Venture capital investments in India's start-ups nearly halved to $1.5 billion in fourth-quarter 2015
The higher the tax bracket, better the yields for these instruments
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code bound stocks have witnessed a steep fall in 2018.
Financials declined amid profit taking while energy shares fell after the government hiked excise duty on transport fuels.
Experts consider Sebi's takeover code in its present form to be on a par with any foreign code governing public mergers and acquisitions.
The markets will remain choppy ahead of RBI policy.
HFCs and banks expect a drop in demand for housing loans in the short-term.
'What will this supposedly more business-friendly government do if it gets a second term?' 'Important labour law and land reforms remain off the table.' 'Witness the arm-twisting of foreign players in e-commerce and all but one player in telecom -- and it is very hard to justify this perception that the BJP is business friendly.' 'There will also remain the real risk of ideas seemingly gleaned from the pages of Amar Chitra Katha, overlaid with PowerPoint presentations,' predicts Rahul Jacob.
We don't know where this proposal is going to end up, but we do know that Test cricket is becoming less and less feasible in commercial and financial terms, with every passing Test, says Suhit K Sen.
A promising young actor suffering from depression has had his life laid bare for the grubby public to paw through. An ordinary family has been pitched into the middle of a nightmare of an investigation and arrested for no reason discernible at present. And a young actress has had her reputation, and probably career, destroyed so that TRP ratings can soar, notes Sherna Gandhy.
Under the scheme coming into effect from April 1, 2018, a donor could purchase bonds from authorised banks against cheques or digital payments. These would be redeemed only in the designated account of a registered political party.
As economic policy making moves from pragmatism to populism, the bulls begin to make way for cautious optimists.
A top-up loan could come to your rescue in an emergency. Here's why
'In one instance of the Pakistani army's violation of the Ceasefire, I ordered a far tougher response designed to deter the enemy.' 'I warned that 'unexpected damage' to their forces will be inflicted if they continued with such ceasefire violations.' A fascinating excerpt from Lieutenant General K Himalay Singh's Making of a General: A Himalayan Echo.
A glance back at some of the important ups and down Indian Inc faced in 2018.
Mop-up misses target as big FIIs skip issue.
The stocks Radhakishan Damani enters or exits are closely watched by fund managers, says Joydeep Ghosh.
For the wealthy, post-tax returns of debt funds would work out better
Mannapuram Finance, Mahindra and Bharti Axa are some of the firms known to have bought office spaces worth more than Rs 100 crore
Rajasthan's teachers plan to teach Vasundhara Raje a lesson.
Bitcoin currently trades at a price of $400 a unit, as against lofty highs of $1,200 early this year
The move to ban Rs 500 and 1000 notes may not curb the root cause of black money.
'The Modi government must create conditions to integrate millions into the rural economy as many migrants are certainly not going to return to live an undignified life,' notes Ramesh Menon.
While demonetisation will benefit the organised sector, the government has to find a way to channel the upcoming revenue buoyancy towards job creation to balance out job losses in the informal sector, says Akash Prakash.
These firms offer job security and lucrative salries.
'The smartest businessmen are shopkeepers as their return on investment is better than anyone else.'
The entire 'teaser rate' phenomenon only ended up benefiting lenders and developers at the cost of the loan consumers.
Six working professionals tell us how they balance time between work and family.
Cashi Crisis: Day 9: Aaj ki Taaza Khabar!
China's devaluation creates new risk in global financial markets and could prolong the West's slowdown.
Tatas may look at selling part of its stake in couple of investments
When oil prices are very high, cutting down the subsidy results in sharp increase in oil prices.
Former Tour de France winner and Team Saxo manager Bjarne Riis knew about doping in his team but failed to act.
HDFC, the pioneer, ICICI, the game-changer, and SBI, the original teaser, turned the market on its head.
Wiping off nearly Rs 4 lakh crore of investors' wealth during the day, benchmark Sensex crashed on Friday.
'For him to live the life that he is living and still keep up with such a performance, full credit to him'
If companies manage to raise Rs 10,000 crore, this will be the best year for IPOs since FY11.
Microsoft saw its shares fall 2.6% on Monday.
'You may show at the end of December how much money has come into the system, but none would be the wiser because most of see only what we want to see and believe.' 'Some of us will see through it and you will make your proxies call us enemies of the State.' 'I was somewhat with you till here. But we diverge from here on until you can do something which will veer through my cynicism brought about by your policy,' says Harsh N Gokhale.
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