Electronics - consumer
RadioShack files for bankruptcy protection
06 Feb 2015
Samsung sales, profits plummet; may lose smart phone lead
29 Jan 2015
Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest smart phone maker, looked closer to losing its crown as global smart phone leader after a plunge in its quarterly and annual profits
Sony to cut 1,000 more jobs as smart phone losses mount: report
28 Jan 2015
With the latest round of job-cuts, Sony’s workforce will shrink by roughly 30 per cent to 5,000 as of the end of the fiscal year through March 2016
Google launches Chromecast in India
17 Jan 2015
Sony unveils new generation Walkman
07 Jan 2015
Sony says the new Walkman can reproduce master quality recordings just as the artists originally intended
Samsung to unveil Tizen smart TVs
05 Jan 2015
Micromax plans $500 million IPO: report
03 Jan 2015
Samsung unveils Tizen-based smart phone; may cut reliance on Android
03 Jan 2015
South Korean handset maker wishes to lessen its reliance on Google’s Android operating system at a time when the California-based internet search giant continues its push into the mobility market
US electronics retailer Best Buy to exit China
04 Dec 2014
Fierce competition from local retailers and a flourishing online retail business have led foreign retailers to abandon the Chinese market - Best Buy joins Metro and Home Depot in shutting shop and Carrefour mulling an exit
Sony brings internet TV to PlayStation
13 Nov 2014
Hewlett-Packard to split corporate hardware and PC and printer businesses
06 Oct 2014
Printers and computers made up 51 per cent of the company's revenue in the latest quarter, while the rest came from four businesses that include technology services, consulting, software and financial programmes
Tesco shelves Hudl smart phone plans
11 Sep 2014
Featured articles
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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