Industry
Ikea set to double Indian sourcing, open furniture stores
11 Dec 2014
As it prepares to open its first store in the country, Ikea, the world’s largest furniture retailer, plans to double sourcing of home furnishing products from India by 2020
Cable king Patrick Drahi’s Altice seals $9.1 bn buyout of Oi’s Portuguese assets
10 Dec 2014
Altice, a multinational cable and telecommunications company with a presence in France, Israel, Belgium and Luxembourg, Portugal, French West Indies / Indian Ocean Area and Dominican Republic and Switzerland beat a rival bid by PE firms Apax Partners and Bain Capital
WTO appellate body backs India in steel subsidy row with US
09 Dec 2014
The WTO appellate body has held that the countervailing duty imposed by the United States against ''certain hot rolled carbon steel flat products'' from India is inconsistent with the provisions of the WTO rules on subsidies and countervailing measures
Branson’s Virgin Group building two ships for new cruise line
09 Dec 2014
The new business will be the first to enter the cruise market in the US almost 20 years after Disney Cruise Lines opened for business in 1996
Singapore’s Global Logistic, GIC to invest $8.1 bn in US logistics portfolio
08 Dec 2014
Global Logistic is the leading provider of modern logistics facilities in China, Japan and Brazil
CBS, Dish standoff hits subscribers
06 Dec 2014
Oil near 5-year low of $68 a barrel as Saudi Arabia cuts prices
05 Dec 2014
Saudi Arabia’s Aramco cut the January price for its Arab Light grade for Asian customers by $1.90 a barrel and for US buyers by 70 cents a barrel, from December
NMDC cuts iron ore prices as demand dips
05 Dec 2014
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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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