New Delhi, September 17 (IANS): SBI Capital, IDBI Capital, SMC Capital, PNB Investments and Elara Capital are in the fray for becoming the book running lead managers (BRLMs) to the Initial Public Offers (IPOs) of TCIL and FAGMIL and WAPCOS, sources here said on Tuesday. These companies along with some financial firms like Yes Securities and Equiris Capital will make presentations for tecnical evaluation and final selection this week as BRLMs for the three the IPOs of the public se

New Delhi, September 17 (IANS): The rate at which Reliance Jio is currently growing, the company will be among the 100 most valuable brands globally within three years, according to a report by communication services provider WPP and market research firm Kantar Millward Brown. Although launched in 2016, Indian consumers see Jio as “Meaningfully Different” as Airtel, which entered the market in 1995, said the report titled “BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brand for 2019�

New Delhi, September 17 (IANS): The overall Indian server market has witnessed a Year-over-Year (YoY) decline of 1 per cent in terms of revenue to reach $350.2 million in the second quarter of 2019 (2Q19) versus $353.9 million in 2Q18, said a new report by International Data Corporation (IDC) on Tuesday. According to the IDC’s mew “Asia/Pacific Quarterly Server Tracker” (which excludes Japan), 2Q19, the x86 server market accounts for 89.9 per cent of the overall server mark

Mumbai, September 16 (IANS): Indian private and public sector banks (PSBs) had aggregate savings deposits of Rs 39.72 lakh crore as on March 31, 2019, while foreign banks had a share of Rs 58,630 crore, according to RBI data published in the Handbook of Statistics on Indian Economy 2018-19.   The total savings deposits with commercial banks, including foreign ones, in 2018-19 stood at Rs 40.31 lakh crore, up from Rs 36.55 lakh crore in 2017-18, the data showed.  

Washington, September 16 (IANS): The United Automobile Workers (UAW) trade union has called for a nationwide strike of 48,000 employees at General Motors (GM), the company’s first in 12 years, after the US labour contract talks stalled. “We do not take this lightly... This is our last resort,” said Terry Dittes, the UAW vice-president in charge of the GM relationship, at a press conference on Sunday in Detroit, where the headquarters of the carmaker are located. Dittes

Tokyo, September 16 (IANS): After admitting to being overpaid by an equity-linked remuneration scheme, Nissan Motor Co. President and CEO Hiroto Saikawa on Monday stepped down from his post. Saikawa, 65, was appointed CEO after the arrest of Carlos Ghosn, who is facing allegations of financial misconduct during his tenure as former chairman of the Japanese automobile group, Efe news reported. Although Saikawa had announced his intention to step down from his post after the tu

New Delhi, September 16 (IANS): The quantum of 5G spectrum on auction in the country is inadequate and pegged at a very high reserve price which is approximately 5 to 6 times higher than in other countries and needs urgent revision, a broadband industry association said on Monday. “Quantum of 5G spectrum on auction inadequate and at a very high reserve price. Current reserve price of 5G spectrum is too high - approximately 5 to 6 times higher than other countries and needs urgen

Leh, September 15 (PTI): The largest lender State Bank of India will be seeking clarifications from the Reserve Bank whether it can offer long-term home loans with fixed rates in the beginning and convert the same into floating rates later, chairman Rajnish Kumar has said. The move comes after the Reserve Bank has mandated banks to shift all retail lending to floating rates that will be determined by external benchmarks like the repo rate. Kumar said there is a lack

An Air India Airbus A320neo plane takes off in Colomiers near Toulouse, France on December 13, 2017. (REUTERS File Photo)   New Delhi, September 15 (PTI): Air India posted an operating loss of around Rs 4,600 crore in the last financial year mainly due to higher oil prices and foreign exchange losses but the debt-laden carrier expects to turn operationally profitable in 2019-20, according to senior officials. Reflecting tough business conditions, the airline

New Delhi, September 15 (IANS): The government has removed all uncertainties with regard to the export incentive issues and the latest credit enhancement measures will help the sector march ahead, Director General of Foreign Trade Alok Vardhan Chaturvedi has said. Ending uncertainty for exporters, the government on Saturday announced a new scheme for reimbursing input duties and taxes to replace the popular Merchandise Export Incentive Scheme (MEIS) which is not compli

Bengaluru, September 15 (IANS): Verification of the unique identification number (Aadhaar) would be compulsory for new dealers from January 2020 to curb malpractices in paying Goods and Services Tax, said GST Network's group of ministers' Chairman Sushil Kumar Modi. "All new dealers will have to submit their Aadhaar number for authentication from January 1. Though currently optional, it has been made mandatory from the New Year (2020) to curb fake invoices that came to ligh

New Delhi/Mumbai, September 15 (IANS): A desi version of ‘Cash for Clunkers’ scheme might be in the offing to reverse the slowdown that has heavily dented the Indian automobile industry. Accordingly, several central government ministries are said to be in a huddle to finalise key aspects of the policy such as incentives for buying new vehicles in lieu of scrapping old ones along with deciding the parameters of eligible category of automobiles. Even state government’s ar

New Delhi, September 15 (IANS): With India pressing for traceability of WhatsApp messages to check the spread of fake news, Nick Clegg, Facebook Vice President, Global Affairs and Communications, has offered alternative ways to help the country, without any reference towards tracing the origin of the WhatsApp messages. WhatsApp had categorically said in the past that the government’s demand to trace the origin of messages on its platform is not possible as it “undermines the p

Employees work at the production line on a Honda Mobilio car at a Honda plant in Greater Noida on the outskirts of New Delhi on July 21, 2014. (REUTERS File Photo)     New Delhi/Mumbai, September 15 (IANS): With automobile industry’s August sales touching the lowest level since 1997-98, industry insiders assert that the time is ripe for the government to take other steps to save as many as million contractual jobs which depend on this sector. Nonetheless, the ea

New Delhi, September 15 (IANS): While the minimum support price (MSP) set by the government has failed to benefit a large section of farmers, the crash in food prices as a result of excess supply has added to their woes. Agri sector experts maintain that MSP benefits are very limited and hence most farmers are unable to recover their costs, let alone a fair price for their produce. A stagnant farm income poses a huge challenge to the Modi government’s promise of doubling farmers

Investors flee stocks even at rock bottom pricing    Mumbai, September 15 (IANS): Apart from the general weakness in the financial markets at present, sharp fall in some prominent stocks have caught the retail investors by surprise. Traders have resorted to panic selling, often at rates even less than a rupee, some over reports of allegations of fraud and others over poor corporate governance or fast dwindling financials. Such companies even saw the Foreign In

MUMBAI, September 14 (Reuters): A leading Indian trader body asked the government on Friday to ban upcoming festive sales on Amazon’s local unit and its rival Flipkart, saying their deep discounts violate the country’s foreign investment rules for online retail. The two e-commerce firms typically hold annual festive season sales ahead of key Hindu festivals Dussehra and Diwali, which are due this year in October, when Indians make big ticket purchases such as cars and gold jew

A worker sorts onions at a wholesale vegetable market in Chandigarh, India, July 24, 2015. The price of Indian onions, a staple that has sparked protests in the past and toppled state governments, has jumped to its highest in nearly two years and could fuel food inflation as scant rain delays plantings. (Reuters Photo)   MUMBAI, September 14 (Reuters): India has imposed an $850 per tonne minimum export price (MEP) on onion shipments, the government said on Friday, as the wor

More than 20 others from SRM Institute of Science and Technology, mostly bio-engineering students are set to leave for Harvard come January for a six month internship. The students have been invited by the Harvard Medical School after they submitted their profiles and project interests. They will be mentored by Shiladitya Sengupta, Head, Laboratory of Cancer NanoMedicine at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Hospital is a teaching facility of the Harvar

New Delhi, September 14 (IANS): Chinese tech giant Lenovo on Saturday launched its latest smartwatch -- Carme (HW25P) in India for Rs 3,499. The device will be available for purchase from Flipkart from September 15 in two colour variants -- black and Green. It is equipped with a 1.3-inch IPS colourful display with 2.5D curved surface design. It is also IP68 rated, meaning it is water and dust resistant. The smartwatch comes loaded with a 24 hours heart rate monitor and it ca