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Beijing automotive bids for GM’s Opel
04 Jul 2009
J&J to invest $1.5 billion in Elan’s Alzheimer’s drugs
03 Jul 2009
J&J plans to acquire Ireland's Elan Corporation plc's Alzheimer's immunotherapy programme assets, for $1.5 billion
Coal unions oppose Coal India divestment
02 Jul 2009
Carlyle earmarks $400 million investment in India
01 Jul 2009
Global PE firm firm Carlyle Group plans to invest around $400 million in unlisted Indian companies through its fourth Asian growth fund, which closed yesterday
GM's Opel sale in trouble
01 Jul 2009
The preliminary deal between Magna International and GM’s Opel GmbH has sailed into troubled waters as Magna wants GM’s global technology for its Russian backers
Fortis takes over management of S L Raheja Hospital
By Ravi Kunder | 30 Jun 2009
Towers Perrin, Watson Wyatt to form Towers Watson
30 Jun 2009
The implied equity value of the merger transaction of two of the United State’s largest human-resources consulting firms, is stimated at is approximately $3.5 billion
Bombay HC clears RIL-RPL merger
29 Jun 2009
Vodafone mulls acquiring T-Mobile UK
29 Jun 2009
Microsoft to spin-off Razorfish: reports
29 Jun 2009
Microsoft has hired Morgan Stanley to sell its digital agency, Razorfish, and French marketing company, Publicis Groupe SA could be a possible contender
Cash-strapped Wockhardt sells veterinary arm to France’s Vetoquinol
29 Jun 2009
After planning to divest its hospital chain, Wockhardt sells its veterinary business to Vétoquinol, while some overseas units are also said to be on the block
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The remarkable Ratan Tata
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!
COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
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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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