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Amazon now fifth largest company by market value
30 Jul 2016
iPhone sales continue to slide, but Apple beats expectations
27 Jul 2016
‘India is now one of our fastest growing markets ... we're looking forward to opening more retail stores in India down the road, and we see huge potential," Apple chief executive Tim Cook told analysts in a third-quarter earnings call
Nintendo loses billions in market value after stating it would not directly profit from the game
26 Jul 2016
India to be key driver in global green bonds market
05 Jul 2016
Bond buyers are eager to capitalise on climate-related initiatives, and an increase in sales from Indian issuers could also help spur the dollar-bond market as a whole, says Bloomberg
Brexit: turmoil in Asian markets; Britons petition for fresh vote
27 Jun 2016
As China, Japan and South Korea moved to prevent currency and stock markets from going haywire, over three million Britons and counting signed a petition demanding a fresh referendum on exit from the EU
MSCI holds off including China stocks in index
15 Jun 2016
Zuckerberg could lose control of Facebook if he quits
03 Jun 2016
The rules, which were first proposed as part of a reclassification of Facebook’s shares to help meet Mark Zuckerberg’s philanthropy plans, will be voted on by shareholders at an annual meeting on 20 June
Philips lighting to launch IPO
17 May 2016
Warren Buffett reveals more than $1 bn stake in Apple
17 May 2016
Apple’s stock, which has lost about a third of its value over the past year, rose by 4 per cent yesterday after Berkshire Hathaway revealed the stake
AstraZeneca, Reckitt Benckiser face investor ire over fat executive pay
02 May 2016
Reckitt Benckiser was fined the equivalent of £885,000 in Australia for misleading consumers after a court ruled that pills that claimed to target ailments such as migraine or back pain were identical
Apple's little wonder iPhone fails to enthuse customers
27 Apr 2016
Apple announced financial results for its fiscal 2016 second quarter ended 26 March 2016, reporting its first-ever decline in iPhone sales and its first revenue drop in 13 years
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
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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
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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
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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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