Firms/companies
Airtel to cut $4.6 bn debt in three years
09 May 2018
Comcast seeks to upset Walt Disney's bid for Twenty-First Century Fox
08 May 2018
US cable operator Comcast Corp has approached investment banks to increase a bridge financing facility by $60 billion to outbid Walt Disney for the media assets of Twenty-First Century Fox
Walmart to announce Flipkart deal this week, to acquire 70-75% stake with Google
08 May 2018
Retail major Walmart along with Google's parent Alphabet are expected to announce their acquisition of Flipkart,, India's largest e-commerce business, before the end of this week
Delhi HC rejects government’s plea challenging Vodafone’s move to approach India-UK BIPA
08 May 2018
Tata Power generates 53,556 MUs in FY18
07 May 2018
After IHH and Hero-Burman, Manipal-TPG too sweetens offer for Fortis
07 May 2018
Manipal Health Enterprises, backed by US PE firm TPG, has revised its offer for Fortis Healthcare, now proposing a merger of both entities in a three-step deal that values the Fortis at Rs8,358 crore or around Rs160 per share
Flipkart turns itself into a private firm ahead of Walmart deal
07 May 2018
With a second buyback of shares from investors worth $350.46 million, Indian online retail major Flipkart has turned from a holding company into a private firm in Singapore where it is registered
Warren Buffet dumps IBM, buys 75 mn more Apple shares
05 May 2018
Legendary investor Warren Buffet, whose Berkshire Hathway has sold its entire stake in IBM, used the funds from the sale to buy more Apple shares
Dieselgate: US files criminal charges against former VW chief Winterkorn
04 May 2018
The indictment of Winterkorn is likely to be largely symbolic, because as a German citizen, former Volkswagen AG chief executive Martin Winterkorn is almost certain not to come to the US and to seek protection under German extradition law, though he is also under investigation by German authorities
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Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
What is a Ponzi scheme?
By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
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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