16 Apr 2014
Gnip was Twitter's first data partner and the first with access to complete archive of Twitter Data, and also supplies data to Tumblr, WordPress, Foursquare, Disqus, IntenseDebate, StockTwits, and GetGlue
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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
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
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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
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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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