Has RBI Stalled India Post And Paytm’s Small Finance Bank Plans?
RBI’s final norms for small finance bank licenses may bring some bad news for payments banks promoted by India Post and Paytm.
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How Mumbai’s Developers Are Luring Homebuyers
Developers going all out to get homebuyers. But what’s the catch?
Key Election Task For U.K. Tories: Tame Boris Johnson
Anger management may decide whether the prime minister delivers profound and historic change to the U.K.
Older Women Are The Beauty Industry’s Next Potential Gold Mine
Old age could be a beauty gold mine.
Ritesh Agarwal, The Amazingly Ambitious Hotelier
Oyo became world’s No. 2 hotel operator by room count, and it’s poised to overtake No. 1 Marriott International early next year.
Ankiti Bose, Southeast Asia’s Tech Sensation
An almost billion-dollar valuation for her fashion startup makes her one of the few women in the industry to run a firm that size.
Kylie Jenner, Youngest Billionaire On Earth
Kylie Jenner owned 90% of Kylie Cosmetics, for a net worth of $1.02 billion after an exclusive partnership with Ulta Beauty Inc.
Gita Gopinath, The World’s New Economic Growth Genius
She became the International Monetary Fund’s first female chief economist in January.
Bhushan Kumar, The Bollywood Boss Behind YouTube’s Top Channel
The record label and film production company now has 119 million subscribers.
Indian Steelmakers May Be Turning A Corner. Here’s Why
Indian steelmakers may face a revival on the back of higher capacity utilisation and a pick-up in domestic prices of the alloy.
Putting Indian Telecom Back Together
India’s telecom sector needs to sustain and thrive in an oligopoly structure, writes telecom veteran Sanjay Kapoor.
Jeremy Corbyn Bets Everything On A Plan To Rewire The U.K. Economy
According to a YouGov poll, 61% of voters have a negative opinion of Corbyn compared with 47% for Johnson.
Samit Vartak’s Strategy To Deliver 20% Returns Annually
Vartak said one needs companies that aren’t large to achieve annualised returns of around 20 percent.
CFO Leaders: How HUL Is Going The Last Mile
CFO Srinivas Phatak talks about HUL’s newest mission - 24 hour delivery to stores.
Will SpiceJet’s Expansion Falter On A Thin Cash Buffer?
SpiceJet is expanding like never before. But it’s also surviving on a thin cushion of cash.
Europe’s Last Soviet Economy Approaches Its ‘Hour Of Reckoning’
In the West, Belarus is probably best known as “Europe’s last dictatorship.”
The Death Of The Supreme Court Of Global Trade
Thanks to America, and to the detriment of the world, the end of the World Trade Organization Appellate Body is nigh.
Did Festive Spike In Auto Sales Sustain?
Demand for cars and two-wheelers moderated in November on weak consumer sentiment.
Why Shapoorji Pallonji Group Is Facing A Tough Time In Credit Markets
Shapoorji Pallonji didn’t repay its own subsidiary on time. Here’s why the storied construction group is facing problems.
Bulls Interrupted: Ramesh Damani
Ramesh Damani explains his one iron rule of finance.
Nine Secrets I Never Knew About Airports Until I Worked At LAX
You wouldn’t believe the crazy things that happen at America’s busiest airport of origin.
Google And Walmart Push India’s Billionaires Out Of Mobile Payments
As the government tries to get more Indians into the financial system, deep-pocketed rivals are dominating the market.
Five Things SBI Cards IPO Prospectus Tells Us About The Payments Industry
Did you know which cities contribute the highest increase in credit card customers?
What Makes This Beaten-Down Gas Stock A Top Brokerage Pick
Shares of India’s largest gas distributor fared the worst in the oil and gas sector this year.
RBL Bank Said To Launch Share Sale In A Week
RBL Bank will use the funds raised via a share sale and QIP to improve its capital adequacy ratio by at least 200 basis points.
How To Manage A Downturn HUL Style
CFO Srinivas Phatak enumerates Hindustan Unilever’s multi-pronged strategy to tide over the economic slowdown in India.
Top Companies Stuck In Tax Time Warp
Half of the Nifty 50 companies are fighting taxes cases 30 or more years old.
Mumbai Is Creating Vertical Slums For Its Displaced Urban Poor
Urban poor displaced by Mumbai’s roads and rail live in squalor.
The Fallout Of Andhra’s U-Turns On Infrastructure Contracts
The events in Andhra raise questions on the durability of contracts & insulation of infrastructure projects from political risk.
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Bulls Interrupted: S Naren Of ICICI Prudential AMC
Market veteran S Naren explains why you need to manage expectations in polarised markets.
At Indiabulls Housing A New ESOP Trust May Somewhat Do The Job Of Pending Buyback
While the timing could likely be coincidental, one outcome maybe common to the ESOP Trust and buyback. Support for its stock.
Q2 GDP Growth: Bad But How Bad?
Economists believe that the high-frequency data is suggesting growth will weaken further in the second quarter.
The Trade War May Help Penang Return To Its Glory Days
Penang was the destination for 35% of Malaysia’s approved foreign direct investment in the first half of 2019.
Bulls Interrupted: Motilal Oswal’s Raamdeo Agrawal
Market veteran Raamdeo Agrawal tells us about how he navigates through a starkly polarised market.
A Realistic Steak Is Fake Meat’s Holy Grail
You have to re-create the complex interplay of muscle and fat, flavour and texture.
Inside The World’s Most Watched YouTube Channel
India’s T-Series built an online empire from Bollywood. Now it has to survive Netflix.
Cement Prices Fall For Sixth Straight Month
Construction activity was affected by unseasonal rains in parts of India and a ban in the smog-hit Delhi-NCR region.
Forced Or Not? Why U.S. Says China Steals Technology
It’s one of the most contentious fronts in the U.S.-China trade war: so-called forced technology transfers.
As UPI Transactions Surge, Fraudsters Hone In On Vulnerabilities
The increased convenience offered by the platform has drawn customers and payment service providers but also fraudsters.
GM Can’t Keep Up In China, Once Seen As The Promised Land
The government focus on new-energy vehicles makes it tougher for foreign companies to compete.
