Engineering
Singer Sewing Company explores sale
13 Mar 2014
Toshiba to invest Rs3,000 cr in India over 5 years
15 Feb 2014
Toshiba said it is aiming at sales of Rs18,000 crore in India by 2016-17, about seven times from the current level.
Amec to acquire Swiss rival Foster Wheeler for $3.13 bn
13 Feb 2014
The acquisition will enable Amec to serve across the whole oil and gas value chain and add mid and downstream capabilities to its existing upstream focus
Rolls-Royce may table $13.4-bn bid for Finnish engineering giant Wartsila
21 Jan 2014
A Finnish newspaper today reported British defence and aerospace giant Rolls-Royce may table a bid of around €50 per share for Finland's Wartsila
McNally Bharat arm forays into Russia
13 Jan 2014
Bosch plans shutdowns to avoid inventory pile-up
14 Oct 2013
Siemens to slash 15,000 jobs worldwide
30 Sep 2013
German engineering giant Siemens AG plans to cut a massive 15,000 jobs by late next year as part of the company’s cost reduction programme in its efforts to improve competitivenes
DLW Varanasi develops world’s first 5500 HP locomotive
27 Sep 2013
The first ever 5500 HP diesel engine locomotive to be manufactured anywhere in the world, has already started running on a pilot project basis in North Central Railway
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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