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Amazon to face shareholder vote on treatment of warehouse workers

The decision means Amazon investors will get to vote on the issue for the first time, proponents said

Half of Canadian firms affected by conflict in Ukraine: Survey

Roughly half of Canadian firms expected to be affected by the conflict in Ukraine, results from a special business survey in March have showed.

HDFC twins merge in $40-bn deal; amalgamation may take 15 to 18 months

The country's largest housing finance company and the biggest private sector bank announced that their boards have approved an all-stock amalgamation of HDFC Ltd into HDFC Bank

Sashidhar Jagdishan on what the deal with HDFC means to HDFC Bank

Sashidhar Jagdishan, managing director and chief executive officer of HDFC Bank, tells Manojit Saha what the deal with HDFC means to the bank and the opportunities it provides

Tangedco to raise Rs 7,600 cr via bonds; may import coal for summer demand

Tamil Nadu's state power utility has decided to import 4.8 lakh tonnes of coal as demand surges

NMDC's iron ore production rises 23% YoY to 42.15 MT in FY 2022

NMDC, the country's largest iron ore producer, said on Saturday its production increased by 23 per cent year-on-year to reach 42.15 million tonnes (MT) in FY22

Global cellular IoT module revenue grows 58% YoY in fourth qtr 2021

Global cellular IoT module revenue grew 58 per cent YoY in Q4 2021. China, the leading region in the cellular IoT module market, accounted for more than 40 per cent of the revenue

BS 1000: Most Valuable Indian Companies

#BS1000 | The financial year 2020-21 was one of recovery for corporates after the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in the last quarter of FY20 and the subsequent national lockdown brought economic activity to a halt in the April-June 2020 quarter. The combined revenues of BS1000 companies were down just 6.1 per cent in FY21 over the previous year, despite a complete washout in the first quarter of the financial year. Top companies cornered a bigger chunk of revenues in many industries. Take a look at India's most valued companies

Edtech firm Vedantu launches platform for immersive live learning

W.A.V.E 2.0 technology measures more than 100 parameters using artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Reliance Group in letter defends its takeover of Future Retail stores

Reliance, has privately defended an abrupt takeover of the stores of debt-laden rival Future Retail, saying mounting dues of $634 million compelled it to act beyond expectations, a letter shows

VC firm HealthQuad announces close of second fund for young companies

The second fund of HealthQuad closed with a total subscription of $162 million: more than twice its target size at launch

Delhivery aims IPO for Q1 as market sentiment improves for large offerings

Offer is pegged to be around Rs 7,000 crore, rides on a positive outlook for sector

Two top IndiGo's executives quit in 2 days as Rahul Bhatia is named MD

IndiGo's Chief Commercial Officer Willy Boulter said he will resign after July, just a day after CFO Jiten Chopra quit the biggest budget airline in Asia by market value

LTTS forays into Meta world, to carve out business unit for Metaverse

Amit Chadha, who completes a year at the helm of the company, last year had called out six big bets and changed the narrative of the company's focus

Singapore-based Sea's e-commerce unit Shopee to shut India operations

The withdrawal, effective beginning March 29, comes weeks after India banned Sea's popular gaming app 'Free Fire'

Chinese regulators, US working hard on solution to audit dispute: Report

Chinese regulators and their US counterparts are working hard to solve an audit dispute affecting US-listed Chinese firms and want to achieve effective and sustainable cooperation as soon as possible

Microsoft paying hundreds of millions in bribes, claims whistleblower

A whistleblower has alleged widespread bribery via Microsoft's foreign contract business, saying that more than $200 million each year is spent on bribes and kickbacks linked to the tech giant

QSR chain Lassi N Shakes enters Uttar Pradesh, eyes 1,000 outlets by 2025

Launched in May 2019, the restaurant chain has opened its 145th outlet, currently situated in 10 different states

Ukraine war: Over 400 firms stopped operations in Russia after US sanctions

More than 400 firms have stopped their business activities in Russia, as a result of the severe US sanctions on the country for its invasion of Ukraine, founder of Bobby Balachandran said

Gennova's mRNA vaccine in legal storm after HDT Bio Corp sues Emcure

The US firm HDT Bio Corp has alleged that Emcure 'willfully and maliciously' violated the Defend Trade Secrets Act and Washington's laws against trade secret theft