Dow Futures
Economy

Dow Futures Trade Lower As Tech Earnings Disappoint, Apple Sheds 2.8%

U.S. stock futures were trading lower during Thursday’s evening deals, after major benchmark averages finished mixed as investors grew cautious after a slew of mixed earnings reports. By 6:35pm ET (11:40pm GMT) Dow Jones Futures were down 0.2%, S&P 500 Futures fell 0.6% and Nasdaq 100 Futures were down 1.2%. In extended deals, Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) […]

Bharti Airtel
Companies

Bharti Airtel to acquire Vodafone’s 4.7% stake in Indus Towers

Telecom operator Bharti Airtel Ltd said on Friday it agreed to buy Vodafone Group Plc’s 4.7% stake in India’s largest cell tower firm Indus Towers Ltd. Britain’s Vodafone said earlier this week it was looking to sell its entire 28.1% stake in Indus Towers. Airtel said it has agreed with Vodafone to buy 4.7% equity interest in Indus Towers on the principal […]

Amazon surges with record $190 billion gain
Companies

Amazon surges with record $190 billion gain in value, shares jump 13.5%

A day after Facebook owner Meta Platforms suffered the deepest loss of stock market value in history for a U.S. company, Amazon logged the greatest ever one-day increase in value. Shares of the online retail and cloud computing giant surged 13.5% on Friday following its blowout quarterly report, expanding its market capitalization by around $190 billion by […]

Covid19

Close to 3 million people in India acquired digital skills during COVID-19: Microsoft

By Administrator_India Capital Sands Microsoft Corp on Tuesday said it has helped over 30 million people across 249 countries and territories gain access to digital skills, including close to 3 million people from India. This number is higher than the initial goal of 25 million that was announced by the tech giant in June last […]

Maharashtra: No vaccine jab, no salary, says Thane civic body
Covid-19 Vaccine

Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine gets US panel’s approval for emergency use

By Administrator_India Capital Sands A committee comprising outside advisers to the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), on December 10, voted overwhelmingly to endorse emergency use of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate. This paves the way for the FDA to grant authorisation for the vaccine to be given to the general public in the US. […]

After NCR, DLF to delve into Mumbai, Chennai residential-property markets
Companies

After NCR, DLF to delve into Mumbai, Chennai residential-property markets

By Administrator_India Capital Sands DLF, the country’s largest listed developer, could again diversify into residential-property markets such as Mumbai and Chennai after focusing on its home turf, the National Capital Region (NCR). The developer started concentrating on Delhi-NCR after selling some of its land parcels in cities such as Mumbai in 2012 to reduce debt. […]

BigBasket faces potential data breach; details of 20 mn users put on sale
Companies

BigBasket faces potential data breach; details of 20 mn users put on sale

By Administrator_ India Capital Sands Online grocery platform BigBasket has become the latest target of cyberattack in India. The company has faced a potential data breach with the information of over 20 million customers on the darkweb for sale, according to US-based cybersecurity intelligence firm Cyble. The data, being sold for $40,000, includes the full names, email IDs, password […]