Industry
LinkedIn shares down sharply on weak outlook
07 Feb 2014
Subway to remove chemical from bread after protests
07 Feb 2014
Subway, the world's largest sandwich chain is removing a chemical from its bread that is also commonly used to increase elasticity in everything from yoga mats to rubber to synthetic leather
Woodside Petroleum to pay $2.6 bn for 25% stake in Israel's Leviathan gas field
07 Feb 2014
Woodside Petroleum Ltd, Australia’s second-largest oil producer, plans to buy a 25-per cent stake in Israel's Leviathan natural gas field from Noble Energy and its partner
Pharma MNCs seek US action against generic threat from India
06 Feb 2014
US pharma majors have sought President Barack Obama’s intervention to stop generic threat to high-value drug patents amidst a string of new generic drug releases by Indian companies
US Pharmacy chain CVS to stop cigarette sales at its 7,600 stores
06 Feb 2014
Ending sales of tobacco products will cost CVS Caremark, the second largest US drugstore chain, $2 billion annually
2G spectrum bids soar well above base price after 21 rounds
06 Feb 2014
The end of the third day of the for 2G spectrum auction on Wednesday saw 21 rounds of bidding,cumulative bids worth around Rs50,000 crore
ARM revenues take a hit on slow smartphone sales
06 Feb 2014
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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