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Ranbaxy ex-bosses to challenge Rs2,562-cr fine for hiding info from Daiichi
06 May 2016
In a majority ruling this week, a three-member arbitration panel in Singapore imposed a fine on the billionaire brothers earlier this week in a case filed by Daiichi Sankyo in 2013
Apple hires GoogleX lab co-founder Yoky Matsuoka
05 May 2016
Winner of the MacArthur "Genius Grant", Yoky Matsuoka is a leader in the field of neurorobotics, which combines robotics with how the human nervous system coordinates muscle and skeletal movements
Trump presumptive GOP candidate, Cruz drops out
04 May 2016
Though Trump has not formally secured the 1,237 delegates he needs to win the nomination — and likely won't until June — there is no serious opposition within the Republican party left to block his path
Australian tech entrepreueur, Craig White claims to be creator of digital currency, bitcoin
03 May 2016
PIN system inventor made no money from his idea
02 May 2016
PIN system inventor made no money from his idea
02 May 2016
Motorola ex-chief Rick Osterloh joins Google
29 Apr 2016
Motorola ex-chief Rick Osterloh joins Google
29 Apr 2016
Mark Zuckerberg: salary $1, cost of security $4.3 mn
29 Apr 2016
Facebook pays the most to protect its chief executive, but others like Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and Oracle’s Larry Ellison are not far behind, as top CEOs face a variety of threats, from jihadist groups to wacky relatives
Indra Nooyi, Bhavesh Patel among 10 highest-paid CEOs
29 Apr 2016
PepsiCo's Indra Nooyi and LyondellBasell's Bhavesh Patel are among the world's 10 highest paid executives
Apple should pay more tax, says co-founder ‘Woz’
22 Apr 2016
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak tells the BBC that all companies should pay 50 per cent tax – and that unlike Steve Jobs, he was never interested in making money
Mallya says his foreign assets are worth Rs780 crore
22 Apr 2016
While maintaining that as a Non-resident Indian he is not obliged to disclose the value of his assets abroad, businessman Vijay Mallya informed the Supreme Court on Thursday that his collective family assets abroad amounted to Rs780 crore
RBI chief Rajan, Sania Mirza, Google's Pichai among Time’s top 100
22 Apr 2016
Terming RBI governor Raghuram Rajan as "India's prescient banker," Time said he is among a rare breed of "economic seers" who "steered" India through the global crisis and fallout
Britain celebrates 90th birthday of Queen Elizabeth II
21 Apr 2016
As Britain celebrated the landmark with gun salutes and fireworks, opinion polls showed that Her Majesty has lost little or none of her popularity among the public
Court convicts Vijay Mallya of cheque fraud
21 Apr 2016
Court tells ED to execute warrant against Mallya
21 Apr 2016
The Enforcement Directorate's case is based on an FIR registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation against Kingfisher founder Vijay Mallya and other unknown officials of the Mumbai-based IDBI Bank for causing a loss of Rs900 crore to the public sector bank
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