Firms/companies
Tatas to combine aerospace and defence businesses
12 Apr 2018
The combined entity of Tata Motors’ Defence Division, TAL Manufacturing Solutions, Tata Power’s Strategic Engineering Division, Tata Advanced Materials, and Tata Advanced Systems will offer the full range of integrated mobility and support solutions across land, sea and air
Malaysia’s IHH plans to outbid Manipal Hospitals for Fortis: report
12 Apr 2018
Malaysian investment holding firm IHH Healthcare Bhd plans to bid for India's Fortis Healthcare Ltd at a price marginally better than Manipal Hospitals Enterprises Pvt Ltd's offer, Bloomberg reported today citing people aware of the matter
Mahindra partners Japanese, Israeli firms for sea planes, naval UAVs
12 Apr 2018
The company on Wednesday signed an MoU with Japan-based ShinMaywa Industries to manufacture and supply the US-2 amphibious aircraft to Indian Navy and another MoU with Israel's Aeronautics to manufacture ship-borne unmanned aerial vehicles
Zuckerberg vows to fix Facebook flaws before polls in India
11 Apr 2018
Appearing before a Senate committee, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg apologised for the kind of lapses that led to the Cambridge Analytica imbroglio, and said he knows the importance of the upcoming polls in countries including India, Hungary and Brazil
No takers for Air India as Tatas decide to opt out
11 Apr 2018
The Tata Group is unlikely to consider a bid for the national carrier as the terms are too onerous, a report says. With Jet Airways and IndiGo no longer in the running, it seems no one wants to be part of an airline where the government insists on holding a stake
Google’s YouTube under fire for mining data, aiming ads at under-13 kids
10 Apr 2018
A coalition of US child advocacy and privacy groups has filed a complaint alleging that Google’s YouTube collects personal information on children under 13 and runs ads specifically aimed at them
Apple says now globally powered by 100% renewable energy
10 Apr 2018
Apple today said its global facilities like retail stores, offices, data centres and co-located facilities in 43 countries, including India, are powered with 100 per cent clean energy, as part of its commitment to combat climate change
Shapoorji Pallonji keen to buy Unitech Power
10 Apr 2018
Auction of Unitech assets nears as SC orders public notice
10 Apr 2018
The Supreme Court on Monday took note of all the unencumbered assets of ailing real estate major Unitech Limited and ordered that a public notice be issued inviting objections for auctioning them to realise the dues of home buyers
HDFC hikes home loan rates by up to 20 bps
10 Apr 2018
ONGC spuds first well on $5 bn KG project
09 Apr 2018
Facebook faces another CA-like scandal, suspends CubeYou
09 Apr 2018
Facebook is suspending a data analytics firm called CubeYou from its platform after media outlet CNBC notified the company that the firm was collecting information about users through quizzes and possibly selling it to advertisers
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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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