SIgnificance of Leap Days: Without them we may have summers in November!Have a look at some of the numbers, history and lore behind the (not quite) every four year phenom that adds a 29th day to February.
26 Feb, 2024, 10.59 PM IST
Google, Snapchat take bigger pie of ad spending, but slowdown may hurt growthGoogle, which dominates the $270 billion digital advertising sector, recently disappointed Wall Street when its 8.9% fourth-quarter ad reve...
08 Feb, 2024, 11.20 PM IST
Veteran money managers bail on stock rally with Fed hawks flyingProminent money managers have stopped chasing the latest stock rally, reasoning that expectations for easier Federal Reserve monetary polic...
02 Apr, 2023, 09.36 AM IST
Congress announces first list of 21 candidates for Nagaland assembly pollsAmong the other candidates in the party's first list are S Amento Chisti from Dimapur II (ST), V Lasuh from Dimapur III (ST), Akavi Zhimomi...
04 Feb, 2023, 04.37 PM IST
Most popular baby names in UK revealed, Oliver has been dethroned after 8 yearsThe Office for National Statistics (ONS) annual list of the most popular baby names in England and Wales is here. There are quite some fasc...
05 Oct, 2022, 09.15 PM IST
Yen skids to four-year low as stocks rally with Treasury yieldsUS bonds drove currencies on Wednesday, with a rise in long-term rates pushing the dollar to an almost four-year high on the yen, but a dec...
20 Oct, 2021, 07.30 AM IST
EOW arrests HDIL Directors Sarang Wadhawan, Rakesh Wadhawan in connection with PMC Bank caseThe Mumbai Police on Monday filed a case against the former bank management and promoters of HDIL in the Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative...
04 Oct, 2019, 10.08 AM IST
A chunk of PMC’s loans under probe linked to HDIL promoters, states FIRNEARLY HALF of Rs 4,635 cr loans likely to have been transferred to Rakesh and Sarang Wadhawans’ accounts, with rest borrowed by 7 entities...
02 Oct, 2019, 07.00 AM IST
Fairfax to invest $5 billion more in India in next 5 yearsThe Fairfax boss thinks India offers an "unusual opportunity". He has also shrugged off slowdown worries.
02 Sep, 2019, 09.11 AM IST
The week in 10 stocks: YES Bank tanks, again; best Street debut of the year & stocks at 52-week lowsSoftening crude oil prices and the US-China trade war truce calmed investor nerves.
06 Jul, 2019, 02.36 PM IST
IL&FS: The untold tale behind India's shock takeover of the risky lenderThe stunning move, more typical of China’s command-and-control economy, caught investors by surprise.
05 Oct, 2018, 06.29 AM IST
How Bengaluru's Church Street transformed from a residential locality to a commercial hubHere's what the oldest residents living along the 715-metre stretch.
11 Jun, 2018, 02.30 PM IST
Business environment in India still relatively difficult compared with peers: Thomas Rookmaaker, Fitch RatingsIndia’s fiscal position is yes slightly weaker relative to India’s rating profile of BBB
01 Nov, 2017, 03.42 PM IST
Ritesh Jain’s what I read this week: Tough call for e-commerce - discount & bleed or profit & dieDo you notice, the e-commerce industry has stopped making big news of late? Turns out the industry sustained itself largely on the strength...
27 Aug, 2016, 12.06 PM IST
Biographical dictionary of Indo-British cinema launchedBritain's leading cultural historian, Prof Jeffrey Richards of the Lancaster University who has written the foreword to the book, was the C...
07 Dec, 2014, 11.37 AM IST
- India Inc mobilises Rs 32,000 cr via rights issue in FY08
India Inc has mobilised a record over Rs 32,000 crore through issue of shares on rights basis in fiscal 2007-08, driven by the mega issues ...
02 Apr, 2008, 04.01 PM IST
- Gaming business attracting corporate biggies
Corporates are conducting gaming tournaments across the country and evoking a good response. Look before you touch I Animated about animati...
24 Mar, 2008, 05.23 PM IST