The contraction in M&A activity in India contrasts sharply with the upbeat global picture, much of it led by a reviving US economy.
Here are 10 global and domestic factors.
On Wednesday, the Chinese authorities extended a ban on sales of shares by large shareholders.
India needs to fix policy paralysis in order to reach teh top slot in solar power.
The year 2015 may well turn out to be a watershed in global macroeconomic adjustment.
For the four new players, the spike in wealth is 126 per cent.
The news that Welspun has run into trouble with one of its biggest US-based clients has stressed its suppliers and investors alike
Uber is present in over 250 cities in 50 countries.
Sensex plunges 322.39 points to over 1-month closing low of 27,797.01; Nifty tumbles 97.55 points to 8,340.70.
Mid-caps in cyclical sectors such as cement, financials and capital goods estimated to earn much more
The two nations share a problem of corporate debt gone bad that is so large and opaque.
oreign Policy magazine named him as one of the world's top 100 global thinkers in 2011.
Net profits may dip 4.9% y-o-y, but the silver lining is that performance may be better than the preceding quarter
Clinton and Trump came face-to-face at a white-tie charity dinner at the Waldorf Astoria, barely 24 hours after they clashed with each other at the third and final vitriolic presidential debate in Las Vegas.
The Nifty and Bank Nifty ended at record closing high of 7,913 and 15,865 respectively.
The Sensex ended at a fresh record closing high of 28,889 while Nifty ended at a fresh record closing high of 8,730.
Efforts by Indian activists to challenge the Biotechnology Regulatory Authority Bill, now pending in Parliament, may get a boost from a controversy that has broken out in the US
World trade has been growing slower than world GDP since 2012.
The 30-share Sensex ended down 215 points at 27,011.
Economists have long argued that they shouldn't be expected to predict crises, such as the one that almost sank the global economy five years ago.
Donald Trump's executive order prohibiting the entry of people from seven Muslim-majority nations widened the rift between the Trump administration and several leading American companies.
After steep correction in valuations, these have turned attractive but upside will depend on diesel price rises and export-parity pricing.
The agreement was reached in intensive negotiations between contact groups that Obama and Modi had set up in September.
We are entering a period of turbulence, but you can profit off that volatility.
Projects in other developed countries, such as Canada, and even in developing nations like Mozambique and Indonesia are also in limbo
The current bear run has already been the second longest since 1975.
Many corporations extended benefits to same-sex couples well before the law was overturned.
Gujarat is a flourshing state but its business model is not so well accepted at national level.
The fund industry may have embraced machines and robots, but managing money still needs the human touch
While lower gas output led to earnings cuts, price rises with regular ramp-ups in output will lead to earnings upgrades
SBI remains a favourite of most brokerages in the PSB segment.
Berkshire Hathaway annual meetings are most awaited.
The United States Senate has passed the landmark comprehensive immigration reform bill that will provide a pathway to citizenship to some 11 million illegal immigrants, including over 240,000 Indians.
'Nehru had multiple chances to make compromises, that would have preserved a united India, and he chose not to,' Nisid Hajari tells Vaihayasi Pande Daniel/Rediff.com
BlackBerry has got everything in place to help its latest launch become a favourite with consumers, says Himanshu Juneja
The curious thing is that savings instruments have not really kept pace with changing needs, although people have access to a wider variety than before.
If you have an IT firm, you should avoid encroaching on their turf.
No large nation has done less to feed its millions of poor than India has in the past decade or two since the beneficial effects of the Green Revolution wore off.
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