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Infosys launches sales platform TradeEdge
09 Dec 2013
TradeEdge offers brands one of the most affordable ways to expand reach in the emerging markets, says Infosys chairman N R Narayana Murthy
Tata, Maruti may enter electric vehicles market
07 Dec 2013
With the restoration of subsidy on electric vehicles by April 2014, Tata Motors and Maruti Suzuki are also expected to enter electric car production
Power Grid share offer subscribed 6.7 times
07 Dec 2013
HC admits banks’ plea for winding up Kingfisher Airlines
07 Dec 2013
If Kingfisher fails to secure a stay against Friday’s order, an advertisement announcing the winding-up decision will be published in newspapers
Deutsche Bank downs shutters on global commodities business
06 Dec 2013
Deutsche Bank, the first major bank to exit the once lucrative commodities sector, said it would retain precious metals and a limited number of financial derivatives trades
Hewlett-Packard announces massive UK job cuts
06 Dec 2013
Political risk premiums zoom as emerging market FDI dips: World Bank
06 Dec 2013
The market for political risk insurance expanded 33 per cent last year to $100 billion, a historic high, and is on track for similar growth this year, even as FDI is falling
Bharti Airtel to offer 4G services in Bangalore
05 Dec 2013
Vodafone announces $3 bn additional investment in India
05 Dec 2013
Vodafone ranks India as one of the two most-important markets globally along with Germany, for new investments and expansion
Ford unveils 2015 version of iconic car Mustang
05 Dec 2013
Deutsche Bank hit hardest as EU fines 6 banks €1.7 bn for rate-rigging
05 Dec 2013
Whistle blowers, Britain's Barclays and Switzerland's UBS, escaped fines over rate-rigging, while Germany's Deutsche Bank was slapped with the stiffest penalty of €725 million
Wipro to exit PCs, and hardware business
05 Dec 2013
Wipro has two manufacturing facilities with a combined capacity of about 2.20 lakh units of desktops, laptops and servers
Nokia-Microsoft deal receives FTC nod
04 Dec 2013
Though the US FTC's nod has cleared a major hurdle for an alliance between Microsoft and Nokia's handset business, the deal needs EU's approval as well
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By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
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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