Firms/companies
BlackBerry slashes prices Z30 by Rs5,000
28 Mar 2014
Wal-Mart sues Visa for $5 bn over card swipe fees
28 Mar 2014
Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer alleges that Visa and all major banks conspired to fix the fees that retailers paid to accept their credit and debit cards
Delhi HC bars export of Natco's generic cancer drug on Bayer’s plea
27 Mar 2014
Bayer, in its petition, has pointed out that the generic drug being made under compulsory licence is for sale in India and, thus, cannot be exported
Bank of America to pay $9.3 bn to settle mortgage-backed securities claims
27 Mar 2014
According to FHFA, Bank of America and Countrywide Financial Corp, which the former acquired in 2008, sold thousands of defective loans from 2007 to 2009 to home-mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Ma
Toyota to buy back stock worth $3.5 billion, give half to charity
27 Mar 2014
Cash-rich Toyota plans to retire about half of the current buy-back by the end of June, by giving it to a charity fund run by the company for a paltry $1 pershare
Nissan recalls over 1 million vehicles over airbag software glitch
27 Mar 2014
Japanese carmaker Nissan Motor is recalling over 1 million cars, SUVs and vans mainly in North America over a software glitch which may not activate the front passenger air bag in a crash
Telenor Broadcast sells Conax to Swiss group
26 Mar 2014
Facebook to buy virtual reality headset maker start-up Oculus for $2 bn
26 Mar 2014
Making its second mega acquisition this year, Facebook yesterday struck a deal to buy 20-month start-up Oculus VR Inc, a maker of a virtual reality headset, for $2 billion in cash and stock
Kodak seeks buyer for its Eastman Business Park
26 Mar 2014
Eastman Kodak Co, which last year emerged from bankruptcy, is seeking a buyer for its Eastman Business Park – one of the largest industrial and technology parks in the US
CCI now probes Coal India’s “unfair” fuel supply agreement with GHCL
26 Mar 2014
Coal India has approached the Competition Appellate Tribunal challenging CCI’s order following which the penalty on the firm has been stayed
Sahara Group seeks time till March 2015 to repay Rs20,000-cr investor money
25 Mar 2014
Sahara group today submitted a fresh proposal before the Supreme Court, seeking time till 15 March 2015 for returning over Rs20,000 crore of investors' money in installments
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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
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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