Electronics - consumer
Toshiba seeking $8.8 bn for majority stake in chip business: report
21 Feb 2017
Debt-laden Toshiba Corp is trying to raise at least $8.8 billion from a majority stake sale in its flash memory business to save the group from the impact of a $6.3 billion write-down of its US nuclear business
E-waste in East and Southeast Asia jumps 63% in 5 years
16 Jan 2017
With per capita consumption of gadgets, appliances and products with a cord or battery rising quickly with incomes, a report has urged a clampdown on improper recycling and disposal to conserve resources and avoid serious health and environment threats
Samsung Galaxy S8 to feature standalone desktop mode: reports
05 Jan 2017
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 chip that would go inside the Galaxy S8 would even be able to run a full-fledged Windows 10 build and Win32 desktop apps, according to reports
Chinese firms rule the Indian smartphone market: report
03 Jan 2017
Chinese smartphone vendors in India led by Lenovo, Xiaomi, Vivo and Oppo have captured about 40 per cent of the market share in India in the wake of Smsung’s market retreat
Nokia sues Apple for infringing technology patents
22 Dec 2016
Nokia said it has filed suits against Apple in connection with 32 of its patents, covering technologies such as display, user interface, software, antenna, chipsets and video coding, in Munich, Germany and Texas, US
Demonetisation: Foxconn benches 1,700 staffers; Lava shuts plant
13 Dec 2016
The world’s largest contract manufacturer, Foxconn, has asked nearly a fourth of its 8,000 factory workers to go on paid leave for two weeks after last month’s demonetisation saw sales slump almost 50 per cent
Samsung Electronics may consider split: report
28 Nov 2016
While the exact nature of restructuring is not known, Samsung Group is reported to have revived plans after Jay Y Lee took over reins from his father Lee Kun-hee, who was incapacitated following a May 2014 heart attack
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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
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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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