E-business
Softbank in talks with Uber for $10 billion investment: report
15 Sep 2017
If Softbank makes full investments under the deal, it could get as much as 22 per cent stake in Uber, which would entail purchasing shares directly from the company as also existing shareholders
British MPs accuse Amazon, eBay of abetting online tax fraud
14 Sep 2017
According to HM Revenue and Customs’ estimates, taxpayers must have lost £1.5 billion from overseas sellers illegally selling goods into the UK without paying VAT
Festive discounts get even bigger as Paytm joins Flipkart, Amazon
13 Sep 2017
The three e-commerce majors are preparing to woo customers with cash-backs, discounts, freebies, fast delivery options and travel add-ons
Amazon unveils largest Indian fulfilment centre at Hyderabad
08 Sep 2017
The three-storey facility has 51 loading and unloading docks that can handle around 1,000 trucks per day , 69 km of fire hydrant piping, more than 500 km of five types of cables, over 15,000 fire sprinklers and a 1.6-km long conveyor belt to move packages
Wal-Mart to offer voice-activated shopping
23 Aug 2017
Flipkart to ride eBay to markets in nearly 200 countries
22 Aug 2017
Flipkart will be able to tap over 170 million active customers of eBay globally under an exclusive agreement, which allows them to jointly pursue cross-border trade opportunities
Flipkart becomes world’s third-most funded private firm
12 Aug 2017
India’s ecommerce leader Flipkart has become the third most-funded private company globally, after ride hailing platformsChina-based Didi Chuxing and US-based Uber
SoftBank Vision Fund invests $2-2.5 bn in Flipkart
10 Aug 2017
While the company did not reveal the quantum of investment, Flipkart said this is the biggest-ever private investment in an Indian technology company, and will make the Vision Fund one of the largest shareholders in Flipkart
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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!
COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
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.
What is a Ponzi scheme?
By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
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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