Stock markets - world
China weighs halt to purchases of US debt securities
11 Jan 2018
China, with its huge pile of US treasuries, is unlikely to take any hasty decision that would destabilise the market as it would amount to a monetary 'hara-kiri’
Bicoin surpasses $14,000 in new high
08 Dec 2017
SEC Cyber Unit cracks down on PlexCoin
05 Dec 2017
Coinbase loses bid to block IRS investigation over customers not reporting cryptocurrency gains
01 Dec 2017
Largest bitcoin exchange to open in US
29 Nov 2017
Tokyo-based BitFlyer becomes the fourth digital currency exchange to receive a `BitLicense’ to operate in New York after the state’s Department of Financial Services granted licence to Coinbase, Circle and Ripple
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos now worth $100 bn
25 Nov 2017
Bitcoin breaks $8,000 barrier for the first time
18 Nov 2017
GE to shrink operations, focus on three core businesses: report
13 Nov 2017
GE will close its research and development centers in Shanghai, Rio de Janeiro and Munich, leaving the company with R&D facilities only in New York and Bangalore
China opens up its financial sector for foreign investors
10 Nov 2017
China has decided to allow foreign firms to hold up to 51 per cent equity in financial sector joint ventures in the futures, securities and funds business while relaxing controls on foreign ownership in Chinese banks, insurance companies and asset management firms
$300 mn worth of cryptocurrency lost due to bug
09 Nov 2017
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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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