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KKR takes 49% stake in Radiant Life Care
18 Jul 2017
FanDuel and DraftKings drop merger plan
14 Jul 2017
Flipkart set to sweeten offer for Snapdeal; may go up to $950 mn
13 Jul 2017
Snapdeal, which is also engaged in separate discussions for selling Freecharge (mobile wallet operations) and Vulcan Express (logistics), is likely to close these as well over the next few weeks
Pearson sells 22% stake in Penguin Random House to Bertelsmann for $1 bn
11 Jul 2017
Pearson, which in recent years sold some of its best known assets, including the Financial Times and the Economist, said it would now reduce its stake in the world's biggest consumer book publisher
Air India may be sold in parts to fast-track divestment
10 Jul 2017
Air India has six subsidiaries – three of which are loss-making – with assets worth about $4.6 billion and an estimated $1.24 billion worth of real estate, against a debt burden of $8.5 billion
IDFC Bank, Shriram Capital plan mega merger
07 Jul 2017
Snapdeal rejects Flipkart’s Rs5,500 cr buyout offer; talks still on
05 Jul 2017
Snapdeal's board is reported to have rejected a takeover offer of $800-850 million (around Rs5,500 crore) from larger ecommerce rival Flipkart
GE’s oil and gas business merges with Baker Huges Inc
04 Jul 2017
Baker Hughes, now a GE company, is the first and only company to bring together industry-leading equipment, services and digital solutions across the entire spectrum of oil and gas development, according to GE
ICEX, NMCE to merge, form India’s third biggest commodity bourse
03 Jul 2017
The merger will create India’s third largest commodities exchange, offering a wide range of contracts, including bullion, oil, rubber and other agri-commodities as also the world’s first diamond futures contract
IndiGo rethinks buying Air India’s global operations?
01 Jul 2017
Earlier this week, just after the Union cabinet approved divestment of Air India, IndiGo – India’s largest airline in terms of market share — had expressed an interest to buy the international business of the national carrier
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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
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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