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15 September, 2017

GOLD RETAKES RS 31,000 LEVEL ON DEMAND PUSH, SOARS RS 650

NEW DELHI (TIP): Gold on Sept 14 took strength from a positive trend overseas by surging Rs 650 per 10 grams…

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15 September, 2017

VW RECALLS 4.86 MN VEHICLES IN CHINA OVER AIRBAG CONCERNS

The announcement came just 10 days after VW and its local partners agreed to recall 1.82 million vehicles owing to a faulty…

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15 August, 2017

SC rejects Sahara’s plea to put on hold Aamby Valley auction

NEW DELHI (TIP): In a setback to Subrata Roy, the Supreme Court on Aug 10 turned down his plea to halt the process for auction…

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15 August, 2017

Digital currency exchange Coinbase raises $100 million, hits $1 billion valuation

NEW YORK (TIP): Digital currency exchange Coinbase announced on its blog on Thursday that it has raised $100 million in so-called “Series D”…

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15 August, 2017

RCOM PLANS TO ISSUE SHARES TO LENDERS IN LIEU OF DEBT

NEW DELHI (TIP): Telecom operator Reliance Communications (RCom), which is reeling under debt of about Rs 45,000 crore, plans to issue shares…

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15 August, 2017

SOFTBANK PUTS $2.5 BN INTO FLIPKART’S WALLET

NEW DELHI (TIP): Flipkart has raised an estimated $2.5 billion from SoftBank Vision Fund, making the fund created by Japanese conglomerate SoftBank one of…

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29 July, 2017

AXIS BANK BUYS SNAPDEAL’S FREECHARGE FOR RS 385 CRORE

Deal dynamics ? The sale price is huge markdown for Snapdeal, which acquired payment wallet FreeCharge for $400 m in 2015 ? The deal will help the…

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29 July, 2017

JIO EFFECT TANKS 75% AIRTEL Q1 PROFIT

NEW DELHI (TIP): Country’s largest telecom company, Bharti Airtel today posted 74.89% decline in consolidated net profit to Rs 367 crore for…

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29 July, 2017

Diageo asks Vijay Mallya to return $40 m

LONDON/NEW DELHI (TIP): British liquor giant Diageo said it had asked beleaguered businessman Vijay Mallya to return $40 million paid to him…

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18 July, 2017

SECURITY AGENCIES’ ALERT CALL ON 100% FDI IN DOMESTIC AIRLINES

NEW DELHI (TIP): The security agencies, including the Intelligence Bureau (IB), have raised concerns over the Centre’s decision to allow 100% foreign…

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18 July, 2017

FLIPKART COULD OFFER $900 to 950 MILLION FOR SNAPDEAL

NEW DELHI (TIP): E-commerce major Flipkart is expected to make a revised offer of USD 900-950 million for buying rival Snapdeal, according…

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18 July, 2017

SENSEX PAST 32K NIFTY AT NEW PEAK

‘First-time-ever’ records continue to tumble as rally continues on BSE and NSE Mumbai, July 13: The Sensex today went past the…

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18 July, 2017

Top CEOs vote to take US India Business Council out of US chamber

WASHINGTON (TIP): The board of the US-India Business Council comprising CEOs of some top American companies has voted to sever ties with…

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10 July, 2017

Oil prices slump over 1 pct on rise in US output

SINGAPORE (TIP): Oil prices fell by more than 1 percent early on Friday, with U.S. crude futures dipping below $45 per barrel as…

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10 July, 2017

Aadhaar gets praise at global forum for financial inclusion

HAMBURG (TIP): As the world debates use of big data and analytics to improve financial inclusion, India’s Aadhaar system has come in for praise by…

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10 July, 2017

MODI GOVT’S GST IMPERFECT, SAYS CHIDAMBARAM

NEW DELHI (TIP): The Modi government’s Goods and Services Tax (GST) is “very, very imperfect” and cannot be called “one nation, one tax” as it…

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10 July, 2017

AMAZON INVESTS OVER RS 2,000 CR IN INDIA BIZ

NEW DELHI (TIP): Global e-tailing giant Amazon has invested over Rs 2,000 crore (over $310 million) in India in the past two months…

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18 June, 2017

Infosys president quits, top execs come under pressure

BENGALURU (TIP): Infosys president and head of Americas Sandeep Dadlani has resigned, a sudden development that some attributed to growing pressures on…

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18 June, 2017

AIR BAG MAKER TAKATA TO FILE FOR BANKRUPTCY

NEW YORK (TIP): Takata Corp , the Japanese company facing billions in liabilities stemming from its defective air bag inflators, is preparing to file…

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18 June, 2017

AMAZON BUYS WHOLE FOODS FOR $13.7 BN

NEW YORK (TIP): Amazon.com Inc said on June 17 (Friday) it would buy US organic supermarket chain Whole Foods Market Inc for $13.7 billion, including debt, marking the…

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18 June, 2017

BLACK MONEY – Switzerland ratifies auto info sharing

First set of data in 2019 ? Switzerland has been long perceived as one of the safest havens for the illicit wealth allegedly stashed abroad…

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18 June, 2017

GOVT MAKES AADHAAR MUST FOR BANK A/CS, HIGH VALUE TRANSACTIONS

HIGHLIGHTS ? Aadhaar card has been made mandatory for opening bank accounts and conducting financial transactions of Rs 50,000 and above. ? Those with…

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9 June, 2017

Indus-American Bank will merge with BCB Community Bank

BCB Bancorp, Inc. to Acquire IA Bancorp, Inc. The merger is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2017 EDISON, NJ…

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7 June, 2017

Airtel-Telenor merger gets SEBI nod

NEW DELHI (TIP): Telecom operator Bharti Airtel today said it has received the approval of the SEBI, BSE and NSE for the proposed…

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7 June, 2017

Adani strikes deal on royalties with Queensland government

MELBOURNE (TIP): Indian conglomerate Adani Group today agreed to pay royalties on coal produced from its $16.5 billion Carmichael coal project in…

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7 June, 2017

Oil prices slide amid glut concerns, US withdrawal from climate deal

SEOUL (TIP): Oil prices dropped on Friday amid worries that U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to abandon a global climate pact could spark…

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7 June, 2017

NOTE BAN ALONE NOT TO BLAME FOR GROWTH SLUMP, SAYS JAITLEY

NEW DELHI (TIP): Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said demonetisation alone was not responsible for the fall in the GDP growth in the fourth quarter and…

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7 June, 2017

MFG SECTOR GROWTH SLIPS TO 3-MONTH LOW IN MAY

NEW DELHI (TIP): Indian factory growth cooled in May as new orders expanded at a more modest pace, but manufacturers were able to…

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29 May, 2017

OPEC extends oil output cut by nine months to fight glut

VIENNA (TIP): OPEC decided on May 25 (Thursday) to extend cuts in oil output by nine months to March 2018, OPEC delegates said,…

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28 May, 2017

MOODY’S DOWNGRADES IDBI

NEW DELHI (TIP): International credit ratings agency, Moody’s Investors Service today downgraded state-owned IDBI Bank’s rating citing asset quality concerns and extremely weak…

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