Industry
Areva enters solar business with Ausra buy
09 Feb 2010
French nuclear power giant Areva hopes to emerge a world leader in concentrated solar thermal energy with the acquisition of start-up US solar plant designer Ausra Inc.
Gazprom offers to develop Sri Lanka's offshore fields
09 Feb 2010
Russian natural gas giant Gazprom is reported to have offered to take part in offshore hydrocarbon exploration in Sri Lanka.
IPI gas pipeline: China readies to replace India
08 Feb 2010
Anglo Platinum to raise $1.6 billion, pare debt
08 Feb 2010
Comcast, NBC Universal executives defend merger
06 Feb 2010
Australia's Resourcehouse in $60-billion export deal with China's CPI
06 Feb 2010
Commodity powerhouse Resourcehouse has signed a 20-year US$60-billion export contract with China to supply 30 million tonnes of coal anually from its proposed mine in Queensland
Schneider Electric launches In-Diya – a highly energy-efficient LED based Lighting System
05 Feb 2010
Battle for CIMPOR: Votorantim buys Lafarge’s 17.28-per cent stake
05 Feb 2010
Brazil’s largest cement producer Votorantim Cimentos yesterday entered into a deal to buy Lafarge's 17.28-per cent stake in Portuguese cement maker CIMPOR
Low carbohydrate meals after exercise may benefit diabetics
05 Feb 2010
New research from the University of Michigan shows that meals eaten after each exercise session have an important impact on controlling blood sugar.
Featured articles
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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