In the face of continuing uncertainty in the domestic stock markets, the government and Reserve Bank of India may look at allowing foreign institutional investors to temporarily park their funds in the domestic debt market, a top Sebi official said. Presently, FIIs are allowed to park upto $8 billion in the domestic debt markets, which includes upto $5 billion in the government securities and upto $3 billion in the corporate bonds.
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Indian companies Nicholas Piramal, Cadila, Shasun, Dishman, Jubilant, Matrix, Strides, Ipca and Divi's are into contract manufacturing business. In the future, Indian players would move up the value-chain in the contract business, KPMG said.
Zomato has the potential to be an equally important milestone for Indian equity markets, notes Akash Prakash.
The revenue from cellular services in India is projected to exceed $37 billion growing by 18 per cent annually till 2012, IT research and advisory firm Gartner Inc says.
The Indian PC market grew by an impressive 32 per cent in the first half of fiscal 2004-05 as compared to 18 per cent during the corresponding period last year with HP topping the list with 15 per cent market share, according to IT research firm IDC
Categories such as lifestyle, food and electronics accounted for over 1,350 sellers across the country last year.
However, it could take 3 years before operators are out of the red, given the large investments and tariff wars.
After gradually losing its share to exports in the last decade, the dome{tic IT market has rebounded with a 24 per cent growth in the last fiscal as against 17 per cent in software exports, according to Dataquest Top 20 survey.
BMW is all set to challenge Merc's No.1 position in India's premium car segment.
During the third quarter of 2007, the overall Indian personal computer (notebooks and desktop combined) market grew 25.1 per cent year-on-year, in terms of unit shipments, to 1.8 million. For the same period last year, desktop PC shipments showed growth of 10.9 per cent.
Consumer electronics major Philips India Limited has embarked upon a paradigm shift in its marketing strategy to arrest falling market share of colour televisions by tapping the rural and semi-urban areas.
An emergency arbitration hearing between Amazon and retail conglomerate Future Group took place last week and a verdict is expected in the next few days, according to sources.
'Unlike Big Bazaar, where the promoter calls the shot, in ABRL, professionals take decisions. So, every new CEO leads to a change in strategy, which confuses vendors and the team.'
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd, India's largest sports utility vehicle and tractor maker, is bullish on its latest acquisition of REVA Electric Car Company.
Indian animation industry has a potential to touch earn a revenue of over $1.5 billion by 2005 compared to the current $1 billion
Miscreants had also set fire to a police outpost.
The proposed amendments to the Consumer Protection (E-Commerce) Rules, 2020, that are envisioned to protect consumer interests, may further compound the impact of multiplicity of regulations on the e-commerce sector, the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce (IACC) had told the ministry of consumer affairs. IACC, the apex bilateral chamber for Indo-US business, had told the government that the proposed amendments would increase compliance liabilities that risk severely impairing the growth of the sector.
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If I could be born again, and I had a head for big numbers, I'd like to be an investment banker in New York. Look at what I would do for a living, says T N Ninan.
The Indian market is driven by prepaid connections, which accounted for over 84 per cent in 2006. It is expected to reach 93 per cent by 2011.
Cellular services segment in India, the world's fastest growing wireless market, is expected to more than double to $25 billion by 2011, global consultancy and research firm Gartner has said.
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Life Insurance Corporation of India and General Insurance Corporation of India are planning to take exposure in Maruti Udyog from the secondary market once the shares in the automaker drop below Rs 115.
Mahindra & Mahindra said on Thursday it was in talks to assemble and sell sport utility vehicles in China, in what would be the first foray by an Indian automaker into the fast-growing Chinese market.
The IT-BPO industry in India has achieved impressive growth rates over the past decade and stood at $71.6 billion in 2009, said the report prepared by KPMG and Asian-Oceanian Computing Industry Organisation.
A total of 25 companies raised Rs 28,220 crore during the financial year.
The company is also aiming to increase its market share in the 150cc motorcycle segment to 25 per cent by the end of this year from 15 per cent at present.
Global retail giant Walmart has got fair trade regulator CCI's green signal for purchase of Bharti group's almost 50 per cent stake in their Indian joint venture for wholesale stores business.
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