Falling revenues, increased capex, and first full year of spectrum debt may make things worse
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The US FOMC concludes its two-day meeting today while the Bank of Japan will start its two-day meeting today.
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Reliance improved its ranking this year to 121 from 142 last year, with a market value of $50.6 billion and assets worth $91.5 billion.
The threat may be a decade away, but it has brick-and-mortar sellers rethinking their strategies and banking on the govt to regulate online companies.
"India's middle class, small traders and farmers are the lifelines of its economic growth. By catering to these ambitions #Budget2019 infuses hopes for millions of dreams."
'Sachin Pilot once calculated that with a million Indians flooding the labour market every month, only an additional 12 million jobs annually could keep unemployment at the same level.' 'That's chickenfeed for the functionaries who cram my e-mail inbox every day with such a constant flow of job offers that trying to empty it is like trying to drink dry the horn connected to the ocean in Norse mythology,' says Sunanda K Datta-Ray.
He's betting big on small stores to help him reach 10 million households by FY21, report Abhineet Kumar and Raghavendra Kamath.
Ma and the other co-founders had finalised the name "Alibaba" after much research on its acceptability.
Investors engaged in profit booking in the recent gainers at attractive and higher valuations.
Reliance Industries leads the pack of 56 Indian companies.
SBI comes second and Bharti Airtel is third
On the other hand, the group's two traditional cash cows, TCS and Tata Motors' subsidiary Jaguar Land Rover, are slowing as other businesses pick up pace
Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati and other senior politicians on Sunday cast their votes in the third phase of Uttar Pradesh elections and claimed that their parties will form the next government.
Maruti Suzuki, Asian Paints, L&T, ONGC and Infosys have gained between 1%-1.5%.
India has 53 achievers on the list, second only to China which has 76 honorees.
Index heavyweights Reliance Industries and ITC were the top losers along with ICICI Bank and SBI
The fall in metal and mining stocks comes on the back of weak Chinese trade data
Sensex ended strong, Tata Steel, HUL climb higher.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has assets worth Rs 1.26 crore while Defence and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley stands out as the richest minister with assets totalling Rs 72.10 crore.
Internet-based systemic wisdom connects machines and people, and will drive next-gen enterprises, said Huawei's Yatish Nagavalli.
Company plans to raise the contribution of Indian private sector to its revenue from about 15% to about 50% in two-three years.
'The economy will pick up in 2020 or a little later... When it picks up, will it reach 10%, 8% or still lower? It all depends on how realistic are the diagnosis and the prescriptions that follow,' says Professor K J Joseph.
The stipulation that new front-end stores will have to be set up will impact M&A in the sector.
Pharma shares extended losses after the government's ban on combination drugs.
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The profit boost for studios will in large part be driven by the rush for local-language content from platforms like Netflix Inc
The lack of bandwidth and content means it will be a long time before online streaming services take off in India.
RCom is expected to have a 50% stake, Aircel 40% and MTS 10%
For FY16, MTNL's standalone net loss was over Rs 2,000 crore.
Weak monsoon forecast rekindled fears of higher inflation.
Sunil Bharti Mittal, bottom, left, says he is fond of Bill Gates' famous quote: "Success is a lousy teacher." Back from a long foreign business trip, the founder-chairman of Bharti Enterprises talks to Malini Bhupta and Kiran Rathee about the challenges posed by Reliance Jio and how he is determined to come out on top once again. Mittal says , today, Airtel is as ready as Jio in pure-play 4G operations.
The rise in India Inc's market value was led by asset-light firms.
The 30-share Sensex is up 253 points at 29,263 and the 50-share Nifty has gained 68 points at 8,829.
Before leaving on a 10-day foreign visit starting Monday, Sharma said he would address concerns of foreign retail sector investors and ensure help in setting up stores.
In fact, a $1-million initial fund has been announced to help developers build apps and new services, including for more local-language content, and a contest has been launched, too.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's three-day visit to Britain has seen India and the UK agreeing on Rs 90,000 crore deals.
Sunil Sethi raises five questions to avoid the pitfalls that ended his ignominious earlier tenure as chief minister exactly a year ago
The calculation excludes cross-holding of listed group cos in each other.
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