Firms/companies
Vodafone Idea plans Rs28,000-cr war chest to take on Jio
24 Jan 2019
Vodafone will invest up to Rs11,000 crore in the fund while the Aditya Birla group will add Rs7,250 crore
Adani Group proposes Rs12,000-cr investments in TN
24 Jan 2019
Public sector Indian Oil Corporation Ltd also announced plans to invest Rs16,641 crore across various projects in the state, taking first-day investment proposal at the global investors summit to over Rs28,000 crore
Supreme Court refuses bail to Unitech promoters
24 Jan 2019
NCLT clears Airtel’s acquisition of Tata Tele
22 Jan 2019
RIL plans a big splash into online retail business
21 Jan 2019
Reliance’s online retail plans, as chairman Mukesh Ambani had outlined earlier in the year, will be using "augmented reality, holographic technology and VR devices", to create what he described as a "personalised immersive shopping experience"
BHEL in talks with Libcoin to build India’s first lithium-ion battery plant
18 Jan 2019
The plant, with an initial capacity of 1GWh, will be scaled up to 30GWh in due course, helping the country reduce India’s dependence on other countries for Lithium-ion batteries needed for electric vehicles
Rolta India to downsize as debt restructuring fails
18 Jan 2019
Creditors did not allow Rolta, which was ranked among the `Best 200 under a Billion’ four times in six years by Forbes Global, to raise cash through sale of an asset worth Rs2,500 crore, but dragged the company to the NCLT for initiating insolvency proceedings instead
Naresh Goyal sets terms for investing Rs700 cr in Jet Airways
18 Jan 2019
With Ethihad taking 25 per cent and SBI another 20 per cent equity stake under the proposed debt resolution plan, Goel will have to dilute his 51 per cent stake well below the takeover trigger, which he does not want
Reliance Industries Q3 net rises nearly 9% to Rs10,251 crore
18 Jan 2019
RIL saw revenues rising across segments, including retail, telecom and refining operations, with earnings before interest and taxes (EBDT) for the retail segment rising 210.5 per cent to Rs1,512 crore
Bharti Airtel in talks to buy Telkom Kenya: report
16 Jan 2019
Telkom Kenya is the third-largest telco in Kenya with over 5 million users, behind market leader Safaricom with over 30 million while Airtel Kenya had 10 million-plus customers in the East African nation
Ford, Volkswagen form global alliance; plans first car in 2022
16 Jan 2019
The two are expected to launch a medium size pickup truck in the US in 2022 as the first offering from the alliance
Naresh Goyal to end control of Jet Airways, Etihad to raise stake to 49%
14 Jan 2019
While Naresh Goyal’s stake in Jet Airways will be brought down to around 20-25 per cent and his voting rights brought down to 10 per cent, Goyal's son Nivaan Goyal is likely to be included as non-executive director once a resolution plan is finalised, say reports
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