The Indian market is very competitive because you have existing foreign banks, private banks, new foreign banks and public sector banks, says Mike DeNoma, executive director, StanChart.
In October, media reports suggested that the World's largest retailer Wal-Mart made "suspicious payments" totalling millions of dollars to local officials in India.
Swedish behemoth Volvo has charted out an aggressive strategy to become a leader in the country's heavy commercial vehicle sector, following its alliance with the Delhi-based Eicher Motors.
Indian jewellery firms are increasingly showing interest in the international market and are planning to venture into luxury lifestyle products.
"We remain positive on the outlook for the emerging market (EM) equities. Although this asset class is entering its sixth year of outperformance compared with the world equities, valuations are not yet expensive on a historic and relative basis, especially in the light of a much higher growth potential at the earnings level," says Angus Stening.
Equity benchmark Sensex rallied 487 points on Monday to close at a fresh lifetime peak, tracking gains in Infosys, HDFC twins and HCL Tech amid massive foreign fund inflows.
Bonds/papers of Tata Motors, Reliance, SBI, ICICI and others turn illiquid in international markets.
Seeing a good market in the European Union countries, India's horticulture sector is now busy tapping this potential.
The higher chance of depression in women is additionally related to changes in hormone levels that occur throughout a woman's life.
The retail frenzy over initial public offers (IPOs) seen over the past few months is not without reason. Over the past two years, 61 companies have tapped the primary market and raised funds via IPOs. Of these, 24 companies (nearly 39 per cent companies) have more than doubled at the bourses with Happiest Minds, IndiaMart Intermesh, Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), Affle India and Route Mobile surging 468 per cent to 722 per cent since their listing date till now. Retail participation in the equity market, according to analysts, has just reached an inflection point due to the low interest rate regime amid lack of investment-worthy avenues that can generate a good return for investors.
Alkem, the largest manufacturer of Fructo-Oligo Saccharides, which helps the growth of good probiotic bacteria, is planning to roll out more products in the national and global markets, said Sharad.
Hedge funds, which are proving to be a headache for stock market regulators across the world, will be the main topic of discussion at the four-day annual conference of the International Organisation of Securities Commissions.
Meet Poonam Gupta, vice president, business development, the National Multi Commodity Exchange of India (NMCE), India's leading multi-commodity exchange.
Nimbus is foraying into the rental DVD market and plans to set up 125 DVD stores across 69 cities in India within a few months.
DB Realty Ltd is taking aggressive steps to come out of the shadows of the second generation telecom spectrum scam.
The Kolkata Police said it is yet to question the principal of La Martiniere for Boys School, a day after he expressed regret for caning a 13-year-old student who allegedly committed suicide.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries Ltd on Friday announced to raise Rs 7,350 crore from two investors -- Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC and Global alternative asset firm TPG -- by selling a stake in group's retail arm.
The GM-SAIC tie up follows GM India-Reva collaboration to launch electric vehicles in the market.
Developers are tweaking their business model by launching smaller apartment sizes and playing the volume game to keep prices low and create buyer interest.
Close on the heels of expanding its operations, Microsoft India has now set its eyes on penetrating the consumer market in the country.
The security solutions software market in India is expected to touch $130 million by 2009 from $36.3 million in 2004 with the next wave of growth coming from small and medium enterprises, according to research firm IDC.
HDFC Bank on Tuesday ruled out merger with its parent HDFC or acquiring smaller banks in the near future, but said it has embarked on an aggressive organic growth path in India and abroad.\n\n
Wipro is planning to expand into Sri Lanka and Bangladesh to tap the telecom and banking space, by leveraging on its expertise and strengths in areas such as system integration and IT managed services.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
India's security software market is expected to have an annual growth rate of 29 per cent till 2009, according to research and analyst firm IDC.
Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday said India is a very special and important country with a remarkable entrepreneurship culture, as he sought to push deeper the just-launched payments services that allow users to make payments over WhatsApp. Last month, Facebook-owned WhatsApp received approval from the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) for rolling out its payments services in India. In 2018, WhatsApp started testing its UPI-based payments services in India -- a global first -- with about a million users.
From cloud computing to people analytics, most lucrative future jobs will be dominated by people with digital skills and expertise, explains Sarita Digumarti, chief learning officer, UNext Learning.
To expand its product profile in India, Sony announced on Tuesday its entry into IT peripherals market, which, it hopes, would contribute 20 per cent to the Rs 1,600 crore (Rs 16 billion) targeted turnover for fiscal 2006.
Wal-Mart Stores continues to top the Fortune 500 list.
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