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Japan Airlines plans $8.5-bn IPO
06 Aug 2012
JAL, which emerged from bankruptcy protection in 2011, has planned the the world's second-largest IPO this year after Facebook's $16-billion flotation in May
Facebook shares down to new lows
04 Aug 2012
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Facebook reports $157 million Q2 loss
27 Jul 2012
Facebook has not yet been able to work out how to make money from people using the site on mobile device
Telenor reports $1.31 billion gross profit in Q2
24 Jul 2012
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Microsoft reports first quarterly loss after 1986
20 Jul 2012
Software giant Microsoft reported its first quarterly loss after it went public in 1986, mainly from its failing online ad service aQuantive, which could not compete with rival Google Inc.
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London, Singapore stock exchanges sign trading pact
12 Jul 2012
The London and Singapore stock exchanges plan to permit cross-trading of their largest and most actively traded stocks
Manchester United plans New York IPO
05 Jul 2012
Emails link Goldman manager with Rajaratnam
23 Jun 2012
IPO market sharply down after Facebook fiasco
23 Jun 2012
Burger King shares up on return to NYSE
21 Jun 2012
Kraft Foods to shift listing to Nasdaq
09 Jun 2012
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Pfizer prepares IPO for its animal healthcare unit
08 Jun 2012
The world’s largest drugmaker, Pfizer Inc, yesterday said that it is preparing to float part of its animal healthcare unit, as it plans to focus on its pharmaceuticals business
Gupta was privy to secrets: Goldman chief
05 Jun 2012
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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!
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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.
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Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
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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
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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
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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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