Engineering
Alstom to pay record $772 mn to settle US bribery charges
23 Dec 2014
According to the US Department of Justice, Alstom has paid a total of more than $75 million to secure $4 billion in projects around the world, and profited around $300 million
Amec and Foster Wheeler merge in friendly $3.2-bn deal
14 Nov 2014
Gas and engineering project management company Amec has acquired its Swiss rival Foster Wheeler AG in a friendly $3.2 billion deal to form Amec Foster Wheeler PLC
Bosch chief sees strong business growth in India
31 Oct 2014
British innovator Dyson introduces humidifier using UV light to kill bugs
20 Oct 2014
The inventor of the revolutionary blade-less fans and bag-less vaccum cleaners, Sir James Dyson, is back with a dehumdifier that kills germs with ultra-violet light
Fast, cheap nanomanufacturing
By By Larry Hardesty | MIT News Office | 07 Oct 2014
Siemens acquires US oilfield equipment maker Dresser-Rand for $7.6bn
22 Sep 2014
The acquisition of Dresser-Rand gives Siemens access to the US oil industry at a time when a drilling boom for oil in North America has led to higher demand for energy services and equipment
Capital goods sector pins hopes on new orders
By By B G Shirsat | 06 Sep 2014
L&T wins Rs2,442 crore order from BSNL
02 Jul 2014
Murugappa Group in farm equipment JV with two Japanese firms
06 Jun 2014
Murugappa Group company Coromandel International has entered into a joint venture with Japanese companies, Yanmar & Co and Mitsui Trading, to make farm machinery
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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