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The Reserve Bank may cut key interest rates as early as this week.
The UPA government has been facing a lot of flak for not doing enough to unearth the black money kept by Indians in banks abroad. Sheela Bhatt reports.
Adam Scott's caddy Steve Williams has escaped official punishment for his racist remark about former employer Tiger Woods after a high-level meeting of golf officials in China on Sunday.
EPFO's advisory body FIC on Thursday shortlisted five entities --ICICI Securities, Reliance Capital, HSBC Asset Management Company, SBI and ICICI Prudential -- for managing its corpus of Rs 3.5 lakh crore (Rs 3.5 trillion).
The slowdown fear, as substantiated by various parameters like the HSBC Purchasing Managers' Index as well as the Index of Industrial Production, has gripped large companies but the smaller entities still seem hopeful of excellent growth. At least, tax collection figures show this trend.
The question is which tool it should use to shift gear.
List of international sports events affected by the coronavirus that has killed over 900 people and infected more than 40,000 in China
The index went below the crucial 50 mark.
Decision to hinge on Q3 GDP, Feb inflation data and supply-side reforms in the Budget
Dogged by brokers' interference, exits at the top and clash of opinions, regional stock exchanges still struggle to launch their trading platform.
Market meltdown and volatility pushed many traders to the sidelines.
The Centre on Wednesday placed a list of names of 627 Indian account holders in HSBC bank, Geneva in the black money case before the Supreme Court which asked a Special Investigation Team to go through the list and take appropriate action in accordance with law.
The loss before tax shot up 262 per cent to Rs 492 crore for the financial year ended March 2016.
Last week, Essar had decided to prepay $900 million of this debt to foreign lenders.
Arab Gulf economies are set to benefit from large government spending programmes and high oil prices in the second half of the year, despite concerns over political turmoil in the Middle East and Europe's sovereign debt crisis, a senior bank official has said.
Historically, the RBI has tried to keep the crooks at bay by issuing a circular a day. What it needs is more onsite supervision. Merely checking high-frequency data with the help of technology is insufficient, notes Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
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Analysts see FY16 CAD at 0.5-0.6% of GDP.
Currently investment in saving instruments, like risk cover, pension products, PF contributions, National Savings Certificates and others, are eligible for aggregate deduction of Rs 100,000.
HSBC maintained "overweight" rating on Indian equities, saying "fundamentals are strong".
As the shadow of governance deficit and corruption back home threatened to lengthen behind the glorious Davos sun, India's image managers launched a spirited damage control exercise on the penultimate day of the World Economic Forum (WEF).
Struggling Indian golfer SSP Chowrasia (72) sank a birdie on his closing hole of the second round to make the midway cut at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championships.
Economic recovery in US, euro zone help; new orders sub-index at 52.4
Market regulator Sebi has barred 197 foreign funds, including those managed by global financial conglomerates like HSBC, Deutsche Bank and Standard Chartered, and 342 sub-accounts from further trading in stock market.
Most sought-after market of the past few years doesn't feature among top bets in Asia, emerging markets
According to bankers and economists, there is room for further rate cut by the RBI as retail and wholesale inflation rates have remained benign.
Infosys' first non-founder CEO had been granted 232,329 RSUs at Rs 5 a unit.
India may have provided the fodder to the US tax evasion probe on some clients of HSBC Holdings, with respect to their accounts in the sub-continent nation, according to a finance ministry source.
Analysts welcomed the better Q2 GDP readings of 4.8 per cent, which came in above their expectations, but warned that the planned expenditure cuts by the government will be the key thing to watch out going forward.
The November trip to India by United States President Barack Obama will be another clear statement of American support and commitment to the US-India relationship, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said.
The net proceeds of the fund raising will be used to repurchase certain equity shares issued to Tata Motors and for general corporate purpose.
Growth in export orders also eased marginally at the end of 2010, after registering a record rise in the previous month. However, the growth remained strong and comfortably above the historical trend.
Retirement fund body EPFO on Wednesday said its corpus of about Rs 3.5 lakh crore will now be managed only by one of the existing fund manger, SBI, for a three month period ending June 30 as an interim arrangement.
Contract does not provide for retrospective penalty for 'such' acts
After the crunch period of 2009, the private banking industry, which caters to high net worth individuals, is once again in growth mode.
Stuart A Davis, the chief executive officer at HSBC India, expects the Reserve Bank of India to increase repo and reverse repo rates by 25 basis points in its quarterly monetary policy review on July 27, as concerns over accelerating inflation and uncertain monsoon linger.
For the first time in more than five years, Tiger Woods became reacquainted with life away from the number one spot in the official world rankings.
Credit Suisse said $5.6 may work for Reliance Industries' R-Series gas field in the KG-D6 block but the economics for its satellite fields and NEC-25 block are uncertain.
HSBC India has announced a new home loan package offering to pay back part of the interest to borrowers. Yes, like the foreign bank claims, it is a first in the home loans business. But if one takes a careful look, it might not be such a big deal after all.
The index, based on a survey of 500 companies, rose to 57.2 in October from 55.1 in the previous month and 57.2 in August. October was the 19th consecutive month in which the index has risen.
