Use of Aadhaar on Skype Lite and LinkedIn will allow Microsoft to bring on board millions in small towns and rural areas lacking e-mail IDs, reports Sheetal Agarwal.
These sectors are seeing a marked slowdown, as consumers are postponing purchase decisions amid uncertainty and severe cash crunch, report Ram Prasad Sahu, Sheetal Agarwal & Ujjval Jauhari from Mumbai.
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The use of Aadhaar on Skype Lite and LinkedIn will allow Microsoft to bring on board millions in small towns and rural areas lacking e-mail IDs.
Analysts, however, said the timing of the infusion was good.
The continuing stress faced by corporate India has weakened their debt-servicing capability and this is reflected in the banks' books, as yet-burgeoning bad loans.
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Raamdeo Agrawal, joint managing director at Motilal Oswal Financial Services, tells Sheetal Agarwal key trends in this earnings season and investment themes in Indian markets.
Majority expect economy to slow down, but are satisfied with Modi govt's performance.
So long as there are concerns about world trade, growth and oil prices, the domestic market will remain volatile.
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'The number of first-time investors into MFs can grow four times more than the current rate if we are able to accept the bank KYCs.'
'I expect a demand stimulus in the Budget. 'There has been such a shock to the economy that such a stimulus would be needed.'
TCS is confident of bringing in industry-leading numbers, despite soft third quarter results
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'I am very optimistic about Tech Mahindra'.
Premium valuations and lack of big triggers will weigh on Indian equity markets in the near term, believes Mahesh Nandurkar, India Strategist, CLSA.
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Number of stocks trading above 50 times and 100 times earnings are at record highs. When this happened in 2015 and 2016, the Sensex fell 22.6 per cent in a little over a year's time after peaking in January 2015, while it fell by 11.3 per cent in two months from its peak in September 2016.
'We are at a time and position that we do not need higher number of visas.'
The talent gap in the industry is huge, says N Chandrasekaran, MD & CEO, TCS.
'Markets should be driven more or less by earnings growth.'
Mark Mobius, executive chairman, Templeton Emerging Markets Group, is positive on India and believes the Indian economy is on a strong footing
'India is likely to do better than other emerging markets.'
Malls, retail stores are being hit by online sales and are struggling this festive season.
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