Industry
T-Mobile buying part of Verizon's spectrum in $3.3-bn deal
07 Jan 2014
T-Mobile, majority owned by Deutsche Telekom, is the No 4 mobile service provider in the US
Thermo Fischer to sell cell research business to GE for over $1 bn
07 Jan 2014
The world’s second-largest laboratory equipment and supplies provider Thermo Fischer Scientific Inc will sell its cell research business to GE Healthcare for $1.06 billion,to gain EC’s approval for is acquisition of rival Life Technologies
Japan veers round to civil nuclear cooperation with India
07 Jan 2014
A top Japanese coalition leader has backed a flexible approach in civil nuclear cooperation with India
CAG has right to inspect cellular operators’ accounts: Delhi HC
06 Jan 2014
The high court’s decision was quick to be seen by media commentators as a sort of side-victory for the Aam Admi Party, which now governs Delhi and has asked for an audit of the city-state’s three private power distribution companies
General Mills cuts out GM content from Cheerios
04 Jan 2014
US court clears 'tele-snooping' by government
04 Jan 2014
Drug companies in UK not sharing complete information on clinical trials with doctors: MPs
04 Jan 2014
Rupert Murdoch exits China with sale of Star China TV stake
03 Jan 2014
Global media mogul Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox Group is retreating from China, selling its 47-per cent stake in Chinese television company Star China TV
Maharashtra mulls AAP-style power tariff cut, sets up committee
01 Jan 2014
Chief minister Prithviraj Chavan today announced the setting up of a committee to look into the issue of a reduction in power tariff in Mumbai
Featured articles
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