Industry
Cambridge's Trinity College buys 50 % stake in Tesco stores for £450 mn
30 Jan 2012
Trinity, the wealthiest college of Cambridge University, has acquired a 50-per cent stake in a portfolio of Tesco Plc stores, 10 days after Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathway increased its stake in the giant retailer
Iran oil imports to continue, vows Pranab
30 Jan 2012
PM sets up committee to study decontrol of sugar
28 Jan 2012
Tweets censorship triggers global outrage
28 Jan 2012
Twitter, the global megaphone for dissidents and activist around the world become the target of outrage by the same users after it announced yesterday that it would allow country-specific censorship of tweets if it breaks local laws
Eureka Forbes to market solar-powered products
28 Jan 2012
Eureka Forbes will sell the products under the EuroDiya brand along with its water filters and also plans to tie up with NGOs and local entrepreneurs in rural areas
Twitter to censor tweets on a country-by-country basis
28 Jan 2012
Twitter says a tweet containing content breaking a law in one country can be taken down there and still be seen elsewhere in the world
Industry executives see energy independence for US in 15 years
27 Jan 2012
Nearly 70 per cent of executives at middle market energy companies see the potential for US energy independence within 15 years
Mumbai residential home sales down to three-year low
27 Jan 2012
Mumbai’s residential home sales are down to a three-year low in the quarter-ended December with record home prices and higher interest rates hitting demand
Obama supports fracking, clean energy in State of the Union address
25 Jan 2012
Drilling for shale and cleaner energy sources topped US president Barack Obama’s technology priorities for reviving the economy in his final State of the Union address before facing US voters in November
IT firms' BPOs report lacklustre results for Q3
25 Jan 2012
UK think-tank report decries pub downtrend, wants government support
25 Jan 2012
Pubs, an iconic British institution, across UK are dying, with statisticians predicting that the last orders will be called for the last time in the last pub in Britain some evening in June 2042
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Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
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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.
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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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