Industry
Carrefour buys 127 European shopping malls from Klepierre for $2.74 bn
25 Jan 2014
Carrefour SA, the world's second-largest retailer, will fund the deal through €1.8 billion in equity and through €900 million debt financing.
Alcatel-Lucent, BT set 1.4 terabits per second internet speed record
24 Jan 2014
The speed would suffice to send 44 uncompressed HD movies each second
Ireland’s San Leon to produce Europe's first shale gas
24 Jan 2014
Specialty oil and gas company San Leon Energy is ready to commence commercial production of shale gas for the first time in Europe
India, Japan sign MoU for tourism promotion
23 Jan 2014
Aravind Eye Care to set up hospital in Nigeria
22 Jan 2014
Unilever could review investment if UK exits EU
22 Jan 2014
Anglo-Dutch consumer goods maker Unilever could review its investment in the UK if the country left the EU
UK’s Guardian Media to divest stake in Trader Media to Apax Partners
22 Jan 2014
Trader Media is well-known in the UK for its Auto Trader branded website dealing with car sales and enables its users to access the website from PCs, mobiles and tablets and provides them with all the required information for purchasing a car
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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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