Goods and Services Tax (GST) collections in June fell to ₹92,849 crore from ₹1.02 lakh crore in May, marking the first time after eight months that indirect tax collections fell below the ₹1 lakh crore mark. While lockdowns aimed at curbing the second COVID-19 wave hit economic activity and moderated GST revenues in June, the … Read more
Vodafone Idea can raise funds through equity sale or promoters can infuse capital which can be used for clearing dues, non-profit entity Telecom Watchdog said in a letter to telecom minister while demanding rejection of the debt-ridden company’s request seeking more time to pay dues of Rs 8,292 crore. Vodafone Idea (Vi) has approached … Read more
July 2021 will be a big month for Lucid Motors (NYSE:CCIV) and CCIV stock. For one, it will be listed on the Nasdaq under LCID later this month. But July of next year will be even bigger. Over the next year, Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) will continue to occupy itself democratizing EVs for all, while Lucid Motors will … Read more
Amazon Web Services’ business-apps team talks a lot about how to catch Microsoft, a person told Insider. AWS leads in cloud infrastructure but Microsoft dominates the market for business productivity apps. It has discussed forming a “Rebel Alliance” with other software makers to compete with Microsoft. See more stories on Insider’s business page. Amazon is … Read more
India’s $442 billion asset management industry is finally having to reckon with the passive investing juggernaut. After decades of sluggish growth, the number of accounts invested in index-tracking or exchange-traded funds more than doubled to 5.6 million in the year to April. Passive products now account for nearly a quarter of equity assets under management … Read more
Walmart-owned e-commerce firm Flipkart has launched Shopsy, an app that will enable Indians to start their online businesses without any investment. With the ability to influence their local network and fulfil their aspirations, users of Shopsy will be able to share catalogues of a wide selection of 15 crore products offered by Flipkart sellers. These … Read more
The Federal Reserve’s daily cash operations approached $1 trillion on Wednesday, as banks and other market participants drowning in cash look for somewhere to park their money. The Fed’s “reverse repo” facility, where financial institutions can deposit cash overnight, took in an all-time high of $992 billion on Wednesday, according to Fed data. Usage shot … Read more
The Centrum Group promoted by Jaspal Bindra, which has got the go-ahead to take over the Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative (PMC) Bank, is going to face an uphill task to make recoveries to repay the depositors of the bank. The bank is fighting several legal cases against 25 companies associated with Housing Development and Infrastructure … Read more
Tesla Inc.’s aspirations in China were dealt a major blow over the weekend after the government ordered that almost all the cars it’s sold in the nation — more than 285,000 of them — be fixed to address a safety issue. The State Administration for Market Regulation said in a statement on Saturday that the … Read more