Indian CEOs might like to make some serious course correction.
There is a vocal constituency of educated, well-to-do, articulate Indian elites who would rather go with the idea that too much democracy is a liability. That India needs a spell of benevolent dictatorship. Of course, they have never lived under one, points out Shekhar Gupta.
Garry Kasparov hated losing but in defeat, to an "alien opponent" incapable of fear or the faintest flicker of emotion, the youngest of chess champions and greatest of grandmasters made history. He became a grandmaster at 17 and world champion at 22 in 1985 when the charismatic youngster beat Soviet establishment hero Anatoly Karpov.
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BSE Midcap and BSE Smallcap indices settled the day 0.7% and 0.9% higher
Nifty is likely to remain under selling pressure unless and until it breach the 7,700-7,720 levels on closing basis.
ISRO has been selected for the Gandhi Peace Prize for 2014 for its contribution to the country's development through space technology and satellite-based services.
Of these 26, Bajaj Finance, Associated Alcohols and Breweries, Garware Technologies, Filatex India, Tasty Bite Eatables, Aarti Industries and GMM Pfaudler saw an over 10-fold surge in price since 2014.
In one of the largest FDI deals in realty sector, global private equity Warburg Pincus will invest Rs 1,800 crore (Rs 18 billion) in Piramal Realty, which would use the funds to develop mixed-use projects in the megalopolis.
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Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
After 2 years of lull, sale of winter products like heaters and woollens grow in double-digit
The Anchor and Panasonic connection is a blend of legacy and quality and there really is no question of substituting one for the other. Panasonic is banking on Anchor's familiarity and widespread recall, to push its way ahead in the premium, automation-aided home appliances and accessories market.
Analysts mostly prefer domestic plays beside select films with foreign exposure.
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From Dabur to HUL, here are 10 stocks with significant rural exposure in the auto, agri-chemical and fast moving consumer goods sectors, which should see an uptick in sales growth.
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Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries
"The shift is gradually happening more on account of favourable risk-reward for stocks in these sectors and the shift would be more pronounced as investors roll over their targets to 2017," the head of research at a foreign brokerage said.
Analysts expect earnings to become increasingly relevant given that the stocks have rallied on positive sentiment and the gush of liquidity. Macro factors, they suggest, have already led to a large re-rating in most counters
Stocks and sectors impacted most by GST.
The Nobel Peace Prize winner's battle against Islamic State will go down in history.
The Union finance ministry has asked field officers of the income tax department to not be adversarial to assessees, and to not send high-pitched demands without a proper basis.
Financials were the top losers after sharp gains in the previous session along with ITC
'Many of the biggest events at such lit fests have nothing to do with books or authors, but about current events and the changing nature of society,' points out Aakar Patel.
The founder of the e-commerce firm, which specialises in procurement of industrial products, believes if he plays his cards right, his company could become a unicorn with a valuation of $1 billion in 5 years.
The Sensex ended 229 points down at 27,602 and the Nifty ended down 63 points at 8,293.
All the sectoral indices, led by realty, metal, consumer durables and power were trading in the negative zone on Thursday.
Analysts said FIIs had created long positions worth Rs 9,700 crore (Rs 97 billion) in index futures till recently.
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Close to 50 companies have announced stock splits this year so far, something experts say is typical in a bull phase.
Gujarat-based tea major will run a Rs 2-cr roadblock on Hindi and regional news channels.
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The Sensex ended down 251 points at 27,351 and the Nifty shed 65 points to close at 8,228.
He didn't think much of advertising awards, and yet as he moves on from Mullen Lowe Lintas, he leaves the agency at its strongest ever
The S&P BSE Sensex plunged 301 points to close at 25,490 and the Nifty50 fell 86 points to end at 7,815.
Sun Pharma stock has appreciated at 35% a year for 20 years
The list of corporations publishing biographies has lengthened steadily as companies have realised the effectiveness of story telling as a brand building tool. Kanika Datta investigates the rising trend.
'The Left is dying, but its economic ideology rules, unchallenged.' 'Modi is its newest standard-bearer.' 'Even in today's bitterly polarised politics, if there is one thing on which not just the BJP and Congress, but all other parties agree, it is that socialist economics is the only way to survive,' says Shekhar Gupta.
Above normal monsoon forecast and strength in Asian equities lifted sentiments.
APAs are part of govt's aim to move to a non-adversarial tax regime.
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