E-business
Housing.com acqui-hires Plat, BigBHK
21 Sep 2015
Digital currencies gain status of official commodity
19 Sep 2015
Digital currencies have gained the status of an official commodity recognised by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Ratan Tata invests in Mumbai-based food tech start-up
03 Sep 2015
This is the 14th start-up that Ratan Tata is investing in after he retired as chairman of the Tata Group in 2012
Rata Tata invests in analytics firm Infinite Analytics
01 Sep 2015
Tata Group chairman, emeritus Ratan Tata has invested an unspecified amount in the US-based Infinite Analytics, a predictive data analytics firm from MIT, with sales operations in India
Amazon launches refurbished smartphone section partnering with Surpluss.in
28 Aug 2015
Amazon has launched its refurbished smartphone section, which sells smartphones from Samsung, Xiaomi, Apple, OnePlus, Motorola, Micromax, and Lava on Amazon
Global e-commerce industry generates over $1.2 mn revenue every 30 seconds: study
20 Aug 2015
With the reach of social media across masses and classes the networks had evolved as a convenient platform for online sales, says an Assocham - Deloitte report
PayPal acquires Chicago startup, Modest
19 Aug 2015
Snapdeal raises $500 mn in fresh funding, takes valuation to nearly $5 bn
19 Aug 2015
Japan's SoftBank, e-commerce giant Alibaba Group and Taiwan-based Foxconn Technology have invested $500 mn in fresh funding in Snapdeal
Amazon to enter UK grocery market: Reports
11 Aug 2015
Alibaba invests $4.6 bn in electronics retailer Suning
11 Aug 2015
The investment demonstrates Alibaba’s appetite for brick-and-mortar selling space despite its dominant position in online shopping
Flpkart adds online sale of furniture
06 Aug 2015
Yahoo acquires social shopping site Polyvore
01 Aug 2015
Uber investing $1 bn to expand Indian operations
31 Jul 2015
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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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