Industry
Govt to take BEML private with 26% equity sale
07 Jan 2017
Carlyle to sell herbal supplement maker Nature's Bounty
06 Jan 2017
Nature’s Bounty (earlier known as NBTY Inc) that Carlyle acquired in 2010 for $3.8 billion, is currently valued at about $6 billion
India’s sugar output to fall below demand amid cane shortage
06 Jan 2017
Sugar production in India, the world’s second-largest producer, is likely to fall to 22 million tonnes in 2016-17 due to a cane shortage, prompting imports and a spike in global prices of the sweetener
Japanese tyre maker Sumitomo Rubber to buy Britain’s Micheldever for £215 mn
06 Jan 2017
The deal comes just a week after Sumitomo Rubber agreed to buy trademark rights of the overseas and sporting goods businesses of Dunlop and Itochu’s acquisition of Kwik-Fit in 2011
NBCC board proposes to issue 2:1 bonus shares
05 Jan 2017
Buy LPG cylinder online and get Rs5 discount
04 Jan 2017
Restaurants’ body NRAI insists on service charge
04 Jan 2017
Chinese firms rule the Indian smartphone market: report
03 Jan 2017
Chinese smartphone vendors in India led by Lenovo, Xiaomi, Vivo and Oppo have captured about 40 per cent of the market share in India in the wake of Smsung’s market retreat
Service charge not mandatory in restaurants: govt
02 Jan 2017
All eateries will have to put out display boards informing that service charges are entirely discretionary and customers may not pay it if they did not like the service
Anurag Thakur, Shirke out of BCCI as SC upholds Lodha panel
02 Jan 2017
Indian cricket board president Anurag Thakur and secretary Ajay Shirke have been sacked by the Supreme Court for failing to implement the reforms suggested by the Lodha Committee
Patanjali the most disruptive brand of 2016, says study
31 Dec 2016
Patanjali Ayurved with its generic products has turned out to be the most disruptive force in the fast moving consumer goods market in India in 2016, with projected sales of Rs68,000 crore by 2020
Patanjali the most disruptive brand of 2016, says study
31 Dec 2016
Patanjali Ayurved with its generic products has turned out to be the most disruptive force in the fast moving consumer goods market in India in 2016, with projected sales of Rs68,000 crore by 2020
Telecom investments seen rising nearly 670% to Rs68,000 cr this fiscal
31 Dec 2016
The bulk of the foreign direct investment in the telecom sector so far has come through the $7 billion equity infusion announced by British telecom major Vodafone Plc earlier this year
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