Right marketing and product strategy have helped Falguni Nayar build a beauty retail business.
The bank is expected to report a pre-tax profit of $21 bn.
Aadhaar-based verification and video-based in-person verification for e-KYC have made investing in mutual funds a breeze
'India is still a cash economy.' 'For a common household, almost everything from grocery to maid services is paid in cash.' 'The demonetised notes account for 85 per cent of the currency in circulation.' 'Until fresh notes flow back into the economy, day-to-day transactions ordinarily done in cash will be impacted.'
A customer wanting to buy a car would have to wait a long time for delivery.
Readying itself for a bank licence, Anil Ambani-led group's Reliance Capital on Wednesday said Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Bank and Nippon Life would become its strategic partners in the proposed banking venture, with each having 4-5 per cent stake.
This is part of an 'aggressive and decisive set of action' to shore up the company.
India's largest private sector lender ICICI Bank has hit the Chinese debt market for a benchmark issue of about $500 million.
Currency values were the bigger villain over the 7 years
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said his government has within 100 days in office steered the economy out of a "difficult situation" and brought stability, and promised to remove roadblocks to foreign investment.
'SBI is already too big. Too big to fail.' 'It already is a moral hazard. What will it do with 20,000 branches that it cannot do with 14,000, especially in these days of online and mobile banking?'
One should not time the market before investing
About 48.5 million shares, or 20 per cent of the shares on offer, are reserved for retail investors
Twitter Inc named Anthony Noto as CFO, putting the well-regarded former Goldman Sachs executive who led its successful November IPO in charge of finances.
The spike at private sector lenders like ICICI Bank and Axis Bank follows a push to grab market share from India's dominant state banks.
We must see New Delhi's position as a signal of competition to the Chinese grand design for the 21st century world, says Nitin Pai.
Russian firms expand their footprint in India. And take bigger steps to do business with India's private sector.
Goldman Sachs downgraded its rating on Indian stocks to 'underweight'.
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The move draws a line under the Swiss government's rescue of UBS nearly five years after the bank threatened to collapse under the weight of more than $50 billion in losses on mortgage securities.
About 55 per cent of the public offers that hit the market since 2008 are still trading below their issue price.
Chinese brokers had been looking to use some of the cash they raised this year to expand their global reach
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has "strongly" and "clearly" conveyed concerns to Chinese President Xi Jinping over Beijing blocking a proposal for action by the United Nations against Pakistan on the release of jailed Mumbai attack mastermind Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, with India rejecting the "weak evidence" theory propounded by Beijing in this regard.
'There is no Buddha or Gandhi among countries, existing for the service of others; they all exist for the good of themselves.' 'For each country, its own interests should be paramount, and it is futile and churlish to expect China to be an exception to this rule,' says B S Raghavan, the distinguished civil servant and long-time China-watcher.
Indian Hotels, Tata Steel, Tata Teleservices, Tata Motors, Tata Power need some immediate attention of the Tata Group chairman
Morgan Stanley has big plans to invest in India's real estate.
The month also saw Adani Power acquiring the 600-Mw Korba West thermal power plant from the Gautam Thapar-led Avantha group for Rs 4,200 crore (Rs 42 billion).
Capital infusion of $30 bn over two years needed amid high dividend payouts and impairment ratios.
The rupee gained for the second day, adding 32 paise to close at a fresh two-month high of 61.07 against the dollar amid a rise in local equities and sustained capital inflows.
Top bankers have hailed the contributions of the outgoing Reserve Bank Governor Duvuuri Subbarao saying he did his best during a tenure that was marked by difficult times for the economy.
Move aimed at avoiding crowding of public issues during the Centre's mega disinvestments in coming months.
For the past few years, Avigo has been in talks with many strategic players, including private equity investors, to sell its stake in Spykar.
Buoyed by the success of secondary market, IPO market set to see high action
The blockchain, the public ledger that tracks every bitcoin transaction, is changing commerce as we know it, says Devangshu Datta.
While TCS, Infosys and Cognizant have hinted at a weak quarter, analysts say the slowdown is cyclical and growth will return after the US elections
In about a year, top e-commerce companies are expected to raise as much funds as the three sector leaders raised in about five years.
The scrutiny is expected to be over this month itself.
'Whichever option India chooses, it should be clear to the government that the China-Pakistan nexus poses a clear and present danger to national security,' says Brigadier Gurmeet Kanwal (retd).
Only three of India's 45 commercial banks have cut base lending rates since the Reserve Bank of India's surprise easing this month, hurting the government's drive to lift business investment.
The board meeting is likely to take place later in Shanghai.
There are still bumps in the road ahead for Swiss banks.
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