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Apple settles with U.S. government for $25 million in immigration hiring dispute
10 Nov 2023
In a groundbreaking settlement, technology giant Apple Inc. will pay $25 million to resolve allegations by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) that the company engaged in discriminatory hiring practices favoring immigrant workers over U.S. citizens and green card holders for specific job positions.
Amazon announces the latest round of job cuts in recent layoffs
09 Nov 2023
E-commerce giant Amazon.com has confirmed that it has started to let go of some employees in its music division. This new round of job cuts is the latest among the many rounds prior to this that have affected over 27,000 people in the past year.
Citigroup considers significant job cuts in its ongoing CEO-backed restructuring
07 Nov 2023
Citigroup's top management, working under CEO Jane Fraser's reorganization initiative, has reportedly contemplated job cuts of at least 10% in key business segments.
Goldman Sachs announces promotion of 608 new managing directors, a decrease from 2021 numbers
03 Nov 2023
In a recent development, Goldman Sachs, the renowned Wall Street firm, announced its plan to promote 608 executives to the position of managing director in 2023.
Musk fires almost all Twitter staff in India in global downsizing
07 Nov 2022
The US-based microblogging platform on Friday fired nearly 180 of its 230-odd employees in India, reports citing employee and other sources said
BPCL offers 2% shares to employees at one-third of market rate
07 Sep 2020
The PSU is offering two per cent of its shares through stock options to eligible employees out of the 'BPCL Trust for Investment in Shares' that the company holds
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By Kiron Kasbekar | 23 Oct 2024
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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!
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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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By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
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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
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