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KKR, Temasek in the race to buy Warburg’s stake in Alliance Tire for around $400 mn: report
11 Jan 2013
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PE firm Cerberus to acquire five supermarket chains from Supervau for $3.3 bn
11 Jan 2013
Supervalu Inc, the third-largest US grocery store operator, is one of the largest companies in the US grocery channel with annual sales of approximately $35 billion
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Half the world’s food output is wasted: study
10 Jan 2013
The report, ‘Global Food; Waste Not, Want Not’, suggested that half the food bought in Europe and the US was thrown away while the worldwide figure is well over 30 per cent
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TransCanada, Progress Energy in $5-bn pipeline deal
10 Jan 2013
On completion of the Prince Rupert and Coastal GasLink pipeline projects, TransCanada’s natural gas pipeline network in Western Canada will reach approximately 25,400 km
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DNA pioneer James Watson slams cancer research establishment
09 Jan 2013
Nobel winner James Watson, says the cure for many cancers would remain elusive unless scientists rethought the role of antioxidants, which he says may have caused more cancers than they have prevented
Pearson to exit adult-education arm
09 Jan 2013
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Radia tapes submitted to SC; decision on 22 January
09 Jan 2013
Excerpts from the tapes earlier leaked in the media had sparked a political storm, with the conversations bringing out the nature of corporate lobbying and its impact on politics
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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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