Firms/companies
Debt-laden Videocon hopes to raise Rs30,000 cr via Brazilian oil assets sale
09 Mar 2018
Videocon CMD Venugopal Dhoot said in separate interviews that the conglomerate hopes to raise Rs30,000 crore by selling oil blocks in Brazil to repay lenders, and that he has no intention of fleeing the country
On Twitter, false news travels faster than true stories
09 Mar 2018
Research project finds humans, not bots, are primarily responsible for spread of misleading information on Twitter, says new research from MIT
Samsung unveils 2018 lineup of QLED 4K TVs
08 Mar 2018
RCom moves HC against tribunal order barring asset sale
08 Mar 2018
Reliance Communications Ltd has moved the Bombay High Court challenging an arbitration panel’s interim order restraining the company from selling or transferring any assets, which has blocked its deal with Reliance Jio
Tata Steel set to acquire Bhushan Steel
08 Mar 2018
The acquisition of the 5.6-million tonnes Bhushan Steel will add significantly to Tata Steel’s 13-million tonnes domestic capacity and make it the largest steel maker in India
Adani Group sitting on a Rs72,000-cr NPA bubble: Subramanian Swamy
07 Mar 2018
While Adani Group's total debt stands at Rs99,181.09 crore, the group claims that only Rs34,000 crore of its long-term borrowings was being "regularly serviced"
Tata Motors unveils `Tata EVision’ concept luxury EV at Geneva Motor Show
07 Mar 2018
The new concept would be presented to the Tata Motors board later this month while the production ready model based on the concept is likely to be introduced between 2020 and 2022
Tribunal order bars RCom from selling telecom assets to Jio
07 Mar 2018
Reliance Communications had arranged to sell its wireless assets to Reliance Jio Infocomm in a deal worth Rs24,000 crore as part of its efforts to reduce debt
SFIO summons ICICI Bank, Axis Bank chiefs in PNB fraud case
07 Mar 2018
The Serious Fraud Investigation Officehas summoned ICICI Bank chief Chanda Kochhar and Axis Bank chief Shikha Sharma to seek information on the evolving Punjab National Bank fraud involving diamantaires Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi
With GAIL locked in as CBM buyer, Essar Oil now eyes shale gas
06 Mar 2018
Essar Oil, which was finding it difficult to sell its coal-bed methane gas, is set to sign a deal with GAIL with an assured offtake for 15 years, and is now looking at shale gas extraction from its Rajiganj coalfields
WhatsApp Messenger update to allow deletion of messages in 68 minutes from 7 minutes earlier
06 Mar 2018
Railways to spend Rs10 lakh cr to connect cities via high-speed corridors
06 Mar 2018
High speed train corridors are new railway lines that will be built over national highways or on railway lands that are parallel to functioning railway routes, capable of running at about 200 kph, up from 55 to 112 km
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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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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
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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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