Nearly 60 per cent of Indians think that next one month would be a good time to buy real estate with improvement in consumer sentiments following formation of a stable government.
Since families multiply much faster than the number of businesses, after a point, there just aren't enough independent firms for each member to run.
A slew of Indian firms, including Flipkart, Byju's and Zomato, is building a path to profitability and diversifying into newer business segments ahead of mega-IPO plans.
'Long-term retail investors should not worry about these sharp dips and jumps if they have chosen their stocks wisely.' 'Short-term volatility is a given and a rise and fall of two-three per cent should not worry them.'
According to MAIT, the apex body representing India's IT hardware industry, training and R&D services sectors, tablet sales in 2012-13 stood at 1.9 million units as against 0.36 million units in 2011-12 witnessing a growth of 427 per cent.
The revenues of the top 5 India-based IT services providers worldwide rose by over 13 per cent to $34.3 billion (around Rs 1,900 crore) last year from $30.3 billion in 2011.
To begin with, there would be the immediate integration of various technology stacks. This would create more business for global consulting and IT services entities such as KPMG, PwC, EY, Accenture and IBM, among others. Indian service providers - Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), and Wipro, for instance - would also cash in.
In fact, 91 per cent of the Indians surveyed admit that the widespread use of technology has enabled them to achieve a more 'flexible' work schedule, as per the findings of a global research from Accenture titled 'Defining Success.'
According to the Dun and Bradstreet economy forecast while subdued demand is expected to slow down the overall inflation, upside risks to overall inflation persists from depreciation of rupee and increase in global crude oil prices.
Offloads stake in financial, auto and pharma sector companies.
In the next six months it will be subdued.
Android and Apple iOS combined accounts for the majority of the smartphone market.
The liquidity crisis at Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Limited (DHFL) has dented the fortunes of ace investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, who increased his stake in the troubled company in the March 2019 quarter (Q4FY19).
With smart mobile devices inching out desktops and laptops, global research firm Gartner has said that it expects about half of first time computer purchases to comprise of tablets by 2017.
Tepid growth in verticals like banking and finance, healthcare, retail and automotive will drag overall IT spends in the current year, reports Debasis Mohapatra.
India's economic growth could fall below 5 per cent.
Rohit Gadia, who built a Rs 13-crore company in four years, speaks about how he converted his passion into a profitable business venture.
While markets are watching the rupee touch record lows, Paul Mackel, Head of Asia Currency Research-Global Research at HSBC, says the currency is not yet in a free fall.
Reports claim that the country's defence spending is set to double by 2015
A new poll finds that cyberbullying in India is pretty high.
In spite of economic woes and conflicts, the world is a happier place now than what it was in 2007 and Indians are among the happiest on this planet, says a survey.
Similarly, 51 per cent of 105 market participants polled by RBS said they do not expect a CRR cut in the quarterly policy announcement next Tuesday.
Gaurav Garg, Head of Research, CapitalVia answers readers' stock market queries.
On the macroeconomic data front, PMI data on manufacturing and services sector will also influence trading
The enactment of the new Mining Bill is likely to have a negative impact on existing pure-play mining companies, with their profits impacted by as much as 12 per cent, global research firm Macquarie says.
India imports three million tonnes of pulses annually to meet domestic shortages.
Sentiments in global markets, movement of rupee against the dollar and crude oil prices will dictate near-term trend
With a view to tame the inflation -- 8.66 per cent in April -- the RBI has increased its key rates eight consecutive times over the past 12 months, the last being the higher-than-expected 50 bps hike on May 3.
The houses will be made in pre-fabricated format, under which the company will provide a kit consisting of roofs, doors, windows, etc, which can be erected or assembled.
18.5 million online users aged 15 or above visited a travel site in April.
New series points to a sharp recovery since FY14.
India is set to emerge as the world's third largest economy by 2030.
Stretched valuations and slowdown in DII flows are some of the reasons why Goldman Sachs cut its India rating to 'market-weight'
Cloud computing, which is Internet-based, facilitates sharing of technological resources, software and digital information.
Despite higher gross additions, growth in overall customer base has been tepid for these companies, says Debasis Mohapatra.
The intensifying tariff war among telecommunication players in India is likely to result in consolidation of smaller, regional and startup operators in the telecom space, global research firm Macquarie says.
Companies have activated a comprehensive pandemic response plan with requisite risk mitigation protocols for keeping networks working as telecom is an essential service.
Ecorithm's powerful suite of technologies can be applied to build systems and various other enterprise solutions to improve operations.
The government needs to play greater role in taming inflation by reining in spending, as the Reserve Bank of India's tightening of its policy rates will have little impact on checking price rise, global research firm Moody's said on Friday.
A total of 93 funds reached a final close in 2009, receiving commitments of $40.5 billion. In 2008, 228 funds raised an aggregate $134.3 billion, according to global research firm Preqin.
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