Experts hail Budget 2015 as a progressive, growth oriented one.
Indian companies place orders worth $600 million for US crude, which is likely to increase by nearly $2 billion in the near future.
Africa is second only to West Asia as a net exporter of oil.
Manufacturing companies in the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) nations are optimistic about their growth in the next 12 months on expectations of a strong demand following signs of improving economic conditions, a KPMG survey has said.
What sold the most this year? Beauty, toys and baby care, sports and fitness, television and large appliances, followed by fashion, says T E Narasimhan.
China's biggest carmaker, which own brands like Maxus, MG, Roewe and Yuejin, plans to invest $1 billion in India manufacturing unit, reports Swaraj Baggonkar from Mumbai.
US major lost its first mover advantage, now wants to secure its investments in the country.
With a string of deals with telecom service providers, DTH operators and Bollywood stars, Netflix goes all out to protect its turf in India and fend off competition, says Viveat Pinto.
Apart from IT and pharma, the lead spenders in travel are construction, automobile and metals and mining companies and together these sectors accounted for 82 per cent of business travel spend in India in 2015, up from 78 per cent in 2013.
Indian oil and gas exploration companies work in silos.
Blind spots of the company were two-fold - managing cash flow and investments to upgrade technology and continue research and development.
Home loans also pose lower bad-debt risks for the banks than corporate loans.
India does not feature in the top 100 countries on eight of the 10 indicators of the World Bank study.
Internet, tech, infra, realty in India might gain
Audit firms such as KPMG believe zero complaints may be an indicator of the lack of requisite mechanism to allow for such reporting
According to KPMG survey, BRIC nations are more optimistic about growth in 2008 than US.
Nature's Basket is changing its offering. Its new strategy zeroes in on pushing joint ventures, focusing on private labels and reentering Delhi.
Most business groups in India, including Godrejs, Tatas and Mahindras, have seen patience tested in JVs, with some of them winding up quickly
Only a lack of long-term vision is the biggest roadblock to India's progress.
Convergence of online and offline is the new mantra which is changing the education map of the country.
At Rs 2,685 crore for 1MHz pan-Indian spectrum, reserve price would be 52% higher than that of 1,800MHz band
Sources say companies will have to keep the market share of merged entities below 50% in all circles
The high court's order, which says refunds paid on service inputs can be restricted, runs contrary to Gujarat HC verdict and could complicate matters.
Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries has started a limited test use of WhatsApp to connect customers to grocery stores, days after Facebook decided to invest USD 5.7 billion in digital assets controlled by the company. JioMart, an e-commerce venture of Reliance Retail, "has already started interacting with customers on WhatsApp for grocery orders" in Navi Mumbai, Thane and Kalyan, Credit Suisse said in a report.
Prime was the first to grab streaming rights for seven titles for an estimated Rs 300 crore.
India Inc on Saturday cheered the road map for lowering corporate taxation.
Uber India has readied itself for another $500 million (Rs 3,300 crore) investment in the next three months.
Paytm plans to induct 5,000 manufacturers and sellers; has started programmes to identify and train new sellers.
Arun Kumar, partner-in-charge, KPMG US India Practice, delivering his views on the Indian Union Budget 2009 at Asia Society in New York.
The redevelopment of stations is good news for construction companies.
Online marketplace majors, e-grocers, Internet of Things firms, app-based companies and transport service aggregators are among those that have had to shut shop or scale down operations. Now, survival skills like upskilling and retraining will determine who makes it.
There are some countries where more than 50 per cent of the income goes to taxes.
While taking gold out of the closet to borrow money is no longer taboo in Indian households, the sharp drop in gold prices is hitting the newest loan product on the banking turf hard, explains Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
According to India Fraud Survey 2012, 71 per cent of the companies surveyed felt fraud had become an 'inevitable cost of business'.
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