MUMBAI: Citi’s global CEO Jane Fraser has said that India should not “sell itself short” by focusing disproportionately on short term challenges. It should rather focus on execution and stay confident about its long-term story.Speaking at the Citi India conference, Fraser said that while near-term headwinds persist, the structural case for India remains compelling and…
MUMBAI: Union commerce minister Piyush Goyal has called upon Indian industry and MNCs to move beyond seeing the country as a market. He urged them to create bases for manufacturing, design & innovation, and use India for global supply chains and exports. He sought their engagement with India as a co-creator of value and not…
BENGALURU: Many in Karnataka know Rajesh Mehta for his Shubh, Laabh, and Oyzterbay jewellery stores. The three brands for a while looked like they could together take on the might, and replicate the success of the other Bengaluru-headquartered national biggie-Tanishq.But that was not to be. As Mehta struggled with Sebi investigations in the past few…
NEW DELHI: India and the US have discussed issues going beyond trade in goods to include non-tariff measures, customs and trade facilitation and economic security alignment, among other issues, an official statement said Thursday.A team from USTR office was in India since Monday to advance negotiations on the trade agreement, which has been in the…
MUMBAI: Digital entertainment startup Kuku Technologies has confidentially filed for IPO, said people aware of the matter. The company is seeking to raise up to Rs 3,500 crore ( up to $360 million) through a mix of fresh issue of shares and an offer for sale. Eyeing a listing later this FY, Kuku is targeting…
India’s push for flex-fuel vehicles can help meet twin national goals of cutting crude oil imports and reducing carbon emissions, but will require a full supporting ecosystem from fuel availability to wider model launches, Maruti Suzuki India MD and CEO Hisashi Takeuchi said on Thursday.Speaking at the launch of the company’s first flex-fuel car, Wagon…
The US stock market began trading on a mixed note on Thursday, as a pullback in several artificial-intelligence-linked stocks offset broader gains across the market, while easing oil prices provided support to investor sentiment.The S&P 500 gained 0.02% to 7,555.08 after retreating from its record high a day earlier, while the Nasdaq Composite fell 0.58%…
India’s largest airline IndiGo on Thursday announced the temporary suspension of flights to six international destinations, including Hong Kong, Shanghai and Thailand’s Krabi, as it moves to optimise its network amid softer travel demand and rising operating costs.The budget carrier said services to Langkawi, Krabi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong and Shanghai will be…
Foreign companies are increasingly using India’s booming initial public offering (IPO) market to cash out investments and send billions of dollars back to their home countries rather than raise fresh capital for expansion, according to a Reuters analysis.As per the report, only one of the six foreign-based companies that listed their Indian subsidiaries in Mumbai…
Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) continue to face under-recoveries of nearly Rs 700 on every domestic LPG cylinder despite a range of measures taken by the government to strengthen supplies, ministry of petroleum and natural gas said on Thursday.Addressing an inter-ministerial briefing, Sujata Sharma, joint secretary in the ministry of petroleum and natural gas, said that…
