Industry
World Bank cautions against restricting net access
15 Jan 2016
A report by the World Bank suggests that services like Facebook’s Free Basics, which it is pushing strongly in India, are ‘the antithesis of net neutrality and a distortion of markets’
Philadelphia paper, website given to non-profit
14 Jan 2016
Owner H F “Gerry’ Lenfest has handed off struggling papers the Inquirer and the Daily News, along with the associated website, to a newly created non-profit to which he has donated $20 million, in an attempt to create a new and viable business model
Hike raises undisclosed funds from IT moguls
12 Jan 2016
Some of the world's top tech veterans have invested in the company in their personal capacities and are playing advisors to New Delhi-based Hike Messenger
Shire to buy US biotech firm Baxalta for $32 bn
12 Jan 2016
Baxalta offers Shire a promising range of new products to complement its expanding portfolio of high-priced treatments for rare or "orphan" diseases
China country code .cn most widely used
11 Jan 2016
Thermo Fisher to buy Affymetrix for $1.3 bn
11 Jan 2016
Pearls Group chairman, top executives arrested
09 Jan 2016
Nokia pips Ericsson for Vodafone’s 4G deployment deal
09 Jan 2016
Finnish telecom gear maker Nokia has pipped arch rival Ericsson to secure a three-year 4G network deployment contract for three of Vodafone's most lucrative circles
Call drop penalty: HC questions Trai’s logic
09 Jan 2016
Lenovo to let Motorola brand R.I.P
09 Jan 2016
Lenovo has allowed Motorola to operate unhindered since it bought the company from Google in 2012. But now plans are afoot within Lenovo to bring all mobile phones under one brand and kill the iconic Motorola brand
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
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