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Austerity hits French President’s wine cellar at Elysee Palace
02 May 2013
As Europe continues in the grip of recession, the latest notable casualty of austerity measures is President Francois Hollande’s wine cellar
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IKEA's €1.5 billion investment plan gets final nod
02 May 2013
IKEA had proposed an investment of Rs10,500 crore to set up 10 furnishing and homeware stores as well as allied infrastructure that includes cafeterias in India over the next 10 years
Mortgage approvals rise 5 per cent in UK
02 May 2013
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Petrol prices slashed by Rs3 per litre
30 Apr 2013
The Rs3 per lire reduction in petrol prices is based on the retail price of petrol in Delhi and it may vary depending on the proportionate reductions in local taxes elsewhere
Tech investors bet big on food startups
30 Apr 2013
Rio Tinto, BHP give in to Australia’s mining tax
30 Apr 2013
EU to ban pesticides in bid to save bees
30 Apr 2013
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SEC to allow companies to share key info via Facebook, Twitter
30 Apr 2013
Companies will now need to be vigilant in preventing hackers from infiltrating their social media accounts to prevent stock-price manipulations
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Swedish clothing retailer H&M wants to open 50 stores in India
29 Apr 2013
H&M is the second Swedish retailer after furniture major IKEA to seek permission to set up shop in India under the relaxed FDI norms
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Hindustan Unilever Q4 net climbs 15% to Rs787 crore
29 Apr 2013
For the financial year ended 31 March 2013, HUL’s net profit zoomed 41 per cent to Rs3,797 crore
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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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History of hovercraft Part 3...
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History of hovercraft Part 2...
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