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Intel pulling all stops to be iPhone’s next partner
19 Oct 2015
Slow on the uptake where the mobile market goes, chipmaker Intel has now reportedly put over a thousand employees to work on chips for the next Apple iPhone as it seeks to displace Qualcom
Intel pulling all stops to be iPhone’s next partner
19 Oct 2015
Slow on the uptake where the mobile market goes, chipmaker Intel has now reportedly put over a thousand employees to work on chips for the next Apple iPhone as it seeks to displace Qualcom
Walmart paid millions in India as bribes: report
19 Oct 2015
The Wall Street Journal reports that while the cumulative bribes paid in India amounted to millions, individual bribes were usually under $200, and sometimes as low as $5
US court rejects copyright case against Google
19 Oct 2015
The Authors Guild lost its case against Google's book-scanning project after a 10-year battle, as a federal court ruled that it did not infringe copyright laws
HDFC Bank ATMs to provide on the spot personal loans
17 Oct 2015
The bank will initially launch the loan-on-ATM product for those with salary accounts and corporate customers
Tata to close Scotland's last major steel plants in restructuring of UK operations
17 Oct 2015
Cheap imports and high energy costs have put pressure on British steel companies and made domestic production non-competitive
Tata to close Scotland's last major steel plants in restructuring of UK operations
17 Oct 2015
Cheap imports and high energy costs have put pressure on British steel companies and made domestic production non-competitive
Maggi noodles to be back, but not instantly
17 Oct 2015
Nestle India on Friday announced that it would start making Maggi noodles again as all samples of the brand have been tested and cleared by the three laboratories mandated by the Bombay High Court
Tata Steel to axe 1,200 jobs in UK
17 Oct 2015
Aditya Birla fashion retail goes online with abof.com
16 Oct 2015
The portal will offer 7,000 products initially, which the company plans to take to 20,000 in next few months
Aditya Birla fashion retail goes online with abof.com
16 Oct 2015
The portal will offer 7,000 products initially, which the company plans to take to 20,000 in next few months
Reliance Q2 net rises 12.5% to Rs6,561 cr despite a 33.8% fall in revenue
16 Oct 2015
RIL said the revenue fall reflected a 50.6-per cent year-on-year fall in benchmark oil price
Reliance Q2 net rises 12.5% to Rs6,561 cr despite a 33.8% fall in revenue
16 Oct 2015
RIL said the revenue fall reflected a 50.6-per cent year-on-year fall in benchmark oil price
Consumer court directs fresh tests on Maggi noodles in Rs640 cr law suit
16 Oct 2015
The country's top consumer court has directed that a local commissioner in Lucknow should collect 100 Maggi samples from Nestle’s godown for testing
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