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Wal-Mart probe: ball now in RBI’s court
19 Oct 2013
Bharti buys out Qualcomm in 4G broadband JV
19 Oct 2013
IBM reassigning unit head after sales drop
18 Oct 2013
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Microsoft delivers Windows on Android, iOS devices
18 Oct 2013
Microsoft has kept its word to make its Office suite available on rivals' mobile devices
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Google beats Wall Street expectations
18 Oct 2013
Google continues to expand its mobile advertising business, despite investor fears that its paid search would be hit by mobile advertising
China’s Lenovo Group interested in BlackBerry
18 Oct 2013
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HSBC to end brokering, depository services in India
18 Oct 2013
The move is part of the bank’s global strategy to review and exit some businesses to cut costs
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No violation of FEMA rules by Walmart, says ED
18 Oct 2013
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has found no contravention of foreign exchange rules by US retail giant Wal-Mart in its investments in India’s Bharti Enterprises
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Tata Group tops transparency list of BRICS multinationals
17 Oct 2013
Tata Communications led three other Tata Group companies in rankings for openness in business practices
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Facebook allows teens to go public with posts
17 Oct 2013
Facebook Inc has pulled out a restriction for users under 18 that barred people from viewing their online post on the social network
Tata-Tesco launch ‘Star Daily’ outlet in Pune
17 Oct 2013
Mumbai firm beats Google to Street View
17 Oct 2013
Twitter opts for IPO on NYSE
16 Oct 2013
Yahoo to retain larger stake in Alibaba
16 Oct 2013
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Apple hires Burberry’s Angela Ahrendts as senior vice president
16 Oct 2013
Angela Ahrendts becomes the first female executive to join the Apple board
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Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
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!
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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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What is a Ponzi scheme?
By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
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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
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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
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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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