Firms/companies
BT signs network deal with EE
11 Oct 2013
BlackBerry founders mull takeover
11 Oct 2013
BlackBerry co-founders Mike Lazaridis and Douglas Fregin yesterday said they may consider taking over the company, just two weeks after Fairfax Financial Holdings tabled a $4.7 billion bid
Reliance Jio gets licence for pan-India 4G services
11 Oct 2013
The new telecom licence will pave the way for Mukesh Ambani's second innings in mobile telephony after his first venture Reliance Infocomm, ws demerged in favour of brother Anil Ambani
Del Monte Pacific to buy US-based Del Monte's consumer food business for $1.68 bn
11 Oct 2013
Singapore-listed food and beverages company Del Monte Pacific Ltdis buying the consumer food business of US-based Del Monte Foods Consumer Products Inc
IFC launches $1-bn rupee bond programme for India
10 Oct 2013
Under the programme, the largest of its kind in the offshore rupee market, IFC will issue rupee-linked bonds and use the proceeds to finance private sector investment in the country
Negatives forced Wal-Mart to drop retail hopes in India
10 Oct 2013
The Indian authorities are investigating whether Wal-Mart violated foreign investment rules by giving Bharti Retail an interest-free loan of $100 million that could later be converted into a controlling stake in the company
Nissan launches compact SUV ‘Terrano’
09 Oct 2013
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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!
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.
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.
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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