Firms/companies
Buffett set to buy into Paytm parent One97 Communications
27 Aug 2018
With planned investment of $300-350 million for a little over 3 per cent in Paytm, the deal values the Paytm group at $10-12 billion, say reports
Tata Motors rolls out 1500th GS800 Safari Storme for Indian Army
25 Aug 2018
The Safari Strome GS800 is a contemporary, highly reliable and sturdy diesel SUV with robust features, and a minimum payload capacity of 800 kg, designed and manufactured indigenously
Vedanta to invest $8 bn in aluminium, zinc, lead and crude oil projects
25 Aug 2018
Anil Agarwal-led Vedanta Resources plans to invest $2.3 bn to increase crude oil reserve base by 375 million barrels as part of the expansion programme
L&T to buy back 60 million shares for Rs9,000 cr
23 Aug 2018
This is the first share buy-back by the Mumbai-headquartered construction and engineering giant since its stock market entry
Walmart files caveat in HC to pre-empt move by Cait and SJM
21 Aug 2018
Traders say the approval for Walmart’s acquisition of Flipkart “violated government’s FDI policy and that the combination is a sinister design to control and dominate the retail trade through the passage of e-commerce policy
Alibaba in talks with Reliance Retail for e-commerce JV: report
20 Aug 2018
A stake in Reliance Retail will give Alibaba an edge over Walmart and Amazon as foreign entities are not allowed to hold inventory in India and can only operate as marketplaces
Infosys CFO Ranganath tenders resignation
18 Aug 2018
Agricultural income 23% higher than non-farm incomes
17 Aug 2018
Agricultural households earned 23 per cent more than non-agricultural households, although agricultural households had an average outstanding debt of Rs1,04,602 against Rs76,731 for nonfarm households, says a Nabard survey
Tata Steel’s Q1 profit more than doubles to Rs1,934 crore
14 Aug 2018
Tata Steel’s revenues rose 13.8 per cent year-on-year to Rs16,405 crore while EBITDA for the quarter jumped 75.2 per cent to Rs5,118 crore on the back of rising demand for industrial steels
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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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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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