Industry
CBI judge records statement of 2G accused A Raja
05 May 2014
Cable admits Pfizer-AstaraZeneca deal involves ‘national interest’ issues
05 May 2014
Britain’s Business Secretary Vince Cable said late on Sunday that the bid by Pfizer Inc for AstraZeneca Plc raised questions of “overriding national interest”, as the opposition Labour Party stepped up its campaign against the proposed takeover
News Corp acquires world's largest romance-books publisher Harlequin
03 May 2014
According to News Corporation, Harlequin’s international presence (its books are published in over 30 different languages) made the company especially attractive
Computer news-writers set to replace journalists
02 May 2014
The advantage with the robot journalist is that the machine works faster as it only takes seconds for the computer to drop the data into a template and release it to the newspaper’s readers
Gold jewellery exports set to rise, says GJEPC
30 Apr 2014
Apple - Samsung battle goes for jury trial
30 Apr 2014
SC-mandated panel wants 23 hydro projects in Uttarakhand scrapped
30 Apr 2014
A high-level government committee has suggested the scrapping of 23 hydropower projects in the flood-prone Himalayan state of Uttarakhand, as power projects were largely to blame for the devastating floods last year that killed thousands
N-power firm Exelon Corp to acquire Pepco Holdings for over $5.4 bn
30 Apr 2014
Generating 35,000 megawatts of power that represent approximately 20 per cent of the US nuclear industry’s capacity, Exelon operates the largest number of US nuclear power plants
US defence contractors ATK, Orbital Sciences to merge in $5 bn deal
30 Apr 2014
The world's largest ammunition maker, US-based Alliant Techsystems, yesterday said that it will merge its aerospace and defence groups with satellite maker Orbital Sciences Corp
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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