Nasa delays Blue Origin Mars mission until next yearNasa said Friday that it would forgo an October flight "to avoid significant cost, schedule and technical challenges associated with potent...
08 Sep, 2024, 11.48 PM IST
Elon Musk surpasses Jeff Bezos as world’s richest personA 4.8% rally in Tesla’s share price Thursday boosted Musk past Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, a ra...
08 Jan, 2021, 09.27 AM IST
Elon Musk close to surpassing Bezos as world’s richest personMusk’s net worth was $184.5 billion at 11:40am in New York, just shy of Bezos, who has held the top spot since October 2017.
07 Jan, 2021, 08.26 AM IST
Ford is killing the fusion and giving the name to a sport wagonThe sedan will exit early next decade to be replaced by a high-roofed hatchback built on the same mechanical underpinnings
12 Jul, 2018, 07.57 AM IST
Samsonite CEO Ramesh Tainwala quits amid governance concernsThe world's biggest luggage maker said Ramesh Tainwala would leave after an investment firm accused him of falsely claiming to have a docto...
01 Jun, 2018, 11.37 PM IST
Pens, jackets, and more: The best non-car stuff to buy from Bentley, Porsche, and BMWMercedes has long partnered with Miami-based Cigarette Racing to make some of the world’s fastest water vehicles.
09 Apr, 2018, 11.35 AM IST
A startup’s audacious plan: A new luxury hotel in space“We’re not selling a hey-let’s-go-to-the-beach equivalent in space,” Bunger said. “We’re selling the experience of being an astronaut. You ...
07 Apr, 2018, 12.24 PM IST
Jeff Bezos's fortune hits $100 billion on Black Friday stock surgeThe Amazon.com Inc. founder’s fortune is up $2.4 billion to $100.3 billion.
25 Nov, 2017, 03.50 PM IST
Jeff Bezos sells $1.1 billion Amazon shares with stock at recordThe sale represented 1.3 per cent of his holding and leaves Bezos with a 16.4 percent stake in the retailer.
05 Nov, 2017, 03.02 PM IST
For Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, philanthropy is ‘saved for later’Even with more than. $90 billion to his name, Bezos has yet to make a major philanthropic mark, but with the new mantle of the world’s rich...
04 Nov, 2017, 03.59 PM IST
Bill Gates is losing the world's richest title to Jeff Bezos, thanks to his philanthropyGates has a net worth of $86.8 billion on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
13 Oct, 2017, 08.15 PM IST
Richard Branson aims at mid-2018 space trip as Virgin Galactic resumes powered tests“We will never be able to build enough spaceships,” Branson said Wednesday in Hong Kong following the introduction of Virgin Australia Hold...
06 Jul, 2017, 11.19 AM IST
How this startup is using satellites to give more accurate investment ideasOrbital uses image processing and algorithms to track trends visible in cars, farms and buildings.
02 May, 2017, 07.05 PM IST
Bezos sells $1 billion a year in Amazon stock for space project"My business model right now for Blue Origin is I sell about a billion a year of Amazon stock and I use it to fund Blue Origin," said Bezos...
06 Apr, 2017, 12.20 PM IST
Musk on brink of 'Wright Brothers moment' with reused rocketThe rocket originally flew in April 2016 before landing successfully on an unmanned drone ship bobbing in the Atlantic Ocean.
25 Mar, 2017, 11.54 AM IST
SpaceX's Moon Mission should be NASA's wake-up callUnlike during the Cold War, the competition this time around isn't between countries. Instead, it's between startup companies like SpaceX, ...
07 Mar, 2017, 10.02 AM IST
Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos successes spur ISRO’s record satellite launchTo keep pace, India is touting its traditionally low-cost program along with achievements such as putting an orbiter around Mars.
17 Jun, 2016, 01.41 AM IST