Biden administration taps Google chair for chips research effortThe Biden administration says it has picked the chairman of Google parent Alphabet Inc , John Hennessy, and four other technology industry ...
21 Jun, 2023, 10.32 AM IST
Biden aides tap Alphabet chairman John Hennessy for chips research effort, officials sayHennessy and other selected individuals are set to be announced by the Commerce Department on Tuesday, according to the officials, who decl...
20 Jun, 2023, 08.56 PM IST
For tech giants, AI like Bing and Bard poses billion-dollar search problemExecutives across the technology sector are talking about how to operate AI like ChatGPT while accounting for the high expense.
22 Feb, 2023, 05.19 PM IST
Amazon faces Teamsters union drive at nine Canadian sitesThe influential union took the first step earlier this week to organize employees at one of Amazon's Canadian facilities, and the interview...
18 Sep, 2021, 11.45 AM IST
Teamsters organising workers' unions at 9 Amazon.com facilities in CanadaThe campaigns could be seen as a bet by the Teamsters that early success unionizing employees in a more labour-friendly market such as Cana...
17 Sep, 2021, 05.43 PM IST
Biyani buys 30% stake in etailer KoovsBiyani’s Future Lifestyle Fashion will buy nearly 30% in Koovs for about Rs 140 crore, making it the largest shareholder in the AIM London-...
05 Jul, 2018, 10.47 PM IST
Alphabet's earnings miss profit estimates as spending growsThough growing demand for pricey ads on mobile apps has kept Google's core ad business surging, the company has moved aggressively to maint...
02 Feb, 2018, 11.46 PM IST
Nandan Nilekani, Rohini Nilekani shop for 2% stake in FabindiaNilekanis purchased the stake in Fabindia Overseas Pvt Ltd through Entrust, their family office, for about Rs 100 crore, pegging the valuat...
06 Dec, 2016, 12.33 AM IST
- Australian scientists develop method to quickly diagnose skin cancer
Melbourne, Nov 18 (IANS) Australian researchers have developed a revolutionary blood test to diagnose skin cancer much more quickly and eff...
18 Nov, 2016, 09.05 AM IST
Stanford University announces Knight-Hennessy scholarship programStanford University announced today the Knight-Hennessy Scholars program, a graduate-level scholarship to prepare a new generation of globa...
24 Feb, 2016, 11.32 AM IST
Fabindia crosses Rs 1,000 crore in sales; becomes largest retail apparel brand in the countryDuring 2014-15, the ethnic wear firm posted a 12% rise in consolidated sales at Rs 1,148 crore with 36% increase profit.
19 Jan, 2016, 07.17 AM IST
How hosts are splurging more to make luxury weddings special and unusualThe big, fat Indian wedding is getting bigger and fatter, with hosts splurging more to make their events special and unusual.
12 Dec, 2015, 06.51 AM IST
- Wine lovers will soon have more brands to choose from
California-based E&J Gallo, the world’s second-largest winery by the number of cases sold, has drawn elaborate plans to introduce brands fr...
20 Jul, 2009, 01.20 AM IST
- McDowell's in top10 global spirits league
Vijay Mallya’s flagship McDowell’s No.1 brand recorded a retail value - what the end consumer paid on the street - of $1.6 billion, or Rs 8...
05 Mar, 2009, 01.39 AM IST
- Wine market approaches 1 mn cases mark
All eyes are on the Indian wine market which is now on the threshold of its first major milestone, crossing the one million cases mark in 2...
10 Jan, 2008, 12.39 AM IST
- LVMH team in India on brand recce
It could be a fashion moment, or a sure sign that the luxury market is really kicking in.
04 Sep, 2007, 03.22 AM IST
- UN fights N Korea with Cognac
The United Nations is hitting Kim Jong Il where it hurts, cutting off trade in the luxury goods favoured by the North Korean dictator and h...
20 Oct, 2006, 03.28 AM IST