The retail frenzy over initial public offers (IPOs) seen over the past few months is not without reason. Over the past two years, 61 companies have tapped the primary market and raised funds via IPOs. Of these, 24 companies (nearly 39 per cent companies) have more than doubled at the bourses with Happiest Minds, IndiaMart Intermesh, Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), Affle India and Route Mobile surging 468 per cent to 722 per cent since their listing date till now. Retail participation in the equity market, according to analysts, has just reached an inflection point due to the low interest rate regime amid lack of investment-worthy avenues that can generate a good return for investors.
Watch and jewellery manufacturer Titan Industries on Wednesday forayed into the fashion accsssories industry with the launch of sunglasses.
Split air-conditioners are grabbing increasingly larger pie of the AC market in India at the cost of window air-conditioners. They currently comprise 30 per cent of the one million unit room ACs market in the country.
Wal-Mart Stores continues to top the Fortune 500 list.
Liquor major Shaw Wallace plans to enter the Rs 18,000 crore (Rs 180 billion) country liquor market this year to broaden its product portfolio and boost revenues.
Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries Ltd on Friday announced to raise Rs 7,350 crore from two investors -- Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC and Global alternative asset firm TPG -- by selling a stake in group's retail arm.
The Shanghai Stock Exchange has registered maximum fall (56 per cent) from its peak, while the benchmark index of the Bombay Stock Exchange dipped by as much as 40 per cent and the Manila Stock Exchange dropped by 39 per cent, registering the third largest fall. The report added that 'having lost one fifth to one third of their value, equity assets would appear to have greater upside rather than down side prospects.
The higher chance of depression in women is additionally related to changes in hormone levels that occur throughout a woman's life.
Navyroof.com, a company that highlights investment opportunities in the most upcoming areas of India to the UK investors, Managing Director Andrew Fassnidge said : "All the economic indicators project a bright, sustainable future for India. In the last two years alone, property prices in India increased by 70 per cent." India is also seen as an attractive destination due to the Indian government recently relaxing rules for foreign investment in the housing sector.
"African information and communication technologies industry is an exciting place to be. Market liberalization continues and most countries have established regulatory bodies to ensure a fair, competitive and enabling environment, Hamadoun Tour, secretary-general of the ITU said on Monday. The secretary-general was speaking at the opening of a major trade fair "ITU Telecom Africa" in Cairo inaugurated by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
Within five days of the budget, the RBI brought in housing loans below Rs 50 lakh under priority sector lending.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
Brazilian aircraft maker Embraer is betting big on the growing aviation markets in the smaller cities of India.
Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday said India is a very special and important country with a remarkable entrepreneurship culture, as he sought to push deeper the just-launched payments services that allow users to make payments over WhatsApp. Last month, Facebook-owned WhatsApp received approval from the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) for rolling out its payments services in India. In 2018, WhatsApp started testing its UPI-based payments services in India -- a global first -- with about a million users.
This market has already overtaken the equity derivative market in terms of volume. With these instruments, it can set further growth, as the move will pave way for institutional investors' entry.
The increasing number of generic players tapping the US market for known molecules has resulted in pricing pressures and lean margins.
In what may be seen as worst fears of National Security Advisor M K Narayanan coming true, a US report on terrorism has said pro-Pakistan Jaish-e-Mohammed was investing in commodity market and real estate to raise funds for its terrorist activities.
Big chains such as Star Bazaar, Future Group and D Mart have set up separate shelves to sell products of Patanjali.
In the 42 months since Air Deccan became a credible and stable challenger to the erstwhile ruling triumvirate of Jet Airways, Indian Airlines and Sahara, the new entrants have garnered about 44 per cent of share of the market.
According to the figures for January, budget carriers alone -- such as SpiceJet, GoAir, IndiGo, apart from Deccan -- have 34 per cent share of the market. A year ago, the figure was only 20.8 per cent.
Automaker plans a variant priced between Gypsy and Grand Vitara.
Authorities didn't immediately say what may have prompted the incident in Amarillo, a city in the Texas Panhandle.
Investment by US PE firm KKR will add fire to Ambani's battle for dominance in the retail market that is also being eyed by Jeff Bezos' Amazon and Walmart's Flipkart.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
Europe's largest car maker, Volkswagen AG, today started production of its small car Polo at its plant in Chakan near Pune. Stating that the company would launch a saloon by the middle of next year, Volkswagen AG said it was aiming for a 10 per cent share of the domestic auto market in the next four to six years.
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