If the latest strategy reports of some leading foreign institutional investors (FIIs) are anything to go by, then the outlook for the Indian equity market appears bleak. This is, despite section of experts pitching for the current attractive valuations.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the box office verdict for the week.
At the sector level, commodity linked sectors (energy, materials and utilities) and industrials reported the strongest revenue growth, while telecom, consumer discretionary saw the most decline in net profits.
Five Star Business Finance is in the business of providing loans to MSME entrepreneurs. Gireesh Babu finds out more about the company that plans to grow to 3,000 crore by 2020.
The markets are in bubble territory.
The India story is on a roll. The country's benchmark indices are on their way to touching historical highs, aided largely by inflows from foreign institutional investors. But Ridham Desai, managing director, Morgan Stanley (India), still thinks there's "some reticence" in FII participation.
Singer Hamsika Iyer couldn't believe that she was roped in to sing a song for Ra.One!
Singer Hamsika Iyer couldn't believe that she was roped in to sing a song for Ra.One!
New Zealand Olympic Committee officials arrived in Delhi to inspect Commonwealth Games facilities and security after their team manager criticised the accommodation in place for athletes.
The shooting interrupted an otherwise peaceful, six-hour bash that only began to clear out in the late afternoon.
You may be popular initially because of politics and ideology but if the economy slows down, you will be losing your popularity: Nouriel Roubini.
A first in 7 years, the combined institutional investor flow stands at Rs 69,000 crore in 2016-17
Interest rate sensitive stocks gain ground post decision
The research also suggests that they are willing to cut their savings to retain their expenditure growth at previous year's levels.
The company's IPO -- the first by a private bank in a decade -- was oversubscribed a staggering 69.62 times.
Draft prospectus to be filed next week; second trust, with Panchshil, in a few months
The first issue is inflation, which has been widely discussed. The government is now rightly working on reversing fiscal and monetary stimulus to manage the inflation pressure.
Manchester City continued their imperious start to the season with a 2-1 win over Swansea City to reach the fourth round of the League Cup on Wednesday but it was a testing night for rivals United who eventually overcame Northampton Town 3-1.
In contrast to India, where civil-military relations remain mired in wary mutual watchfulness, America has demonstrated a robust civil-military structure with a healthy tolerance for risk.
America's top commander in Afghanistan, Gen Stanley A McChrystal, and his advisors have reportedly ridiculed United States Vice President Joe Biden, President Barack Obama's Special Envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard C Holbrooke and the US Ambassador to Afghanistan Karl Eikenberry.
Morgan Stanley writing down its investment in the e-commerce leader by 27 per cent does not augur well for the sector.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
After days of indecision, the New Zealand Olympic Committee on Friday confirmed participation in the Delhi Commonwealth Games after seeing positive steps being taken by the organisers to improve the situation.
'The prime minister's announcement of a nation-wide shutdown was eloquent, but should have been more clearly phrased to avoid police overreach.' 'Migrant labour should have been allowed adequate notice and transport options to get home,' notes Rahul Jacob.
Small-budget film Stanley Ka Dabba raked in crores in its first weekend itself.
General Stanley Mc Chrystal, the commander of the Allied forces in Afghanistan displayed his anger at the slow pace of operations in Helmand, describing the ongoing operations at Marjah as a 'bleeding ulcer.' McChrystal made the remark at a meeting of international commanders, strategists and afghan officials.
Sun Pharmaceutical, which is growing its dermatology and ophthalmic specialty business in the US will spend $460 million on R&D.
Sukanya Verma looks at the handful of occasions when Bollywood believed sky was the limit.
The Pentagon leadership has strongly denied reports that it has pressurised Pakistani army chief General Ashfaq Kayani to extend the military's anti-Taliban operations into North Waziristan, in the wake of the botched Times Square bombing attempt by Pakistani-American Faisal Shahzad, who received terror training in that region.
Isabelle Kaif will star opposite Sooraj Pancholi in a film produced by T-Series.
Raja Sen lists a few reasons why he loves this classic.
Watch Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece, along with the interesting extras.
As Manchester City fans left Goodison Park after a 2-0 victory over Everton on Wednesday that sent their team back to the top of the Premier League, they aimed their chants across adjacent Stanley Park to title rivals Liverpool.
Many get confused between investing in equities and equity mutual funds. They think equity funds are the same as equities or stocks
The Cuban men's volleyball team will compete in the Rio Olympics despite the detention of six of its players in Finland over a suspected aggravated rape, an official at the National Sports Institute (INDER) said, according to website Cubadebate and other state-run news outlets on Wednesday.
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee is slated to present the Budget on February 26.
New Zealand would not hesitate to withdraw from the Delhi Commonwealth Games if the country finds the security arrangements inadequate during its final assessment of the event's preparations in the next few days, according to media reports in Wellington.
Street believes premium valuations justified, as port traffic is expected to grow at a CAGR of 16% over FY14-16.
India Inc was, perhaps, watching out for a repeat of the dot-com bubble burst of the early 2000s.
McChrystal, 55, has been given a teaching position at Yale University, which will commence this year.
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