M&A
SoftBank pumps in Rs1,675 cr into Ola
15 Apr 2017
Australian regulator approves Yancoal's $2.45-bn acquisition of Rio's thermal coal assets
13 Apr 2017
$43-bn ChemChina-Syngenta merger approved by China; Indian nod awaited
13 Apr 2017
The deal, which has now been approved by regulators from 19 countries including the European Commission, has yet to get the nod from the Indian regulator
Warren Buffett-Backed 3G Capital mulls rival bid for Panera Bread
12 Apr 2017
Panera Bread is a bakery-café casual restaurant chain operating in the US and Canada, with over 100,000 employees and with annual revenues of $5 billion
China’s LeEco abandons $2-bn acquisition of US-based Vizio
11 Apr 2017
Chinese technology company Le Holdings Co Ltd yesterday said that it is abandoning its proposed $2-billion acquisition of privately-held US consumer electronics company Vizio Inc, citing "regulatory headwinds."
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The remarkable Ratan Tata
By Kiron Kasbekar | 23 Oct 2024
One newspaper report of Ratan Tata’s passing away showed an old photo of him climbing into the cockpit of a Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter.
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!
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