Stock markets - world
Amazon chief Jeff Bezos sells stock worth $1 bn
04 Nov 2017
Rising digital revenues help New York Times offset losses in print sales
02 Nov 2017
The New York Times Co reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit on the back of rising revenues from digital advertising, which helped the newspaper publisher offset losses in its print ad sales
CME Group announces launch of Bitcoin futures
01 Nov 2017
General Electric profit down 10% at $1.8 bn in July-Sept quarter
21 Oct 2017
GE’s new CEO John Flannery vowed to shed more than $20 billion worth of assets and hold executives accountable for failing to deliver after what he called “horrible” results in the third quarter
Baidu’s iQiyi eying IPO in US next year: report
26 Sep 2017
China to ban trading of bitcoin
11 Sep 2017
China bans ICOs in crackdown on cryptocurrency
05 Sep 2017
BHP Billiton to exit loss-making US shale business
22 Aug 2017
The mining giant, which announced a 192 per cent increase in its net profit to $5.89 billion for the year ended 30 June and a 24 per cent rise in revenues to $38.29 billion, instead opted to reward investors with a three-fold hike in dividend to 43 cents a share and return $2.5 billion to its bondholders
Bitcoin cash surges 40 per cent in single day
19 Aug 2017
Post Sikka exit, 3 US law firms launch probes into Infosys
19 Aug 2017
The law firms, representing institutional investors, are looking to pin Infosys on securities fraud or other unlawful business practices by its officers or directors, to recover stock market losses
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Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
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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