Industry
Germany’s Linde to buy Air Products' European homecare unit for $750 mn
11 Jan 2012
With the acquisition, Linde will almost become among Europe’s top suppliers of home care respiratory products
India allows 100 per cent FDI in single brand retail
10 Jan 2012
For FDI beyond 51 per cent, investors will have to source at least 30 per cent of the total value of the products sold from small units in India
AkzoNobel to take 100 % control of Metlac Group
10 Jan 2012
Telecom scam: former union minister Sukh Ram gets bail
09 Jan 2012
The Supreme Court today granted interim bail to former union telecom minister Sukh Ram, convicted in the telephone scam of 1993
TRAI set to frame exit policy for telcos
07 Jan 2012
Sinochem to buy 10% in five Brazilian offshore blocks from Perenco
07 Jan 2012
Sinochem had, last year, acquired a 40 per cent stake in the Peregrino oilfield off the Brazilian coast, from Norway-based Statoil, for $3 billion
Slump forces Alcoa to cut global capacity by 12%
06 Jan 2012
Alcoa Inc, the world's biggest aluminum company, today said it will reduce global production capacity by 12 per cent, in order to reduce costs amid slumping aluminum prices
Kazakh miner ENRC to pay $1.25 bn to settle Congo copper dispute with First Quantum
06 Jan 2012
The settlement ends one of Africa’s most acrimonious investment disputes and First Quantum will end all legal action against both Kazakh miner Eurasian Natural Resources Corp and the government of Democratic Republic of Congo
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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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