Firms/companies
Airtel pips Jio in January subscriber additions
25 Mar 2019
European Commission hits Google with $1.7 bn antitrust fine
20 Mar 2019
The latest fine on Google, for allegedly forcing customers of its AdSense business to sign contracts barring rival search engines, takes total EU fine on Google over the last three years to $9.3 billion
And now, Etihad asks SBI to bail it out from Jet Airways
20 Mar 2019
Jet’s financial woes has fuelled a pileup of grounded planes as carriers operating on truncated fleet alter schedules, curtail flights and hike airfares during a busy season
Mindtree board rejects L&T’s Rs10,733-cr hostile bid
19 Mar 2019
The board of Mindtree said they saw no strategic advantage in the transaction and believed that it would be “value destructive for all shareholders,” but said it would deliberate over the L&T proposal tomorrow
Co-founder Bagchi returns to save Mindtree from L&T’s takeover bid
18 Mar 2019
Larsen & Toubro is reported to be now offering as much as Rs7,000 crore for a 20.4 per cent stake in Mindtree, currently held by its largest shareholder V G Siddharth, against its earlier offer of about Rs3,000 crore
Tesla comes out with seven-seater mid-size SUV Model Y
18 Mar 2019
The Model Y has an estimated range of 300 miles (480 km) and a top speed of 130 miles (210 km) per hour and can accelerate from 0 to 60 miles (0-100 km) in 5.5 seconds
Brookfield to acquire RIL’s East-West pipeline for Rs13,000 crore
15 Mar 2019
RIL, however, will continue to stay invested in the East-West pipeline with preference shares valued at Rs4,000 crore converted into equity at the end of 20 years, and will be entitled to a significant participation in its net earnings
Mahindra launches new 83 hp utility vehicle in US market
15 Mar 2019
The Retriever 1000, which boasts of an industry-leading 83-horsepower 1000cc gas engine, reaches up to 60 mph in its first acceleration and delivers best-in-class 2,500 lbs of towing capacity
Premji pledges another 34% of his Wipro shares to philanthropy
14 Mar 2019
Wipro chairman Azim Premji, who is also chairman of the Azim Premji Foundation, has now 67 per cent of his beneficial ownership in Wipro Ltd pledged irrevocably to charity
RBI to inject liquidity through $5 bn dollar-rupee swap
14 Mar 2019
Under the swap, a bank would sell US dollars to the RBI and simultaneously agree to buy the same amount of US dollars at the end of the swap period
BSNL has no money to pay its 1.76 lakh employees
13 Mar 2019
India grounds all Boeing 737 Max aircraft
13 Mar 2019
US regulators also on Monday ordered Boeing to make urgent improvements to the best-selling jet, even as Boeing maintained that the 737 MAX was "as safe as any airplane that has ever flown the skies"
Jet Airways set to finalise Rs4,000-cr financing deal: report
12 Mar 2019
Under the financing agreement, promoter group stake in Jet Airways will come down to 17 per cent from 51 per cent, while Etihad will retain 24.9 per cent stake and lenders will gain 29.5 per cent through conversion of debt and fresh equity infusion, with the remaining going to a new investor
Renault in talks for new alliance with Nissan and Mitsubishi
11 Mar 2019
The proposed new Nissan-Renault-Mitsubishi joint venture, which will have no impact on the current restricted alliance, will be headed by Renault’s new chairman, Jean-Dominique Senard
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COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
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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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