E-business
Amazon to by Whole Foods, sends jitters through US grocery market
17 Jun 2017
Online retailer Amazon is buying Whole Foods Market Inc for $13.7 billion, entering the brick-and-mortar store segment in a move that could turn the high-end grocer into a mass-market merchant
Amazon may get to retail food in India soon
09 Jun 2017
Uber axes executive who bared Indian rape report
08 Jun 2017
People more likely to seek friends’ advice for money decisions rather than “robo-advice”
31 May 2017
Amazon shares hit $1,000 for the first time
31 May 2017
The stock price takes Amazon’s market value to about $478 billion, double that of the world's biggest traditional retailer Wal-Mart, while the value of a $1,000 investment on Amazon's first day of trading in 1997 exceeds $500,000 today
Lyft to launch luxury black car service
26 May 2017
Flipkart, Snapdeal sign term sheet for all-stock merger
24 May 2017
The merged entity will create a stronger competitor to global online retailer Amazon, which is using all available means to establish itself as leader in the Indian online market place
Zomato says 17 mn user records hacked
18 May 2017
Snapdeal staff may get Rs193 cr payoff after merger with Flipkart
15 May 2017
In an unusual move, Snapdeal’s founders Kunal Bahl and Rohit Bansal may distribute $30 crore, half of their expected payout of $60 crore, among all employees after the expected merger with Flipkart
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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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