E-business
Flipkart buys Myntra for around Rs2,000 crore
21 May 2014
While the exact size of the deal is not known, reports based on analysts’ estimates have projected it to be much larger than last year’s Rs780-crore acquisition of RedBus by South Africa’s Naspers
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba to raise $1 bn in US markets
08 May 2014
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba plans to raise $1 billion through a public issue in the US
Amazon shares plunge to lowest in six months
26 Apr 2014
Flipkart to start selling televisions online
12 Apr 2014
Alibaba to buy Chinese digital mapping firm AutoNavi in $1.5 bn deal
12 Apr 2014
Alibaba Group, China's largest e-commerce company, yesterday struck a deal to buy AutoNavi Holdings Ltd,the most popular mapping app in China that provides over 20 million geographical points of interest across China
IRCTC books over half a million tickets in a day
21 Mar 2014
IRCTC booked a record 5.8 lakh e-ticket bookings in a day on Wednesday
EBay Inc rejects Icahn’s nominees to its board
11 Mar 2014
Flipcart confident of crossing $1bn in e-retail sales by month-end
10 Mar 2014
Flipkart, the pioneering Indian e-retailer that has seen popular success but is yet to show a profit, on Sunday announced that it will cross $1 billion mark in sales this year, a year ahead of schedule
eBay raises Snapdeal stake for Rs829 crore
27 Feb 2014
With the current round of funding, the total investments raised so far by Snapdeal is over Rs2,457 crore
Display advertising to see boom on internet as cookie-based ads decline
25 Feb 2014
Banner ads are almost passé; and with cookie-based ads becoming increasingly expensive, the future of digital advertising lies with display ads, say new studies
Robocoin to unveil first US-based Bitcoin ATM
20 Feb 2014
Japanese e-commerce company Rakuten to buy instant messaging app Viber for $900 mn
14 Feb 2014
Rakuten Inc, Japan’s largest e-commerce company, today struck a deal to buy Cyprus-based messaging and VoIP service operator Viber Media Ltd for $900 million, in a bid to expand in emerging markets
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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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