E-business
eBay may swap its India unit for a $500 mn stake in Flipkart
24 Mar 2017
For eBay, which failed to use its first mover advantage in India after acquiring Baazee.com to make an entry into the market in 2005, a merger of its India operations with that of Flipkart will be seen as a win
Flipkart set to absorb eBay’s Indian unit: report
24 Mar 2017
In another sign of possible consolidation in India’s crowded ecommerce space, eBay is reportedly in talks to sell its under-performing India unit to Flipkart
Amazon to intensify crackdown on counterfeits
22 Mar 2017
Flipkart set to raise up to $1.5 bn – but at lower valuation
08 Mar 2017
Flipkart requires funding to stave off fierce competition from rivals like Amazon and the latest entrant Alibaba
Paytm Mall to take on Flipkart and Amazon
27 Feb 2017
Alternate stay aggregator Stayzilla suspends ops
24 Feb 2017
Snapdeal axes 600; co-founders Bahl, Bansal take 100% pay cut
23 Feb 2017
Snapdeal co-founders Kunal Bahl and Rohit Bansal admitted in an email to employees that they had started growing too fast and diversifying too much, and added they would now look for the right mix
Snapdeal to cut 30% jobs as fund sources dry up
11 Feb 2017
The move is expected to affect about 1,000 employees directly employed in the company’s ecommerce marketplace while thousands of contract workers in the logistics division are also expected to be let off
Snapdeal losses mount 150% to Rs3,316 cr in FY16
18 Jan 2017
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
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HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
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Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
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