Industry
German chipmaker Infineon to acquire International Rectifier for $3 bn
21 Aug 2014
The acquisition combines two semiconductor companies with leadership positions in power management technology
Internet to lead to Rs20,000 crore in operating earnings for Indian telcos in three years: study
21 Aug 2014
CBI court grants bail to Raja, Kanimozhi, eight others in 2G case
21 Aug 2014
Raja, Kanimozhi, Shahid Balwa, Vinod Goenka, Asif Balwa, Rajiv Agarwal, Karim Morani and Sharad Kumar are also facing trial in the main 2G spectrum allocation case in which the CBI had earlier filed charge-sheets
Snapchat to emerge a news, video and ad platform
20 Aug 2014
Japanese auto parts makers slapped largest anti-trust fines in China
20 Aug 2014
China has imposed the largest anti-trust fines in recent history, against a dozen Japanese companies, according to the country's top regulator
UK construction major Balfour Beatty rejects third takeover bid by rival Carillion
20 Aug 2014
The UK's biggest infrastructure engineering firm Balfour Beatty says it is unconvinced that a merger with Carillion would deliver the costs savings suggested by it
‘Flaming birds’ show solar plants are not quite as green as believed
19 Aug 2014
US wildlife investigators who visited the BrightSource Energy plant last year and watched as birds burned and fell, reported an average of one such incident every two minute
Dollar General bids $8.95 bn for Family Dollar Stores
19 Aug 2014
Family Dollar closing down stores and cutting prices to stay afloat
Apache makes Australia’s biggest oil discovery in decades
18 Aug 2014
Apache Corp's first oil discovery in Australia’s Canning basin, off the western coast, could turn out to be the country’s biggest find in decades
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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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