Bubbles can inflate indefinitely and also burst, with deep corrections, warns Devangshu Datta.
Audit firms such as KPMG believe zero complaints may be an indicator of the lack of requisite mechanism to allow for such reporting
Valuations are much higher than the consensus earnings expectations warrant and also much too high in historical terms, says Devangshu Datta.
The new orders sub-index, which includes domestic demand as well as orders from abroad, rose to 53.2 in May
Fitch frowns at government pay hikes.
'The Indian market has all the factors at the moment: Over-valuation, over-confidence, reliance on some source of massive fund flows and massive scams.' 'The trigger for a collapse could also have arrived.' warns Devangshu Datta.
The outlook for India's rating would improve if fiscal, inflation and infrastructure metrics get better, a global report said.
The S&P BSE Midcap and S&P BSE Smallcap indices gained 0.4% and 1%, respectively
India had enough weapons-grade plutonium by 2014 to possess an estimated arsenal of 75 to 125 nuclear weapons, according to a prominent US-based think-tank.
The biggest disappointment was the compromise on the promised corporate tax reduction path.
Strong currency and sagging oil prices are spooking policymakers.
Food prices probably fueled a sharp rise in India's retail inflation in December after the record low struck the previous month.
The longer a bear market lasts, the more the eventual returns are, says Devangshu Datta.
Drop in oil prices and the government's reform agenda has helped India to be out of the Fragile Five group
The broader NSE index has fallen about 0.9% as investors wait for corporate results
RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan expressed anguish at the banks' reluctance to pass on benefits of the earlier rate cuts.
Hero MotoCorp's promoter Pawan Munjal emerged as the highest paid director.
India has more service companies, such as IT and healthcaresectors, which always trade at a premium to the overall market.
Telangana's Rythu Bandhu policy is an embryonic UBI, or rather embryonic QUBI (a quasi-universal basic income, pronounced Kyoo-Bee). And it could potentially also be the future of agricultural policy in India, says Arvind Subramanian.
Sticky labour laws and a difficult business environment have led to employers shifting their new hiring in favour of contract labour where social security is much lesser, says Mahesh Vyas.
The RBI has targeted 6 percent inflation by January 2016
Australia cricketer Phillip Hughes remains in an induced coma on Thursday after spending a second night in a Sydney, with the local ambulance service now under scrutiny for their response to the accident.
Given the sharp differences that the Democratic and Republican lawmakers and the White House has on various aspects of immigration reform including H-1B, the Congressional passage of the bill and its becoming a law as of now appears to be a tall order.
"Goodbye to all my dear friends and family that I love. Today is the day I have chosen to pass away with dignity in the face of my terminal illness, this terrible brain cancer that has taken so much from me ... but would have taken so much more. "The world is a beautiful place, travel has been my greatest teacher, my close friends and folks are the greatest givers. I even have a ring of support around my bed as I type. Goodbye world. Spread good energy. Pay it forward!" This was 29-year-old terminal cancer sufferer Brittany Maynard's final message before she took medication to end her life under Oregon's "Death with Dignity Act".
More and more the buck will stop at the board. Look no further than Infosys, says Amit Tendon.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is expected to hold its policy interest rate at 6.75 per cent next week to stifle inflation.
The rupee had last ended at 67.22 per dollar on March 16, 2016.
The new norms were cleared by the Securities and Exchange Board of India in New Delhi on Thursday and the relevant provisions would be incorporated in the listing agreement soon, Sebi Chairman U K Sinha said.
The Act envisages that the states and Centre will formulate specific rules for real estate regulation.
'The fact that housing units worth a whopping Rs 4.5 lakh crore in top seven cities are stuck under various stages of non-completion indicates that there is a dire need to create stress-asset fund which will help bail out lakhs of distressed homebuyers,' says Anuj Puri, Chairman, Anarock Property Consultants, a real estate services company.
In terms of the number of deals, there has been a decline of 13 per cent
Bankers and economists agree rates will soften, though the quantum would depend on banks' asset-liability profile
The gap between Nifty's price-earnings multiple and economic growth is at a 12-year high
Robust growth in indirect tax receipts points to a nascent revival in manufacturing sector.
Abheek Barua & Bidisha Ganguly explain why the US treasury should intervene if the overvalued greenback continues to rise.
Experts say the size of the fund shouldn't be a primary criterion for selection.
Apple's stock market value rose beyond $700 billion.
RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan will announce the monetary policy on April 1 and expectations of a status quo are rising ever since the official data on consumer price inflation for February pointed to a cool down to 8.1 per cent.
The RBI is expected to cut rates in next policy.
Instead of failing young Indians, the government should now focus laser-like on education, skilling, healthcare, and the environment, says Mihir S Sharma.
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