Viveat Susan Pinto And Abhijit Lele

Stories by Viveat Susan Pinto And Abhijit Lele

Why Hindustan Unilever may cut jobs

Why Hindustan Unilever may cut jobs

Rediff.com   28 Apr 2017

The company plans to overhaul business and rationalise costs in a bid to reach parent Unilever's new profit targets, reports Viveat Susan Pinto.

Samsung seeks to douse Note 7 fire with S8

Samsung seeks to douse Note 7 fire with S8

Rediff.com   20 Apr 2017

Samsung has priced the S8 competitively at Rs 57,900, while the S8+ is available for Rs 64,900.

RBI proposes wholesale, long-term finance banks

RBI proposes wholesale, long-term finance banks

Rediff.com   11 Apr 2017

Discussion paper fixes Rs 1,000 cr as minimum capital for these specialised banks

Will Modi's Digital India dream ever come true?

Will Modi's Digital India dream ever come true?

Rediff.com   11 Apr 2017

The value of transactions through debit and credit cards used at the PoS fell to Rs 64,200 cr in February

SBI wants to be among the world's top 30 banks in three years: Arundhati Bhattacharya

SBI wants to be among the world's top 30 banks in three years: Arundhati Bhattacharya

Rediff.com   11 Apr 2017

Arundhati Bhattacharya talks about SBI's strategies, its aim to be among the top 30 banks globally, and stressed assets resolution.

Exit interview: What's next for Mudra CEO Madhukar Kamath?

Exit interview: What's next for Mudra CEO Madhukar Kamath?

Rediff.com   7 Apr 2017

'Degrees get you into the room, it is the attitude that counts,' says adman Madhukar Kamath.

Bank officers want pay equality with central govt staff

Bank officers want pay equality with central govt staff

Rediff.com   22 Mar 2017

Demands include 5-day banking, PF to be calculated on total salary and allowances, not only on basic

Harindra Singh takes full control of Percept group

Harindra Singh takes full control of Percept group

Rediff.com   22 Mar 2017

Shailendra Singh to continue as passive shareholder in Percept

Why scorching summer is good news for some

Why scorching summer is good news for some

Rediff.com   21 Mar 2017

Makers of air conditioners, beverage and ice-cream are hopeful of a boost in sales

Why 2017 will be critical for the advertising industry

Why 2017 will be critical for the advertising industry

Rediff.com   17 Mar 2017

Viveat Susan Pinto & Niraj Bhatt in conversation with Nirvik Singh, chairman and CEO, Grey Group.

Alternative medicine ads come under ASCI-Ayush lens

Alternative medicine ads come under ASCI-Ayush lens

Rediff.com   15 Mar 2017

ASCI and Ayush ministry get down to monitoring print and television ads of ayurvedic, unani, homeopathic and yoga and naturopathy practitioners.

Not only private banks, even PSBs levy charges on customers

Not only private banks, even PSBs levy charges on customers

Rediff.com   8 Mar 2017

Punjab National Bank, Bank of Baroda, Bank of India and Canara Bank already charge their customers a levy for failing to maintain a minimum balance for a quarter or a month.

Zee shareholders to decide on demerging print biz

Zee shareholders to decide on demerging print biz

Rediff.com   27 Feb 2017

Demerging print and TV news businesses will allow for separate investment by interested players.

RBI 's latest headache: Ballooning fiscal deficits of states

RBI 's latest headache: Ballooning fiscal deficits of states

Rediff.com   24 Feb 2017

Deficits could come under more pressure in coming years as states implement their own Pay Commissions.

SBI merger could spill over to FY18

SBI merger could spill over to FY18

Rediff.com   23 Feb 2017

SBI might present the first result for the combined entity at the end of the first quarter of 2017-18

New NPA resolution plan finds few takers among bankers

New NPA resolution plan finds few takers among bankers

Rediff.com   23 Feb 2017

Rather, the existing ones should be implemented speedily to clean up the mess.

Keen to reduce debt, banks get tough with large borrowers

Keen to reduce debt, banks get tough with large borrowers

Rediff.com   21 Feb 2017

The Essar group, Jindal Steel and Power, Monnet Ispat, Bhushan Steel and the Avantha group have been asked to close deals by March-end.

New report says, nothing is wrong with India's ad world!

New report says, nothing is wrong with India's ad world!

Rediff.com   16 Feb 2017

Pitch Madison says advertising expenditure will grow 13.5% this calendar year

Thanks to DeMo, now ad firms are staring at a bleak 2017

Thanks to DeMo, now ad firms are staring at a bleak 2017

Rediff.com   15 Feb 2017

Television as a category would see a lower rate of growth at 8% vis-a-vis 10% last year.

MFI profitability hit by note ban, says ICRA report

MFI profitability hit by note ban, says ICRA report

Rediff.com   27 Jan 2017

Collection dived to 75-80% in November-December from 99% after demonetisation.