Foods / beverages
Anglo-Saxon England went off horse meat because it was viewed as ‘pagan’ food
21 Feb 2013
People living in Anglo-Saxon England were turned off the idea of eating horses once they became Christian as they believed it was ‘pagan’ food, argues a new research paper
FBI joins SEC insider trading probe in $28-bn HJ Heinz deal
20 Feb 2013
FBI has joined a criminal probe by the US securities regulator SEC into suspected insider trading a day before Warren Buffett and 3G Capital tabled a $23-billion bid to acquire ketchup giant H J Heinz & Co
SEC files suit, freezes Goldman Sachs account in suspected insider trading in Heinz deal
16 Feb 2013
US securities regulator yesterday obtained an emergency court order to freeze a Goldman Sachs Swiss trading account and filed a suit against unknown traders for insider trading
Warren Buffett, 3G Capital to buy HJ Heinz Co for $23 bn
15 Feb 2013
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett has teamed up with Brazilian private equity firm 3G Capital to acquire global foods giant HJ Heinz Co, for $23 billion, in the biggest acquisition ever in the food industry
Tata Starbucks opens first outlet in Delhi
07 Feb 2013
India allows export of select processed foods
04 Feb 2013
Burger King apologises for serving horsemeat
02 Feb 2013
Traces of pork DNA found in UK prison food
02 Feb 2013
Bids for Hostess Brands now total $440 million
29 Jan 2013
Future of Kellogs Frosties’ cereal mascot in doubt amid falling sales as parental concerns rise
28 Jan 2013
Thai billionaire Sirivadhanabhakdi outbids Indonesia’s Overseas Union for F&N
19 Jan 2013
The sweetened offer, which values the property and drinks conglomerate at nearly S$13.8 billion ($11.3 billion), trumps a S$13.1 billion ($10.7 billion) bid by OUE
Starbucks opens fourth cafe in Mumbai
16 Jan 2013
Half the world’s food output is wasted: study
10 Jan 2013
The report, ‘Global Food; Waste Not, Want Not’, suggested that half the food bought in Europe and the US was thrown away while the worldwide figure is well over 30 per cent
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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
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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