Industry
UK retail industry growth at highest since 2004
23 May 2014
Vivendi to sell 5.8% stake in Activision Blizzard for $866 mn
22 May 2014
French mass media company Vivendi SA today said that it will sell around half of its remaining stake in US video game publisher Activision Blizzard, as part of its plan of transforming itself into a pure-play media company
SC blasts manner of stalling Sun-Ranbaxy merger
21 May 2014
Sun Pharma denied the charge but said the share purchase by Silver Street, a limited-liability partnership firm owned by two subsidiaries of Sun Pharma, was being annulled
Australia's Treasury Wine rejects $2.90-bn KKR bid
20 May 2014
Treasury Wine, which has a market cap of A$2.5 billion, was spun off by Foster's Group in 2011 after a decade-long expansion into wines in Australia and the US
Russia on verge of signing huge gas supply deal with China
20 May 2014
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev says Russia is close to signing a decades-long contract to supply natural gas to China at a price that would value the deal at about $400 billion
Power giant E.ON fined £12 mn for misselling
19 May 2014
London manufacturer OwnFone introduces first Braille phone
19 May 2014
The phone can be personalised with two or four Braille buttons, pre-programmed to call friends, family, carers or the emergency services
UK retailers, Carphone Warehouse and Dixons in $6-bn merger
16 May 2014
Under the all-share merger, a new entity will be created called Dixons Carphone Plc, where Dixons’ and Carphone’s shareholders will hold an equal 50-per cent stake
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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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