Quote of the day by Tom Gayner: "Equities are congealed intellectual capital, and that is what I want"Investor Tom Gayner views stocks as ownership in businesses built on human ingenuity. He emphasizes that a company's value stems from its i...
03 Jun, 2026, 06.00 PM IST
IT’s Rs 18 lakh crore m-cap rout; Info Edge, Ixigo post Q4 profitsA multi-month bear market has hit the valuations of India’s top 10 digital and technology services exporters. This and more in today’s ETte...
22 May, 2026, 07.58 PM IST
Forget fake invoices. The real risk is the assumptions made in the balance sheet to hide lossesMost accounting risks make noise. The biggest one on the Indian balance sheet doesn't. It hides inside growth assumptions, discount rates, ...
22 May, 2026, 06.03 PM IST
As Indians buy pricier phones on EMI, OneAssist bets big on protection plansAs smartphones become costlier and increasingly financed through EMIs, device damage is emerging as a new source of household financial str...
22 May, 2026, 11.33 AM IST
Not all startups are built the same. Which category defines yours?Startup award categories are often shaped more by founder journeys, business models, and growth approaches than by sectors alone. Through r...
21 May, 2026, 08.25 PM IST
In 1849, Walter Hunt twisted a piece of wire while thinking about debt: The tinkering helped create the modern safety pinWalter Hunt patented the safety pin in 1849. His design improved on earlier pins by adding a spring and catch. This made the sharp end safe...
18 May, 2026, 07.39 PM IST
In 1892, A North Carolina furnace test for cheap aluminum produced an unexpected solid; that accident helped build the industrial Acetylene AgeA chance discovery in 1892 by Willson in North Carolina led to calcium carbide. This substance could produce acetylene gas. Acetylene provi...
18 May, 2026, 07.23 PM IST
India's Rs 1.7 lakh crore fuel crisis may have found an unlikely fixIndia faces high energy import costs and a weakening ₹. A Monaco company, FOWE Eco Solutions, presents a water-based fuel emulsion technolo...
17 May, 2026, 08.35 PM IST
Profit on paper, loss in reality: How a routine accounting tool is used to deceive and take investors for a rideAmortisation is a number most investors skip, but it can shape reported profit. On the surface, it looks routine: A company spreads the cos...
15 May, 2026, 06.58 PM IST
Trump unveils 100% tariff on some patented drugs on 'Liberation Day' anniversaryPresident Donald Trump has signed an executive order introducing significant pharmaceutical tariffs. Companies failing to strike pricing de...
03 Apr, 2026, 06.19 AM IST
Ajanta Pharma, Sun Pharma poised to tap GLP-1 opportunity amid market shift: Siddhartha KhemkaIndia's metabolic therapy market is transforming post-semaglutide patent expiry, shifting to a competitive, volume-driven model. With signi...
28 Mar, 2026, 09.27 AM IST
Draft IPR policy suggests tax incentives for patentsThe National IPR Policy has been formulated with the mission to foster innovation, accelerate economic growth, employment.
24 Dec, 2014, 10.20 PM IST
- L&T filed 162 patent applications for its electrical and automation products in 2011-12
Larsen & Toubro filed 162 patent applications for its electrical and automation products during 2011-12, the 11.7 billion-engineering and c...
02 May, 2012, 09.15 PM IST
- Larsen & Toubro division files over 100 patents in FY12
Larsen and Toubro (L&T) today said it has filed more than 100 patent applications for its electrical and automation products during FY12.
02 May, 2012, 08.28 PM IST
- ET in the classroom: Compulsory licencing
ET explains Compulsory Licensing, a provision that allows governments to override Patent rights
26 Aug, 2010, 04.42 AM IST
- Domestic firms increasingly looking to get US patents
A confident Indian Inc, boosted by sustained high growth, seems willing to shed its lethargy as many domestic firms are looking to obtain U...
26 Sep, 2007, 02.15 PM IST
- Govt dichotomy in stance on life form patents
NEW DELHI: The Patents (Second Amendment) Bill, 1999, as modified by the Joint Parliamentary Committee and tabled in Parliament, has reveal...
30 Jan, 2002, 01.17 AM IST