Industry
Shell, Exxon post hefty profit increase on higher oil prices
29 Apr 2011
Their earnings boosted by higher oil prices and earnings from refining, Exxon Mobil and Royal Dutch posted hefty increases in their first-quarter profits
Exelon Corporation acquires Constellation in $7.7 billion deal
28 Apr 2011
In the past Exelon made three attempts to buy other power companies since 2003, with Constellation being the target of two failed bids
Stormy PAC meet sees Joshi 'replaced' by Soz, report rejected
28 Apr 2011
The UPA members and its supporters in The PAC attacked the report and Joshi for not having circulated the draft to the other members, even as portions of it were leaked to the media
PAC split on 2G scam report
28 Apr 2011
Summon PM as defence witness in 2G scam case: Balwa’s lawyer
28 Apr 2011
Former telecom minister A Raja's lawyer claims his client was in regular touch with the prime minister and had kept him abreast of the developments
2G scam: PAC blames PMO, cabinet secretariat
27 Apr 2011
The report, submitted by PAC chairman Murli Manohar Joshi, has also not spared the prime minister for "some unfortunate omissions."
News Corp may sell MySpace for $100 million: report
27 Apr 2011
The social networking site, which Rupert Murdock-controlled News Corp bought for over $580 million in 2005, reported an operating loss of $156 million for the quarter ended 31 December 2010 alone
New nuclear power watchdog to be independent body
27 Apr 2011
The government has decided to invite the operational safety review team of the IAEA to ensure high levels of safety at India's nuclear plants
Government defends Jaitapur nuclear power project
26 Apr 2011
The central and state governments are also in no mood for a rethink on the proposed nuclear power projects in the light of the nuclear catastrophe at Japan's Fukushima plant
CBI implicates Kanimozhi, four others in 2G scam
25 Apr 2011
The CBI today filed charges against DMK MP and Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi's daughter Kanimozhi and four others, as co-accused in the second generation (2G) spectrum scam
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COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
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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
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
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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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