Firms/companies
AT&T to acquire Leap Wireless for $1.2 bn
13 Jul 2013
Icahn raises bid in last-ditch effort to thwart Michael Dell
13 Jul 2013
Activist investor Carl Icahn yesterday raised his bid for personal computer maker Dell Inc in a last-ditch attempt to scuttle founder Michael Dell's offer to take the company private
Microsoft launches biggest internal overhaul to boost competitiveness
12 Jul 2013
In its biggest internal overhaul in five years Microsoft Corp aims to streamline development of products from Windows to tablets, in bid to catch up with nimbler rivals in mobile and cloud computing
Infosys Q1 profit up 3.7%, maintains forecast at 6-10%
12 Jul 2013
Signalling its confidence in being able to regain lost market share Infosys Ltd today posted a healthy topline growth, and beat some analysts' expectations by retaining its revenue growth forecast for the full year
China accuses GSK of bribery, raising prices and tax fraud
11 Jul 2013
Employees of GSK in China have confessed to bribing doctors, hospitals, government officials and others to prescribe the company's medicines to increase drug sales, China's ministry of public security said in a website statement
Carl Icahn urges Dell shareholders to get shares appraised in Delaware Court
11 Jul 2013
Activist investor Carl Icahn makes a last-ditch attempt to prevent Dell founder Michael Dell from succeeding in a management buyout of the PC firm he founded in 1984
Audi to raise prices across models
10 Jul 2013
Yahoo pulls the plug on search engine Altavista
10 Jul 2013
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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
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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
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
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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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