Firms/companies
Coal India disinvestment likely after 1 April
19 Mar 2014
RBI in no hurry to hand out private banking licences: report
19 Mar 2014
Sources said four to five entities, including IDFC and a couple of prominent non-banking financial companies and microfinance institutions might finally get the licence
Vodafone to buy Spain's largest cable operator ONO for €7.2 bn
18 Mar 2014
Vodafone, which last month completed the $130-billion sale of its stake in US mobile network Verizon Wireless, is strengthening its hold over the European market through the ONO deal
Toyota declares lockout at both Bangalore plants
18 Mar 2014
The lockout follows a breakdown in wage negotiations between the company’s management and workers' union
Sahara accuses SEBI of trying to ‘siphon off’ investor funds
15 Mar 2014
The Sahara Group today virtually accused the Securities & Exchange Board of India of trying to steal its money, using a complaint against a Press Trust of India report as the basis of its complaint
SC refuses to clear tax roadblock in Nokia-Microsoft deal
15 Mar 2014
As a result of the verdict, Nokia India will have to agree to an open-ended guarantee that the company would meet any future tax claims relating to the dispute before it can transfer Indian assets to Microsoft
Google to encrypt web search for users in China
14 Mar 2014
Google plans to encrypt its web search service for users on the Chinese mainland to fortify their privacy
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COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
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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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