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Fannie Mae posts record net income of $84 bn; pays back taxpayers' money
22 Feb 2014
US mortgage finance giant Fannie Mae said yesterday it would pay the US Treasury $7.2 billion in dividends in March 2014, taking its payback to a total of $121.1 billion
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Pointless to pursue Radia tapes probe, CBI to tell SC
21 Feb 2014
The CBI plns to seek closure of the Niira Radia tapes episode without filing any charges, as it has not found any element of criminality in the 14 preliminary enquiries instituted on the directions of the Supreme Court
US, India to restart stalled energy dialogue
20 Feb 2014
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Bayer, Novartis, Reckitt Benckiser, P&G in fray for Merck & Co's consumer healthcare unit
20 Feb 2014
Bayer, Novartis, Reckitt Benckiser, and Procter & Gamble are among the companies that are exploring a deal to buy Merck &Co's consumer healthcare unit
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Actavis to acquire Forest Laboratories for $25 billion
19 Feb 2014
The deal, the largest in the pharmaceutical sector so far this year, will create a specialty pharmaceuticals giant
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China overtakes India as top gold consumer
19 Feb 2014
China imported 1,066 tonnes of the yellow metal in 2013 against the 975 tonnes India bought during the year, according to the World Gold Council’s Gold Demand Trends report
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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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