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Google expands recently updated Hangouts app
30 Oct 2013
Tata Steel Europe to restructure, cut 500 jobs
30 Oct 2013
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Thomson Reuters to cut 3,000 jobs as earnings dip
30 Oct 2013
Thomson Reuters said the layoffs will be targeted mainly at the company’s financial and risk division, its biggest unit
![Michael privatises Dell, delists from Nasdaq Michael privatises Dell, delists from Nasdaq](/companies/companies_d/Dell/images/michael_dell_5feb_sm_domain-b.jpg)
Michael privatises Dell, delists from Nasdaq
30 Oct 2013
PC maker Dell Inc is finally going private despite the bitter opposition by activist investor Carl Icahn to the $24.9-billion buyout deal proposed by founder Michael Dell
![Vodafone seeks nod to wholly own its Indian unit Vodafone seeks nod to wholly own its Indian unit](/companies/companies_v/Vodafone/images/vodafone_march_sm_domain-b.jpg)
Vodafone seeks nod to wholly own its Indian unit
29 Oct 2013
Vodafone Plc, the world's second-largest mobile operator, today sought FIPB approval to wholly own its Indian arm with an investment of Rs10,141 crore
LyondellBasell reports $854-mn Q3 earnings
29 Oct 2013
![Apple’s profits down despite rising iPhone sales Apple’s profits down despite rising iPhone sales](/companies/companies_a/Apple/images/apple_logo_domain-b.jpg)
Apple’s profits down despite rising iPhone sales
29 Oct 2013
Commentators say rivals are catching up fast with Apple in most areas
![Infosys to pay record $35 million to settle US visa probe Infosys to pay record $35 million to settle US visa probe](/companies/companies_I/Infosys/images/infosys_logo_domain-b.jpg)
Infosys to pay record $35 million to settle US visa probe
29 Oct 2013
The US action comes amid a debate over the government barring entry of foreign workers through selective legislation, claiming that cheaper foreign workers, particularly in the software sector, are displacing qualified Americans.
![RBI hikes repo rate by 25 bps to 7.75 %, cuts overnight lending rate by 25 bps RBI hikes repo rate by 25 bps to 7.75 %, cuts overnight lending rate by 25 bps](/finance/banks/RBI/images/raghuram_rajan_sm_domain-b.jpg)
RBI hikes repo rate by 25 bps to 7.75 %, cuts overnight lending rate by 25 bps
29 Oct 2013
RBI said it has addressed the system’s excess liquidity requirement for meeting festival demand by doubling the amount of cash provided to banks under the 7-day and 14-day repo to 0.5 per cent of bank-wise NDTL
![Toyota sells 7.41 million vehicles globally Toyota sells 7.41 million vehicles globally](/companies/companies_t/Toyota_Motor_Corp/images/toyota_motors_sm_domain-b.jpg)
Toyota sells 7.41 million vehicles globally
29 Oct 2013
Toyota Motor Corp today said that it had sold 7.41 million vehicles globally in the first nine months of the year, outselling rivals and retaining its title as the world's top-selling automaker
![Sahara ordered to submit Rs20,000-cr worth title deeds to SEBI as guarantee Sahara ordered to submit Rs20,000-cr worth title deeds to SEBI as guarantee](/companies/companies_s/Sahara_Group/images/subrata_roy_sm_domain-b.jpg)
Sahara ordered to submit Rs20,000-cr worth title deeds to SEBI as guarantee
29 Oct 2013
The Supreme Court has directed the Sahara group to give original title deeds of its assets worth Rs20,000 crore to SEBI as guarantee towards payment of the Rs24,000 crore it owes to various investors
Dabur Q2 net profit up 23.4% at Rs250 crore
28 Oct 2013
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Coal India stake sale by December: Jaiswal
28 Oct 2013
The proposed sale of 5-per cent of the government’s stake in Coal India Ltd is likely to take place by December, union minister for coal Sriprakash Jaiswal said today
![Posco's steel project in Odisha may get another extension Posco's steel project in Odisha may get another extension](/companies/companies_p/posco/images/steel_foundry_sm_domain-b.jpg)
Posco's steel project in Odisha may get another extension
28 Oct 2013
SEZ projects across the country are hamstrung by opposition to land acquisition by landowners who are mainly dependent on land for their livelihood
![DuPont sued in US over cancer-causing C8 chemical used in Teflon DuPont sued in US over cancer-causing C8 chemical used in Teflon](/companies/companies_d/DuPont/images/dupont_food_sm_domain-b.jpg)
DuPont sued in US over cancer-causing C8 chemical used in Teflon
28 Oct 2013
The chemical, which is believed to cause kidney and testicular cancers and thyroid diseases, is used in Teflon, a coating material for utensils and clothing
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India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
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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
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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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