Firms/companies
IRDAI permits LIC to raise stake in IDBI Bank to 51%
30 Jun 2018
Irdai, which met in Hyderabad on Friday, approved LIC’s proposed investment as a special case due to IDBI Bank’s precarious financial state
Jet Airways inducts India's first Being 737 MAX
28 Jun 2018
JSW Steel expanding in US and Europe
28 Jun 2018
Mallya renews offer to settle with banks, says he is being hounded
26 Jun 2018
Former liquor baron Vijay Mallya said today that he will continue to make every effort to settle his dues with public sector banks, bemoaning that he has become a "poster boy" of bank default and a lightning rod of public anger
Govt may dip into its LIC kitty again to bail out IDBI Bank
26 Jun 2018
Against non-performing assets of about Rs55,000 crore and stressed assets of nearly 60,000 crore, IDBI Bank had fixed assets worth Rs6,771 crore as of end March 2018
Air India targets big boost to revenue with revamped business
23 Jun 2018
With a newly-launched premium class, new uniforms for crew and new exotic cuisine, the airline is expecting to boost its revenue by around Rs2.5 crore on a daily basis to Rs6.5 crore per day
Vishal Sikka named in Teradata lawsuit against Germany’s SAP
22 Jun 2018
Former Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka, chief technology officer of SAP between 2007 and 2014, is accused of being "aware of and supportive of SAP’s misappropriation of Teradata’s trade secrets” during the development of SAP’s HANA platform
Tesla downsizing solar business, shuttering several offices
22 Jun 2018
Tesla had controversially acquired SolarCity, run by two of Elon Musk’s cousins, in what critics had termed a bailout at the expense of Tesla shareholders. Now, it is closing several solar installation offices and downsizing staff
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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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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