Flipkart faces intense competition from larger global rival Amazon and local rival Snapdeal.
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According to global deal tracking firm Dealogic, the deal value in the January to June period this year was the lowest first six months deal value recorded since 2009, when $1.09 trillion worth of transactions were announced.
Online retail in the country is expected to grow to $200 billion by 2026, up from $15 billion in 2016.
TCS plans to build ignio as a standalone company.
8 CEOs on the list are female, and they far outpace the median pay for the Equilar 100 as a whole
The trip was more about understanding the Indian market, but was also about signaling to the world that Apple has arrived in India
Battleground shifts to rural and small towns, where user base aspires to upgrade to smartphones.
The latest deal would give Facebook deeper access to India, the second largest internet market after China.
Total assets under management (AUM) for September stood at Rs 20.4 lakh crore compared with Rs 20.6 lakh crore at the end of August.
Foreign investors, according to them, will now wait-and-watch how the economy takes shape in the backdrop of doubts over monsoon, interest rate trajectory and other global events such as the US - China trade war.
'2018 has seen a bi-polar market.' 'Thanks to gains in some key stocks, market returns are positive. But there has been huge wealth destruction in the small and mid-cap space.'
You may be popular initially because of politics and ideology but if the economy slows down, you will be losing your popularity: Nouriel Roubini.
Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Jio, however, continued to add wireless subscribers
In January, overseas investors had pumped in Rs 33,688.19 crore (Rs 336.88 billion) in Indian debt and equities.
The brand integration not only marks the completion of the largest telecom merger in the world, but will also set the company on its future journey to offer strong digital experiences to 1 billion Indians on its 4G network.
Technology purchases in the People's Republic will reach $136 billion this year, four times more than in India.
The deal, as well as some other strategic and financial investments in works, will help Ambani cut debt at RIL.
Among key guidelines, the e-commerce companies will also be required to ensure that personally identifiable information of customers are protected.
US mutual funds Valic Co 1 and Fidelity Rutland Square Trust II, which have minority stake in Flipkart, have marked down the value of their stocks in the company
The Finance Ministry further said decision on seven FDI proposals has been deferred.
The government has cleared 19 foreign investment proposals, including that of Walt Disney Company and Reckitt Benckiser (India), entailing total investment of Rs 2,326.72 crore (Rs 23.26 billion).
'The prime minister's announcement of a nation-wide shutdown was eloquent, but should have been more clearly phrased to avoid police overreach.' 'Migrant labour should have been allowed adequate notice and transport options to get home,' notes Rahul Jacob.
Alibaba, the world's biggest e-commerce firm by transaction value, supports small businesses on its platforms.
ignio has more than 75 patents filed in the artificial intelligence, machine-learning and intelligent-automation space
Experts say the market is more bullish on the BJP as it will ensure continuity in policymaking.
The next key battle the market will watch out for will be in Congress-ruled Karnataka
If the rupee falls further, it would negatively impact the dollar-based returns of foreign investors, and could influence foreign flows into India.
Eight investment banks including HSBC and India's ICICI Securities and SBI Capital have submitted bids to manage a 10-per cent stake divestment in state-owned Coal India.
Amid lowering of bank deposit rates and falling yields from traditional investment vehicles like gold and real estate, investors are fast shifting to financial assets. The MF sector is emerging a clear beneficiary of this trend.
Unlike last year, investors turn cautious on e-commerce sector.
Oil prices continued their rout on Tuesday with Brent crude and U.S. WTI both falling to their lowest in almost six years as a big OPEC producer stood by the group's decision not to cut output to tackle a glut in the market.
Returns turn negative as FIIs turn sellers of equities in October.
Top no-frills carrier IndiGo on Tuesday approached capital markets regulator Sebi with Initial Public Offer.
For the traditionalists, wars on Twitter and Facebook smack of immaturity.
In dollar terms, the Indian markets managed to climb back to 2008 levels only in January this year. The subsequent fall in the rupee because of emerging market woes has once again pushed the markets below their 2008 level in dollar terms.
A new generation of scholars -- this time, sociologists and anthropologists, who hitherto have been busy with researching social practices of primitive tribes and social structures like India's caste system -- are starting to cast their eyes on the financial sector.
Though most experts remain bullish on the banking space, they suggest investors buy only those banks whose NPAs are at a manageable level of 3% to 4% and there is credit growth or earnings visibility.
Companies shipping to Europe to see rupee revenues coming under pressure.
Dollar's strength and falling crude oil prices force downward revision of 2015 growth forecast.
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