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Encyclopaedia Britannica stops printing after 244 years
15 Mar 2012
After 244 years of publication and seven million editions sold, the venerable reference bible Encyclopaedia Britannica is going out of print
Team Anna’s anti-graft stir among top 10 ‘Time’ stories
08 Dec 2011
Hazare's "fasts, even the threat of them, triggered mass demonstrations of support across India's major cities and heaped pressure on the government", Time wrote
BBC Worldwide to exit print magazines
17 Aug 2011
BBC Worldwide yesterday said that it will sell its magazine business to Exponent Private Equity and its stake in Worldwide Media to Mumbai-based Bennett, Coleman & Co
Mumbai's Archies beats Chinese rivals to bag $5.3-million Russian order for greeting cards
27 Nov 2010
Crossword Penguin fest offers literary fiesta
25 Oct 2010
Mills & Boon calls out to women readers
05 Oct 2010
Washington Post sells Newsweek to Dr Sidney Harman
03 Aug 2010
Electronics tycoon Harman, 91, , who co-invented the first integrated audio receiver, outbid three other bidders including hedge fund Avenue Capital Group and investment firm OpenGate Capital
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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