Investors spent much of 2016 cleaning house. And a VC tells Ranju Sarkar, "There's still some bad news left in the portfolios (of VC firms). What happens to Ola and Flipkart will drive sentiment in future."
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From Seema Hakhu Kachru Houston, Jul 12 (PTI) Software giant Microsoft has announced a long-awaited restructuring, organising itself around key areas designed to make the company more nimble in a fiercely-competitive technology sector. The company said in a release that it will deliver multiple devi ...
Technology, not just cost, is key to IT's future.
The meeting will be attended by all heads and EDs of public sector banks
BS Annual Awards 2014: Power-packed jury picks the best 7 of corporate India
Mr Modi must stop talking, and start writing
India's latest GDP numbers do not signal robust economic growth in near term.
Bharti Enterprises Group CFO Sarvjit S Dhillon said there is more clarity on the regulatory front now, which is a good sign for the industry.
Ranju Sarkar finds out more about Nowfloats, the start-up that is used by 240,000 businesses that reach 13 million consumers.
'It does not look like unemployment is a priority for the government.' 'If there was one external factor which could have made an impact on low investment and low jobs, it was the Budget and it has not made any difference.' '2020 is going to be a difficult and challenging year.'
He wants to transform his retail-led enterprise into a consumer goods giant, and reach Rs 1 lakh crore in turnover by 2021, but is that feasible?
Enthused by India's financial inclusion drive, US-based Accion, one of the biggest micro finance organisations in the world, has renewed its focus in India. Michael Schlein, bottom, left, chief executive officer of Accicon, tells Namrata Acharya in an email interview the Wall Street and Silicon Valley are eager to participate in opportunities presented by the issuance of the small finance and payment bank licences, the expanded banking correspondent opportunities, and the Jan-Dhan Yojna.
The 30-share Sensex provisionally ended up 366 points at 27,275 and the 50-share Nifty ended up 132 points at 8,235.
In the April-June period, bond yields rose by 30 bps.
The higher rate cut by RBI is positive for rate-sensitive sectors in the medium to long term.
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.
Over-expansion, bad management, and multiple allegations irreparably taint Malvinder and Shivinder Singh
Markets in green tracking firm global cues.
Group of ministers to review progress every fortnight.
Industry experts say there will be problems, as power supply is a concern for providing uninterrupted service
Search is on for reliable indicators of underlying activity.
BSE has brought in the new technology from Deutsche Bourse.
In the capital goods space, Punj Lloyd and KEC International could be in limelight for the expected turnround
The EB-5 Programme has been in effect since 1990 as an opportunity for the immigrant and their family to obtain permanent residency to the US.
Investors turn their attention to export-driven sectors.
Fresh investments by corporates up just 5.8% in FY17, lowest since 1992
Venture capitalists are leveraging their experience to build something new.
RCom is expected to have a 50% stake, Aircel 40% and MTS 10%
'The rule for millennials is: You can have a career for life.' 'You have to constantly adapt to the needs of the industry to stay relevant.' 'The jobs will be the same, but the skill sets required will be different.' 'Technology will dominate the nature of jobs available in the future.'
A study of the PM's speech reveals 13% of all words he used were pointed keywords to market his cause
'This generation wants to try different things, are ready to take risks and experiment with their careers.'
Among key stocks, Tata Motors, Hero MotoCorp, L&T, Wipro, ICICI Bank, Dr Reddy's Labs and ICICI Bank, all up between 1%-3%
Ahead of the assembly elections next year, the BJP has been wallowing in a welter of ideas that has resurrected the debate on populism versus pragmatism, as it has to pander to two important but incompatible constituencies, of the freebie consuming masses and Bengaluru's heavy hitters craving for even roads, pristine lakes and unbroken power supply, reports Radhika Ramaseshan.
The NITI Aayog's vice-chairman's charge holds ground.
The company's buy of Concur will strengthen its position in cloud computing
'When you come through the hassles and struggles of business life, your mind is wired differently.' 'You are more connected to reality,' Akali Dal MP Naresh Gujral tells Rahul Jacob and Archis Mohan
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He started a fund with Rs 800 crore and made several investments.
Vodafone Plc and its ex-shareholders have suffered due to the delay in an Initial Public Offer (IPO) of its Indian unit.
'India is still a cash economy.' 'For a common household, almost everything from grocery to maid services is paid in cash.' 'The demonetised notes account for 85 per cent of the currency in circulation.' 'Until fresh notes flow back into the economy, day-to-day transactions ordinarily done in cash will be impacted.'
In the decade since Biyani revolutionised retailing in India, he has attempted a number of things, eventually exiting a few of them.
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