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Amazon shares hit $1,000 for the first time
31 May 2017
The stock price takes Amazon’s market value to about $478 billion, double that of the world's biggest traditional retailer Wal-Mart, while the value of a $1,000 investment on Amazon's first day of trading in 1997 exceeds $500,000 today
Snapdeal staff may get Rs193 cr payoff after merger with Flipkart
15 May 2017
In an unusual move, Snapdeal’s founders Kunal Bahl and Rohit Bansal may distribute $30 crore, half of their expected payout of $60 crore, among all employees after the expected merger with Flipkart
Snapdeal co founders to get $30 mn each as merger with Flipkart nears
12 May 2017
The merger of online marketplaces Snapdeal and Flipkart is now virtually confirmed, with Snapdeal co-founders Kunal Bahl and Rohit Bansal likely to receive $30 million in cash each from SoftBank on their exit from the company
Argos acquisition boosts Sainsbury’s group sales
03 May 2017
Woolworths could return to UK high streets
25 Apr 2017
Flipkart tightens returns policy, no more automatic refunds
21 Apr 2017
Earlier, online shopping sites offered full refund and a no-questions-asked policy to assure sceptical Indian customers to buy on their portal
Flipkart raises Rs2,600 cr from Tencent, Microsoft; to absorb eBay
11 Apr 2017
In the biggest fundraising by an Indian internet company to date, Flipkart has raised $1.4 billion from Tencent Holdings, Microsoft, and eBay, as it gears up for intensifying competition and for a possible takeover of Snapdeal
Salad mix recalled after dead bat found
10 Apr 2017
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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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