Oil prices continued their rout on Tuesday with Brent crude and U.S. WTI both falling to their lowest in almost six years as a big OPEC producer stood by the group's decision not to cut output to tackle a glut in the market.
With the new Indian government showing signs of economic reforms and brings in transparency in governance, the World Bank feels that the world's third-largest economy could achieve a growth rate of 5.5 per cent this year as compared to 4.7 per cent last year.
Experts argue that the top two players in each category will receive funding sooner or later, but for laggards, the market is still challenging
Wipro said recently it was expecting its revenue growth to drop 2.33 per cent or stay flat between $2,015 and $2065 million.
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The country's franchise industry is estimated at $24 billion with a year-on-year growth of 30 per cent.
Australian Trevor Bayliss has been appointed head coach of England's national team, according to a statement from the England and Wales Cricket Board on Tuesday.
The number of Indian passengers has jumped more than 20 per cent in the past year
Executive search firm MANCER Consulting CEO Satya D Sinha said that "the concept of expat hiring at top level management has always been prevalent across glob
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'Mercifully, the Supreme Court is currently playing the role of the elderly wise to prevent wrong-doing,' says Amulya Ganguli.
'The nominations were not meant to last permanently, but depended on the government of the day.' 'There was no question of revoking it during Congress, Janata Dal or even Vajpayee's NDA rule.' 'But Modi is different.'
Infosys has been focusing on winning more lucrative digital technology and automation outsourcing contracts.
The rupee continued to slide against the pound sterling and finished at 102.64 as against 102.25 previously.
'There are different kinds of risk.' 'It is a very powerful value. Your ability to de-risk the risk is also as important for risk taking.'
The market breadth, indicating the overall health of the market turned negative from positive
Rejecting IMF and World Bank's "unduly" pessimistic projections, Prime Minister's key economic advisory council chairman C Rangarajan on Thursday exuded confidence that the growth would be around 5.5 per cent in the current fiscal.
The average premium at $390 Main Japanese Port (MJP) was almost 47 per cent higher than 2013-14.
Sports Ministry to introduce 'transparent' National Sports Code
Nandita Gurjar, Sanjay Purohit and Gautam Thakkar among "potential exit candidates".
Though the intent has been hailed as good for the economy, teething problems remain with a five-rate structure for various goods and services
Paid Rs 15,474 cr against CIL's Rs 13,075 cr in FY15
The Nifty has gained 2.6% so far this week, while the Sensex has climbed 2.85%
Indian national Sushmita Banerjee, whose memoir about her dramatic escape from the Taliban was turned into a Bollywood film, was shot dead in Afghanistan by militants, police said on Thursday.
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'The 5.7% growth in the April-June period is an aberration because of GST.' 'Business activity in the last 15 days of the quarter was minimal or zero.'
The Naukri Job Speak Index -- which tracks monthly hiring activities online -- stood at 1,300 showing a 1 per cent growth in hiring, when compared to October 2013.
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Govt unlikely to cut excise duties to compensate for higher global prices, say analysts.
RBI projects GDP growth in FY16 at 7.8 per cent, 30 bps higher than FY15. However, this comes with a downward bias.
Just about 54 per cent of employers predict fresh job creation in the second half of this year whereas the same sentiment was shared by 68 per cent entities at the start of 2013, while salary hikes too are expected to be on the lower side, said the survey.
'The protests make no sense, unless we judge them against the political climate in the country.' 'Having a CBFC is sheer hypocrisy when the government has set itself up as censor.'
India's economy grew at a two-year high of 5.7 per cent in the first quarter of this financial year, after a below-five per cent growth in 2012-13 and 2013-14.
'Modi maintains what has been called a 'strategic silence' on controversial topics,' points out Amulya Ganguli.
Mark Mobius doesn't see any crisis brewing in emerging markets.
Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong says the country will spend 20 million dollars to host the summit.
Banks bore the brunt of the sell-off.
Markets are poised for excellent growth, provided reforms continue to roll
India Inc has an impressive report card to show for the first quarter of this financial year.
The Times Higher Education World University rankings lists the top 800 universities in the world.
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