"A Meryl Streep or Jimmy Kimmel can speak their mind, and stay assured that they won't be harmed. That does not happen in India," say Manavi Kapur & Ranjita Ganesan.
Additional levy to eat into Rs 6,000-crore income of top promoters
Sensex remained volatile through the day.
Sensex, Nifty slightly upbeat, midcaps to rule markets this week.
Only Hindustan Unilever and Nestl bucked the trend.
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Market breadth depicted gains with 1,476 advances over 1,403 declines on the BSE. 140 stocks remained unchanged.
A decline in the real estate sector, rising debt and the company's alleged involvement in 2G scam caused damage to the business and its image.
Top gainers from the Sensex pack are Infosys, Cipla, NTPC, ITC and Lupin
Participants are keenly waiting for the January IIP.
FMCG stocks have underperformed the market, falling 2.2 per cent so far in 2014.
'The Budget has maintained fiscal prudence while announcing a number of steps to boost growth, particularly in infrastructure and rural sectors.'
Birla is believed to have bought the property - a 30,000 square feet plot with a built-up area of 25,000 square feet - for personal use.
Presenting the Narendra Modi government's maiden Rail Budget, Railway Minister Sadananda Gowda announced setting up of logistic parks and private freight terminals on PPP model.
A 1990s Bollywood album. Ranbir Kapoor as Balraj Sahni. Dimple Kapadia's Crowning Glory days. Agha-Mukri-Kesto's fun, fabulous, forgotten friendship. Sukanya Verma's super-filmi week was a complete blast from the past.
The report analysed product launches of 2011, their success over three years, and reported 31 of the 14,509 products introduced that year were received well by consumers.
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Markets ended lower on profit taking ahead of June F&O expiry.
The benchmark BSE Sensex reclaimed the 28,000 mark, spurting by 409 points or 1.4% at 28,114 and Nifty settled above the 8,500 mark at 8,532, gains of 111 points.
The IMD attributed the projection to a weakening of El Nio and the Indian Ocean Dipole turning positive.
The Cyrus Mistry camp is confident that independent directors will take their cue from their counterparts in Indian Hotels.
India must revive public sector firms.
In the last couple of months, the Prime Minister has visited Japan and the US and launched the Make in India campaign to lure foreign investments into manufacturing sector.
FMCG, automobile industries say if GST regime kicks in, rail hubs can take Make in India to a new high.
These four entrepreneurs are motivated by a passion to make a difference in the society.
Bombay Stock Exchange Sensex closed 30 points lower at 21,140 levels.
Sun Pharma was the top gainer after SPARC received Sebi nod to raise up to Rs.250 crore through a rights issue
Consumer durables and electronics companies are putting the final touches to their festive period plans.
Relatively new brands of HUL, such as Closeup, play second fiddle to other legacy brands such as Colgate from Colgate-Palmolive and Vicco.
Despite slowdown, smaller firms attract growth capital.
Oil imports are a third of India's total import bill.
Competitors in the health and hygiene soap segment include Lifebuoy, Dettol and Santoor.
On the sectoral front, rate-sensitive sectors such as Bankex and Auto gained by 1% and 0.7% respectively while BSE Consumer Durables gained 1.4%.
Banks led the decline with Nifty Bank and BSE Bank index dropping over 3% each.
The Confederation of Indian Industry will organise a round table on investment.
Growth in cities has lagged villages as consumers troubled by persistently high inflation have cut spending in the past two years.
After two years of growth in the 4 per cent to 5 per cent range, the gross domestic product is expected to increase more robustly in 2015, growing to an expected 6.4 per cent.
Adhuna Bhabani reveals that her love for hair styling began at a young age when her mother would take her to the hairstylist.
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Big brands are keen to tie up with IPL for advertising purposes.
Above normal monsoon forecast and strength in Asian equities lifted sentiments.
The 30-share Sensex ended up 12 points at 28,517 while the 50-share Nifty ended nearly unchanged at 8,660.
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