E-business
Google's Great Online Shopping Festival website crashes on first day
11 Dec 2013
Great Online Shopping Festival, based on the concept of Black Friday and Cyber Monday in the US, is a Google India initiative that aims to bring together 240 e-commerce sites to offer the best bargains and deals
Amazon's drone plans may take years to materialise
03 Dec 2013
Amazon’s plans to use drones to deliver packages to customers may take years before it clears the hurdles on the way
US Supreme Court declines Amazon's appeal on e-commerce taxation
03 Dec 2013
The US Supreme Court turned down an appeal for a hearing from Amazon and Overstock that could have saved New Yorkers from paying state sales tax on online purchases
Amazon to test drones for faster delivery
02 Dec 2013
Vodafone to launch mobile wallet service
25 Nov 2013
Virtual currency Bitcoin takes step towards becoming mainstream
19 Nov 2013
The Senate hearing on Monday came as the clearest indication till date of the government’s willingness to accept bitcoin as a legitimate payment alternative
Bitcoin to make first case to US Congress
18 Nov 2013
Amazon expands cloud offerings with ‘WorkSpaces’
14 Nov 2013
World’s first bitcoin ATM opens in Vancouver
01 Nov 2013
The ATM swaps Canadian dollars for bitcoins, the virtual currency of the internet that was created in 2008
Illinois Supreme Court strikes down “Amazon tax law”
19 Oct 2013
The Illinois Supreme Court today struck down the state’s 2011 “Amazon” law requiring internet sellers from other states with web marketing affiliates in Illinois to collect sales tax
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
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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
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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