Firms/companies

Verizon to buy Dublin-based GPS vehicle tracking firm Fleetmatics for $2.4 bn

03 Aug 2016

Verizon to buy Dublin-based GPS vehicle tracking firm Fleetmatics for $2.4 bn

03 Aug 2016

Farmers in India dump Monsanto, switch to local cotton seeds

03 Aug 2016

RIL recovered an excess of $1.6 bn in cost from KG-D6 gas field: CAG

03 Aug 2016

RIL recovered an excess of $1.6 bn in cost from KG-D6 gas field: CAG

03 Aug 2016

Man suffers severe burns after iPhone 6 explodes in his pocket

03 Aug 2016

IBM’s ‘lab-on-a-chip’ technology to help disease detection

03 Aug 2016

Virgin Galactic granted licence to restart testing of rocket plane

03 Aug 2016

US authorities have granted a licence to Virgin Galactic to restart testing of its rocket plane following a fatal crash in 2014

Yahoo looking into claims of 200 mn hacked accounts being on sale

03 Aug 2016

Merck & Co and Allergan eye US biotechnology company Biogen

03 Aug 2016

Merck & Co and Allergan eye US biotechnology company Biogen

03 Aug 2016

Merck & Co and Allergan eye US biotechnology company Biogen

03 Aug 2016

Merck & Co and Allergan eye US biotechnology company Biogen

03 Aug 2016

Emerson Electric to sell network power unit to Platinum Equity for $4 bn

03 Aug 2016

Emerson Electric Co yesterday struck a deal to divest its network power unit to investment firm Platinum Equity in a deal worth $4 billion, in order to focus on its high-growth businesses

Amazon patents noise-cancelling headphones that allow users to hear certain sounds

02 Aug 2016

SolarCity accepts Tesla Motors’ $2.6-bn acquisition offer

02 Aug 2016

The alliance between SolarCity and Tesla, which is also opening the world’s biggest battery factory, would lead to integrated homes that produced power from sunshine that was stored in batteries to charge vehicles overnight

Barclays using voice recognition as a form of secure ID

02 Aug 2016

Mylan launches generic drugs to treat attention disorder, hair-loss in US

02 Aug 2016

Washington state claims $100 million from Comcast for deceiving customers with service guarantees

02 Aug 2016

S Korea suspends sales of most Volkswagen models

02 Aug 2016

South Korea today revoked certification of 80 Volkswagen models across the VW, Audi and Bentley brands

S Korea suspends sales of most Volkswagen models

02 Aug 2016

South Korea today revoked certification of 80 Volkswagen models across the VW, Audi and Bentley brands

Vodafone hikes data benefits by 67 per cent after Airtel and Idea

02 Aug 2016

SBI tailors home loans to suit 7th Pay Commission beneficiaries

02 Aug 2016

SBI tailors home loans to suit 7th Pay Commission beneficiaries

02 Aug 2016

Rain delays high-speed Tango train’s Delhi-Mumbai trial run

02 Aug 2016