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Profits double at Japanese carmaker Toyota
08 May 2014
Toyota's profits almost doubled, boosted by the weakness of the yen and cost cutting by the world's auto maker
HSBC first-quarter pre-tax profit down 20 per cent
08 May 2014
Europe's biggest bank, with operations across 75 countries, said revenue prospects were decent in Asia but stood weaker in Latin America, where it had withdrawn from many markets
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba to raise $1 bn in US markets
08 May 2014
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba plans to raise $1 billion through a public issue in the US
Twitter’s share price down 18% to $31.85
07 May 2014
Bosch reports 7% increase in quarterly sales
30 Apr 2014
Twitter posts $132 million first quarter loss
30 Apr 2014
Gazprom posts 7% decline in net profit
29 Apr 2014
Amazon shares plunge to lowest in six months
26 Apr 2014
Microsoft chief, Nadella impresses Wall Street, signals willingness to chart new course
25 Apr 2014
Satya Nadella, Microsoft Corp's new chief executive yesterday wowed Wall Street analysts in his first encounter
Apple stock gains 8% after earnings beat Wall Street
24 Apr 2014
The results followed blockbuster iPhone sales, with the company selling 43.7 million units
Facebook 1Q earnings nearly triple on ad revenue boost
24 Apr 2014
This is the fourth consecutive quarter in which Facebook has beaten market forecasts
US court of appeals to hear insider trading case that could jeopardise several guilty verdicts
21 Apr 2014
IBM posts lowest quarterly revenue in five years at $22.5 bn
17 Apr 2014
IBM hopes to raise profitability as it shifts its business from hardware to cloud computing and data analysis
Alibaba Group's valuation at $168-bn on record Q4 earnings
17 Apr 2014
Yahoo Inc, which holds a 24-per cent stake in Alibaba, saw its stock rising by as much as 9 per cent in trading yesterday after Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba Group’s Q4 results
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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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