Firms/companies
Goldman Sachs second-quarter net income doubles
16 Jul 2013
TCS beats Unilever, ITC, Infosys as India’s most admired firm
16 Jul 2013
Tata Consultancy Services has been rated India's most admired company, ahead of Hindustan Unilever, ITC, and Infosys, in a survey by global management consultancy firm Hay Group
Posco to pull out of $5.3 bn steel project in Karnataka
16 Jul 2013
The South Korean steel maker will, however, proceed with its larger $12 billion project in Orissa
Citigroup posts 26% rise in adjusted quarterly profit
16 Jul 2013
Buoued by better trading revenue and improving home prices that helped it reduce its mortgage losses, Citigroup reported better-than-expected 26 per cent rise in adjusted quarterly profit
Tata Group has no plans to leave West Bengal: Cyrus Mistry
15 Jul 2013
Tata group chairman Cyrus Mistry has ruled out any transfer of rights over the property the group owns in Singur despite the Mamata Banerjee ministry’s opposition to the company holding on to the land.
GE prepares to counter Schneider's bid for Invensys
15 Jul 2013
GE is gearing up to take on France's Schneider Electric for control of Invensys Plc, which would see a bidding war erupt between two of the world's biggest industrial giants
Documents reveal Microsoft's close cooperation with intelliegence agencies
13 Jul 2013
Microsoft allowed communications of users to be intercepted, which included helping the National Security Agency to circumvent the company's own encryption.
Featured articles
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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