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Hong Kong shares rally to near 21 month highs
04 Feb 2013
ExxonMobil profit falls short of record
02 Feb 2013
Banco Santander's profits plummet 60 % over €18-bn debt provisions
01 Feb 2013
The Spanish lender, which is among the leading survivors of the financial crash has taken a heavy hit with the slump in Spain's economy
Asian shares gain on upbeat investor sentiment
31 Jan 2013
Samsung’s quarterly profit zooms 76 per cent to $8.3 billion
25 Jan 2013
Samsung, the world's top handset maker, sold 63 million smart phones in the October-December 2012 quarter against rival Apple's sale of 47.8 million iPhones in the same period
Australian shares close highest in 21 months
23 Jan 2013
Google results beat analysts’ projections
23 Jan 2013
Apple stock falls below $500 for first time in 11 months
15 Jan 2013
Apple’s stock fell to under $500 for the first time in 11 months as investors reacted to reports signalling the company’s latest iPhone was falling further behind sleek alternatives on offer powered by Google’s Android software
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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
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