The end of newspaper reporting will produce a landscape so barren that it will be terrifying, says Aakar Patel.
Can Nestle go beyond Maggi? While recovery in the March quarter has been led by the popular noodle brand, the company hopes for a different revenue mix in five years.
'Allocate 30% to 35% of your equity portfolio to mid-cap funds and 10% to 15% to small-cap funds.'
Import duty on PVC, at 7.5%, is far lower than that prevailing in comparable economies.
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The catalyst is the run on emerging market equities, but many investors are just tired of waiting for India to get its act together.
The group, however, measured the economic value of just 43 creative ideas out of 1,700 innovations that took place within the Group last year.
In 2017, absorption in co-working/serviced offices was 2.83 million sq ft, about 186 per cent higher than that of 1.52 million sq ft in 2016.
Sensex closed over 118 points down on Thursday.
'The 24x7 power for all vision is inspiring, because as we've so often seen, where India leads, the world follows,' says Rajiv J Shah, President, The Rockefeller Foundation.
'The number of first-time investors into MFs can grow four times more than the current rate if we are able to accept the bank KYCs.'
With over 200 brands and websites as participants this year, the Google Online Shopping Festival is turning bigger.
SBI's gross NPA figures have shown a decline for three consecutive quarters.
Konnect to be phased out as airline struggles to contain losses.
It was a roller-coaster week for the markets, amid talk of a fiscal stimulus by the government. Saurabh Mukherjea, chief executive officer, and Prashant Mittal, strategist, at Ambit Capital tell Puneet Wadhwa the recent flows into equity mutual funds are largely speculative in nature and pose a risk of reversal.
Outsourcing company iGate Corporation on Wednesday said it has bagged a major five-year contract worth over $100 million (about Rs 598 crore) for providing global infrastructure services for insurance major MetLife, Inc.
Ajit Mishra, Vice President, Research, Religare Broking, answers readers' stock market queries. Ajit will offer his unbiased views on a weekly basis
Uber valued at $53 billion, is looking at more than 50 per cent market share in India by the first quarter of 2016.
Netflix and Amazon Prime are raising their stakes in the game, commissioning original shows and going all out to acquire regional films for their libraries.
Balaji T Vijayan and Ute Weimer talk about LoveTreats, their sexual wellness marketplace.
The move to ban Rs 500 and 1000 notes may not curb the root cause of black money.
With tiger stripes and India in its logo, Gautom Menon wants the world to drink Indian.
Sinha says many fund houses not abiding by rules on minimum number of investors, awareness funds
Vanita Kohli-Khandekar reports on the ongoing battle for the top spot between publishers S Chand and Navneet.
After initial success, data use is stagnating and getting consumers to spend additional money for high-speed internet is proving to be difficult for telcos.
Moody's said India's current account deficit (CAD) has narrowed significantly from 4.8 per cent in 2012 to 1.4 per cent in 2014.
Also build a contingency fund equal to 9 to 12 months of expenses.
Can we make high speed 4G Internet available at 10 cents per GB, and make all voice calls free of cost -- that too in a large and diverse country like India? Can we make high-quality but simple breast cancer screening available to every woman, that too at the extremely affordable cost of $1 per scan? Can we make a portable, high-tech ECG machine which can provide reports immediately and that too at the cost of 8 cents a test? Can we make an eye imaging device that is portable, non-invasive and costs 3 times less that conventional devices? Can we make a robust test for mosquito-borne dengue, which can detect the disease on day 1, and that too at the cost of $2 per test? Amazingly, says Dr R A Mashelkar, the eminent scientist, all this has been achieved in India, not only by using technological innovation but also non-technological innovation.
Wipro has a good brand because of the trust and quality it enjoys globally.
It is expected growth will primarily be driven by continued demand from the US, a revival in the European market, especially continental Europe, and increased momentum in the adoption of new technologies.
'I have very little faith in economists who tell me that demonetisation will reduce growth.' 'The greater effect of demonetisation is if it creates changes in the financial services system and gets people to shift from cash.' 'The economy is not a trained monkey that will jump around if you lower rates.'
Nearly 240 projects were under various stages of implementation.
Microsoft has worked hard to exploit the advantage its mail software provides
'Imran Khan hopes to fulfill the dreams of the founders of of Pakistan in establishing an Islamic Welfare State.' 'The grave situation of the economy makes realisation of this dream very difficult,' points out Colonel R N Ghosh Dastidar (retd).
Renting start-ups make a killing as millennials fuel sharing economy.
Amazon signed up Motorola as an exclusive brand partner for its new devices, which in turn helped it grow
The world-famous Darjeeling tea is losing its flavour even as it struggles with falling production, says Avishek Rakshit.
'Obviously, there is always an argument that a weaker rupee could push up, to some, extent exports.' 'The fact that the rupee has appreciated against the Chinese currency is pushing a lot of Chinese imports into the Indian market.'
The Budget decides to take the lead in revving up infrastructure.
It is time to take a few macroeconomic risks to kick start the growth.
The flawed response to the crisis has fed a us-vs-them mentality in which the banker, the expert, the coastal entrepreneur, the immigrant, the foreigner are all villains. The crisis was not that much of a problem; the response -- the over-reaction, the sovereign debt build-up and the lasting anger -- is the problem, says Mihir S Sharma.
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