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Amazon set to challenge Apple with $900-bn market cap
20 Jul 2018
Amazon.com's stock market value reached $900 billion on Wednesday for the first time in 21 years as a listed company, bringing it closer to Apple, Wall Street's most valuable jewel
Amazon set to challenge Apple with $900-bn market cap
20 Jul 2018
Amazon.com's stock market value reached $900 billion on Wednesday for the first time in 21 years as a listed company, bringing it closer to Apple, Wall Street's most valuable jewel
RBI to issue new design Rs100 banknote
19 Jul 2018
Google fined record $5bn in Europe over Android platform
18 Jul 2018
While there is no force on owners of Android smart phones or tablets to use the platform, it is not easy to download games or other apps – or services from Google’s competitors – offered by third-party developers without that
The Rolls-Royce EVTOL project
18 Jul 2018
AirAsia weighs acquisition of 134 Airbus aircraft worth $23 bn
16 Jul 2018
AirAsia is weighing an order for 100 Airbus A321neo aircraft and 34 more of the larger A330 neos, worth about $23 billion at list price
AirAsia weighs acquisition of 134 Airbus aircraft worth $23 bn
16 Jul 2018
AirAsia is weighing an order for 100 Airbus A321neo aircraft and 34 more of the larger A330 neos, worth about $23 billion at list price
Foxconn likely to sign deal for manufacturing plant in Maharashtra
16 Jul 2018
Foxconn, which manufactures electronic products for major American, Canadian, Chinese, Finnish and Japanese companies, including the makers of BlackBerry, iPad and iPhone, Kindle, Nintendo 3DS, Nokia devices, Xiaomi devices, PlayStation, Wii U, and Xbox One, manufactured an estimated 40 per cent of all consumer electronics sold worldwide
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The cost of neglecting water transport
03 Feb 2025
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Crypto Currencies Trying To Undermine Global Financial System
27 Jan 2025
US President Donald Trump, it seems, is the latest to join the frenzy for personal or corporate currency, with $TRUMP, or what they call a meme coin, giving a further boost to his crypto image.
As costs of saying final goodbyes rise UK families resort to crowdfunding to pay for funerals
By Axel Miller | 16 Jan 2025
The cost of saying a final goodbye to loved ones in the UK has reached a grim new high, leaving families grappling with unexpected financial burdens.
The life and times of Manmohan Singh, former Prime Minister of India
By Cygnus | 28 Dec 2024
On 27th December 2024 India and the world lost one of their finest statespersons in a hundred years. Manmohan Singh, born on 26th September 1932, in Gah, Punjab (now in Pakistan)
The remarkable Ratan Tata
By Kiron Kasbekar | 23 Oct 2024
One newspaper report of Ratan Tata’s passing away showed an old photo of him climbing into the cockpit of a Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter.
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.
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