A fleeting moment in western India on the evening of March 8 will remain etched in Nikita Punjabi’s memory forever: The first glimpse of her newborn daughter as the doctor held her up after delivery. Aniket Rai, nervously waiting during the birth, cried tears of joy when the nurse told him he had a baby … Read more
Equities and other risk assets will take a hit when central banks withdraw as much as $800 billion of stimulus deployed to prop up the global economy, according to Citigroup Inc. The risk rally has been fueled by the injection of over $1 trillion of central bank liquidity, and high-frequency liquidity indicators suggest this is … Read more
Radisson Hotel Group on Wednesday announced the entry of its luxury lifestyle brand “Radisson Collection” in India with the signing of the first hotel in Hyderabad. The 300-room hotel is close to the city’s financial district, which houses business centres, IT parks and Special Economic Zones (SEZs). The hotel would be operational by the second … Read more
India Ratings & Research (Ind-Ra) said Tuesday, benefits to companies owing to lower interest rates and a reduction in debt are likely to be reversed in the current fiscal year. According to the report, the move will take place because of a sharp rise in interest rates and higher working capital financing needs. Ind-Ra expects … Read more
ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund has launched an innovation fund which will invest in domestic and foreign companies involved in either product or solution related innovation. The scheme will invest across market capitalisation and sectors. The new fund offer, which opened on April 10, will close on April 24. In a press release, the fund … Read more
Elon Musk announced plans Sunday for a new battery factory in Shanghai during a visit there. The factory will make large-scale energy-storage units called Megapacks, Xinhua reported. Elon Musk revealed plans to build a new battery factory during a visit to Shanghai Sunday, China’s official Xinhua news agency reported. Tesla’s new project, which was officially … Read more
Reserve Bank of India on Thursday said a centralised portal would be ready in three to four months wherein depositors and beneficiaries can access details of unclaimed deposits across various banks. As of February this year, about Rs 35,000 crore of unclaimed deposits were transferred to RBI by public sector banks in respect of deposits … Read more
The following development took place after Gautam Adani tumbled to No. 24 in the global list. Adani was the world’s third-richest person on January 24, when he was worth nearly $126 billion. A report issued by US short-seller Hindenburg Research later that day, however, sent his companies’ shares plummeting,” Forbes said. His net worth is … Read more
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the situation around US banks was “stabilizing,” though regulators stood ready to repeat the extraordinary actions taken in March to contain depositor runs. “My read is the outflows from smaller and medium-sized banks are diminishing and matters are stabilizing, but it’s a situation we’re watching very closely,” Yellen told reporters … Read more