Appliances
Robotic clothes folder Foldimate to debut in 2018
09 Jun 2016
After clothes are folded, they are steamed individually to minimise wrinkling and can be given a softening or sanitising treatment before being stacked on to the folded pile
GE gets regulatory approval to sell appliance business to China's Haier Group
04 Mar 2016
The sale is part of GE’s plan to divest around $200 billion worth of non-core assets in order to transform itself into a pure-play industrial-manufacturing company
GE to sell appliance business to China's Haier Group for $5.4 bn
16 Jan 2016
GE is exiting its consumer appliances business as part of a plan to transform itself into an industrial-manufacturing company
Soap-sized gadget could spell end for washing machines
06 Jan 2016
Dolfi, as its creators have dubbed it, uses ultrasonic waves to blast out dirt from clothes without any scrubbing or wringing, transforming any wash basin into a washing machine
GE calls off $3.3 bn appliances deal with Electrolux on regulatory fears
08 Dec 2015
The acquisition of GE's appliance business would have catapulted Electrolux as the world's biggest appliances maker, overtaking Whirlpool
Dyson releases robot vacuum in Japan
24 Oct 2015
Xiaomi unveils smart water purifier in India
20 Jul 2015
US government moves to block GE’s appliance business merger with Electrolux
02 Jul 2015
The proposed acquisition of GE's appliance's business would have seen Electrolux's sales more than double in the US market from around $2.6 billion to $4 billion
Sweden’s Electrolux to buy GE appliance unit for $3.3 bn
08 Sep 2014
The deal is Electrolux’s biggest ever acquisition that would double its sales in North America and help it take on rival Whirlpool Corp
Unilever makes decade's biggest investment in Chinese water purifier maker Qinyuan
10 Mar 2014
Unilever, whose brands include Dove, Sunsilk, Axe and Lipton, said that its Pureit purifiers and Qinyuan’s product range offer different and complementary performance and price points and will enable the combined business to offer a complete range of products
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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
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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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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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