Commodities
Modi panel seeks ban on futures trading in essential commodities
03 Mar 2011
The panel has suggested promotion of organised retail and cooperatives to encourage competition in the agricultural market and increasing the flow of farm credit
Newmont acquires Fronteer Gold for $2.3-bn
05 Feb 2011
Crude oil seen touching $100 a barrel
29 Dec 2010
Gold on the rise as investors seek safe haven
21 Dec 2010
Louis Dreyfus, Olam in merger talks to form $15-bn trading giant
27 Sep 2010
The merged business would have a market value of approximately $15 billion and a dominant trading position in cotton, rice, and coffee and a substantial share in the wheat, corn, sugar, cocoa, and oil seeds market.
Gold near lifetime high as markets spook
08 Sep 2010
Goldcorp’s $3.2-bn bid for Andean Resources trumps Eldorado Gold’ offer
03 Sep 2010
Goldcorp Inc, Canada’s largest gold producer, yesterday said it is buying gold miner Andean Resources Ltd for $3.2 billion, trumping a rival bid from Eldorado Gold Corporation.
Gold prices at record high of Rs19,405/10gm
01 Sep 2010
Hectic buying by gold stockists anticipating festival season demand has sent the price of the metal soaring to an all-time high of Rs19,405 per ten grams. The gains at home mirror those in global markets.
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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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