Gold is often favoured as a hedge against economic and financial uncertainty
The dollar's weakness against some currencies overseas limited the rupee's fall.
2nd time within a few days RIL has hit the forex debt market.
'The financial sector will be hit even harder than the overall market.' 'The banking sector will eventually be rescued.' 'But it may go into a long downwards spiral before things turn around.' 'Threat or buying opportunity?' asks Devangshu Datta.
'When I came here in 2002, I said you can grow at 8%.' 'And I was told that was crazy, and (now) here we are.'
M C Mary Kom managed to surpass even herself, obliterating everyone and everything else along the way in a tumultuous year for the sport.
It is too early to judge if the fall in Nifty from an all-time high of 11,170 to February 12 closing of 10,539 is a big trend reversal or merely a short-term correction, says Devangshu Datta.
A plumbing company in the American state of Texas has sued a Ford dealership in Houston for over $1 million (Rs 1.68 crore) after Islamic State terrorists were seen using his old truck, thousands of kilometres away in strife-torn Syria.
'Macro headwinds are rising for Indian equities in the form of rising commodity prices, especially oil, depreciating rupee, fiscal challenges, election-related uncertainty and upside risks to inflation'
The rupee fell to more than one-month low of 65.75 against the US dollar on Thursday.
The 15-member Board of BFA included former Japanese prime minister Yasuo Fukuda, former Malaysian prime minister Abdullah Ahmad Badwai, former Singapore prime minister Goh Chok Tong and former prime minister of France Jean-Pierre Raffarin besides former US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson.
Despite returns from gold down over 5% in the past three months, it is a good idea to keep this asset class in your portfolio.
Strong currency and sagging oil prices are spooking policymakers.
While selling started in April, it has intensified this month, with FPIs pulling out $1.1 billion and $2.5 billion from equities and debt market, respectively
Narendra Modi government, the US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew on Thursday said India needs more reforms
The money generated, expected to be more than a billion dollar per annum, would be used to fund a biometric entry and exit tracking system
RIL said it has priced its 144A/Reg S bonds to yield 240 basis points over US Treasuries Note at a 4.125 per cent coupon.
This is for the first time that the US has slammed sanctions against an ISIS leader in India.
Fall of rupee is not necessarily a bad thing as it will support exports which will help bridge the gap in current account deficit, Chief Executive Officer of Nordea Asset Management Company Allan Polack said.
Currently, companies are taxed in the jurisdictions in which they have a physical presence. However, digital businesses generate revenues from markets without a significant physical presence in a country.
India may seek US' help for extradition of Dawood Ibrahim, the mastermind of 1993 Mumbai blasts, as they vowed to make "joint and concerted efforts" to dismantle safe havens for terror and criminal networks like Lashkar-e-Tayiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed, D-company, Al-Qaeda and Haqqani network.
She will replace Ben Bernanke as the Chair of the Federal Reserve.
The US government, that invested $49.5 billion in the Detroit automaker to save thousands of jobs at the height of the financial crisis five years ago, lost about $10 billion, Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew said on Monday.
Modi had also said recently that there is a need to administer "bitter medicine" to revive the ailing economy.
'There is global appreciation of the fact that India has the capacity and courage to carry out structural reforms like demonetisation and GST,' the finance minister said.
China is keen to rebalance its economy towards higher consumption, services, technology use and value-added exports. The hope is that its currency will strengthen as the world embraces it as a global trade and reserve currency, say Abheek Barua & Bidisha Ganguly.
Tightening the noose around Lashkar-e-Tayiba, the United States on Wednesday designated the Pakistan-based terror group's student wing Al-Muhammadia Students a terrorist organisation and slapped sanctions against its two top leaders.
With more favourable view on Indian economy and business environment under the Narendra Modi government, the risk premium for Indian papers began to climb down.
Hawkish guidance by the US Fed raises concerns it could tie the hands of RBI from trimming rates.
French stocks, particularly those exposed to the country's large tourism sector, are likely to suffer the biggest falls
Terming Rajan as "India's prescient banker," Time said he is among a rare breed of "economic seers".
Many Indian companies provide outsourcing services to various American entities, including large banks and financial institutions.
Indian companies are in a precarious financial position.
Technical fault was the reason behind it.
Continued outflows amid moderation of domestic investments are a concern
The combined 10 Asian currencies have appreciated by 6.6%.
India has not been able to compete with countries such as Bangladesh and Vietnam.
Without bringing sound governance and technical capabilities into the RBI's work, injecting new money sets the stage for a next wave of bad behaviour by banks, warns Ajay Shah.
Despite the Indian government's recent efforts anecdotal evidence indicates that there has been little change in the extortionist behaviour of a significant proportion of tax and police officials, says Jaimini Bhagwati.
A smartly executed reform-recap will be the best booster for the economy, says Ajay Chhibber.
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