Firms/companies
US clears sale of 6 Boeing AH-64E Apache attack helicopters to India
13 Jun 2018
While the proposed sale won't alter the basic military balance in South Asia, the Apache helicopters equipped with Hellfire anti-armour and Stinger air-to-air missiles, would help Indian armed forces tackle ground-armoured threats
Adani outbids Patanjali with Rs6,000-cr offer for Ruchi Soya
13 Jun 2018
Gautam Adani group company Adani Wilmar has bid Rs6,000-crore for Ruchi Soya to emerge the highest bidder, trumping rival bidder Patanjali Ayurved’s Rs5,700-crore offer for the insolvent edible oil company
Air India may turn to the public to save divestment plan: report
11 Jun 2018
After an aborted divestment plan, the state-run airline is looking at various options, including a public float to sell most of the company’s equity to the larger public, even as it sought short-term fund infusion
Apple asks suppliers to cut deliveries by 20% after slow iPhone X sales
09 Jun 2018
Apple Inc has asked its parts suppliers to make about 20 per cent fewer components for the three new iPhones it plans to launch in the second half of 2018 compared to last year's plans for its iPhone X and iPhone 8 models
Videocon Industries placed under bankruptcy proceedings
09 Jun 2018
Bankruptcy proceedings against Videocon Industries follow an insolvency petition filed by State Bank of India against the company in December last year, on directions from the Reserve Bank of India
Massive AI Twitter probe draws heat map of entrepreneurial personality
07 Jun 2018
A world-first study has found social media -- how language is used in Twitter -- is a reliable marker of economic vitality in a region
Tata Motors plans dedicated platform for electric passenger vehicles
06 Jun 2018
Tata Motors, which is planning to develop a 320-volt battery with a range of 300 plus km, has announced the appointment of Shailesh Chandra as head of the electric mobility business vertical
Walmart to take kirana stores into confidence ahead of Flipkart buy
06 Jun 2018
Walmart is planning to open its second fulfilment centre in India as part of its kirana store programme, called 'Mera Kirana', which tries to empower and train local kirana stores
Google to end controversial military contract after employee backlash
06 Jun 2018
Google is reported to be ending its controversial defence contract with the US Department of Defence amidst employee backlash that saw 12 employees quitting the company over the controversy and over 3,000 signing a letter in protest
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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
02 Apr 2023
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
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
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