Firms/companies
Jignesh Shah, FTIL not fit and proper to run a bourse: FMC
19 Dec 2013
Jignesh Shah is currently the chairman of FTIL, which holds 26 per cent stake in MCX, the country's largest commodity exchange
Facebook to start video advertising
18 Dec 2013
Facebook acquires SportsStream
18 Dec 2013
Future Group sells 22.5% in life insurance business to IITL for Rs1,500 crore
18 Dec 2013
The divestment leaves Future Group with a majority 52 per cent stake in Future Generali India Life Insurance
Yahoo acquires content delivery network PeerCDN
18 Dec 2013
GlaxoSmithKline to stop paying doctors for product promotion
17 Dec 2013
The move comes after the biggest drugmaker in the UK stood accused of making corrupt payments to doctors and officials to boost its drug sales in China
Hyundai to hike car prices by Rs5,000 to Rs20,000
17 Dec 2013
The price hikes effective January 2014, are intended to offset pressure of input costs caused by rupee depreciation and inflationary trends
BP inks $16-bn deal with Oman to produce hard rock gas
16 Dec 2013
British oil explorer BP Plc has signed a 30-year deal to work on a $16 billion worth of gas projects in Oman that aims to extract around one billion cubic feet of gas per day
Glaxo announces open offer to hike stake in Indian arm
16 Dec 2013
Betting on rising drug demand, GlaxoSmithKline Plc has earmarked around $1 billion to raise its stake in its Indian subsidiary to 75 per cent
RIL opposes govt move to take away discovered gas fields
16 Dec 2013
Reliance Industries has gone back on its readiness to relinquish development rights to the undeveloped portion of the KG-D6 block
Google acquires robotics firm Boston Dynamics
16 Dec 2013
Boston Dynamics, the biggest name in Google’s most recent acquisitions might actually be the eighth robotics company purchased by Google in the last six months
Google to design own server chips: Reports
14 Dec 2013
Yahoo CEO apologises for Yahoo Mail outage
14 Dec 2013
GM reveals plans to sell Peugeot stake
13 Dec 2013
Intel working on chip to support voice-enabled software
13 Dec 2013
With the extensive roll-out of 4G coverage in India, Intel expects the scale of computer and internet penetration to see substantial growth
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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.
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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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