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Rajat Gupta gets Gates, Anan backing for light sentence
13 Oct 2012
Microsoft founder Bill Gates and former United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan were among 200 important people asking for a light sentence for Rajat Gupta, accused of insider trading
Russian mobile major MegaFon plans London IPO
10 Oct 2012
Facebook investor lawsuits consolidated under Manhattan judge
05 Oct 2012
Facebook scored over Nasdaq as a seven-judge panel ruled that investor lawsuits over the social media firm’s initial public offer would be heard by a New York federal judge
Oracle net income up 11 % YoY at $2.03 bn
22 Sep 2012
Oracle Corp expects higher growth from its cloud computing services and newer database software products
Yum Brands reports 4.8 per cent growth in Q2 earnings
22 Sep 2012
The group operates more than 200 KFCs and nearly 170 Pizza Hut restaurants in India, with strong unit growth
UK to ease rules for tech IPOs
21 Sep 2012
RBS to float its insurance unit on the LSE
15 Sep 2012
LyondellBasell scrip added to S&P 500 Index
05 Sep 2012
Amcor posts record full-year underlying profit
22 Aug 2012
Apple sets all-time Wall Street record
21 Aug 2012
Apple Inc has become Wall Street’s all-time most valuable company after its market value touched a little over $623 billion yesterday, surpassing Microsoft Corp’s all time high of $616.3 billion during the computer stocks boom in 1999
Facebook shares rise 2.3 % after falling to half of IPO price
21 Aug 2012
Times had been tough from the start for Facebook after its initial public offering on 18 May when technical glitches hit the Nasdaq exchange causing delays in confirming trades
Netflix CEO buys $1 million worth of Facebook shares
13 Aug 2012
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings is the only Facebook insider to have disclosed buying stock since the company's May initial public offering
Manchester United raises $233 mn in New York IPO
10 Aug 2012
Rio Tinto first half profit down 22 per cent
09 Aug 2012
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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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