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Mark Zuckerberg sells $95 mn in Facebook stock
22 Nov 2016

Facebook plans $6-bn share buyback in Q1 next year
19 Nov 2016
Facebook, which has historically grown at a very fast clip, is now expanding at a slow pace and it needs something more than growth to create value for investors

Global bond investors lose $337 bn in single day after Trump win
10 Nov 2016
The total market value of bonds around the world slid by $692 billion over the past three days, triggered by speculation Trump’s victory and a Republican-led Congress will lead to a wave of spending

Apple grabs 104% of Q3 smartphone profits, thanks to Samsung’s woes
05 Nov 2016
Data released on Friday showed that Apple took virtually all of the smartphone industry's profits in the third quarter of 2016, despite more Android devices being sold in the market

Facebook defies odds for robust growth, but warns of tapering
03 Nov 2016
Facebook Inc, now on pace to reach $27 billion in revenue this year, is defying the slowdown in growth that usually comes with increasing size
UK’s sterling hammered by freak algorithm?
08 Oct 2016

Pound skids to 31-year low in delayed Brexit reaction
07 Oct 2016
The Sterling fell off a cliff of $1.2609 to hit $1.1841 - its lowest level since mid-1985 – in the morning Asian trade, before immediately rebounding to around $1.2450

Microsoft to buy back another $40 bn shares
21 Sep 2016
The announcement of the $40-billion stock buyback comes on top of an existing $40-billion repurchase programme that will also be completed by year's end
Tim Cook sells $36 mn worth of Apple stock
29 Aug 2016

Singtel to invest $657 mn in Bharti Telecom, raise stake to 30.69%
19 Aug 2016
Singtel is investing a total of S$2.47 billion ($1.8 billion), including S$1.59 billion ($1.18 billion) to acquire a 21 per cent stake in Thailand’s top telecom company Intouch Holdings
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The cost of neglecting water transport
03 Feb 2025
Inland water transport is widely recognised as a cheaper and environment friendly mode of transport and, as per a report prepared by RITES

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.

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
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