Firms/companies
Uninor opens 367 stores in a single day
15 Apr 2014
Facebook to join mobile-payments race
15 Apr 2014
Diageo seeks to buy additional 26% of United Spirits for Rs11,451.3 crore
15 Apr 2014
Diageo Plc, the world's largest maker of alcoholic drinks, was force to abandon its earlier tender offer after USL shareholders refused to sell their shares saying the valuation was low
Infosys posts 25% jump in Q4 profit, but guidance weak
15 Apr 2014
Information technology major Infosys Ltd today reported a 25-per cent jump in its consolidated net profit for the quarter ended 31 March 2014, helped by large deals and an upturn in client spending
M&M unit ties up with Belgium’s Univeg for fresh fruit supply
15 Apr 2014
Mahindra &Mahindra's agriculture business unit Mahindra ShubhLabh Services on Monday signed a 60:40 joint venture agreement with Belgium-based fresh produce company Univeg to offer high quality fruits in the domestic as well as global markets
Google acquires solar-powered drone maker Titan Aerospace
15 Apr 2014
Google yesterday acquired solar-powered drone maker Titan Aerospace as part of its plans to beam internet from space to two-thirds of the global population that currently has no web access
LIC cuts stake in Infosys to 3.25%
14 Apr 2014
Sprint, Spotify to strike agreement: reports
14 Apr 2014
Facebook to filter News Feed of ‘spammy’ content
14 Apr 2014
After China and Iraq, GSK now faces bribery probe in Poland
14 Apr 2014
British drug giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), is under a criminal probe for allegedly bribing doctors in Poland for prescribing its asthma drug Seretide
Glencore Xstrata sells Las Bambas copper project to Chinese consortium for $5.85 bn
14 Apr 2014
Glencore was forced to sell the Las Bambas project, Xstrata's largest greenfield copper project in Peru, to the Chinese group as part of a deal with China’s regulators in exchange for their approval for its $76-billion merger with mining giant Xstrata
Bill Gates, Ballmer sued over IE browser glitch
12 Apr 2014
Tata Motors’ global sales drop 17.89% in March
12 Apr 2014
BMW to recall nearly half a million cars worldwide over defective engine bolts
12 Apr 2014
BMW said, in rare cases one of four bolts holding the cover on the engine's variable camshaft timing system breaks causing other bolts to fail and then lead oil leaks from the unit
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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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