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Vista Equity to buy net security firm Websense for $907 mn
21 May 2013
US online security firm Websense Inc yesterday agreed to be taken private by Vista Equity Partners for about $907 million.
MPs ready with questions for Amazon over taxes
17 May 2013
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Carl Icahn, Southeastern table firm bid for Dell
11 May 2013
The offer would still leave a portion of Dell publicly traded, compared to Michael Dell’s offer of taking the entire company private for $13.65 a share in cash
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Alibaba buys 28% in Chinese map-nav firm AutoNavi
11 May 2013
The investment would make Alibaba the largest shareholder of Nasdaq-listed AutoNavi after the company's CEO, Jun Hou, who holds 16.7- per cent stake.
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Facebook in talks to buy Israeli mobile navigation start-up Waze for $1 bn: report
09 May 2013
Facebook Inc is in late-stage talks to buy Israeli mobile satellite navigation start-up Waze for up to $1 billion
Windows Blue launch by end-2013: Microsoft
07 May 2013
Dell to buy cloud software firm Enstratius
07 May 2013
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Consortium led by Bain Capital and Golden Gate to acquire BMC Software for $6.9 bn
07 May 2013
The consortium is said to have topped an offer from a rival consortium comprising KKR & Co, TPG Capital and Thomas Bravo
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US throws out India’s plea to curb web site content
04 May 2013
India has accused 11 US-based web sites, including Facebook, Orkut, YouTube, Yahoo, Blogspot, Google and Microsoft, of hosting objectionable content that promotes class enmity and undermines national integrity
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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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