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Finance Minister Sitharaman in San Francisco for key meetings

New York: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met several senior executives and business leaders in San Francisco and discussed bilateral areas of cooperation in sectors such as technology, artificial intelligence, energy and digital…
Google settles Android TV case with CCI for Rs 20.24 crore

New Delhi: Technology major Google on Monday settled with the Competition Commission a nearly four-year-old case related to alleged unfair business practices with respect to Android Smart TV market by agreeing to…

Gold prices breach record Rs 97,000/10g level in futures trade

New Delhi: Gold prices breached the Rs 97,000 per 10 grams level for the first time in futures trade on Monday, surging by Rs 2,111 to hit an all-time high of Rs…
IMF, World Bank see India’s potential as engine of global trade: FM Sitharaman

San Francisco: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Monday that India has become the fastest-growing economy, driven by the “visionary leadership” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the stability provided by a…
Stock market opens higher as hope rises for India-US trade deal

Mumbai: The domestic benchmark indices opened higher on Monday amid positive global cues, as buying was seen in the IT, PSU bank and financial services sectors in the early trade. At around…
Bank Nifty in focus after robust Q4 results by leading private lenders

Mumbai: Robust results by leading private lenders like HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank reflect rising investor confidence in the sector’s fundamentals, and the stock market is likely to respond positively to their…
Market Outlook: Q4 results, PMI and FII data key triggers for next week

Mumbai: The market outlook for next week will be guided by several domestic and global factors such as Q4 results, minutes of RBI’s Monetary Policy Committee meeting, Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) and…

Equity MF inflows double in FY25, AUM jumps 23 pc on SIP surge

Mumbai: Active equity mutual fund (MF) schemes closed the financial year 2024–25 (FY25) with record-breaking inflows — more than twice the amount seen in the previous year — as fund houses capitalised…
Nothing to ramp up exports from India amid global trade uncertainty: CEO

New Delhi: Amid growing global trade uncertainty and tariff challenges, London-based consumer electronics company Nothing is considering ramping up exports from India, its CEO Carl Pei has said. Pei said during a…
Google loses landmark antitrust case, Meta faces similar battle

Sydney: Tech giant Google has just suffered another legal blow in the United States, losing a landmark antitrust case. This follows on from the company’s loss in a similar case last year.…
No plan to levy GST on UPI transactions over Rs 2,000: Govt

New Delhi: The Finance Ministry on Friday made it clear that the government is not considering any proposal to levy Goods and Services Tax (GST) on UPI transactions over Rs 2,000. “The…
Indian stock market opens in red, IT stocks drag

Mumbai: After three consecutive days of gains, the domestic benchmark indices opened in red on Thursday amid weak global cues, as selling was seen in the IT and auto sectors in the…
Indian stock market opens flat, Sensex above 76,700

Mumbai: The domestic benchmark indices opened flat on Wednesday amid weak global cues, as selling was seen in the IT and auto sectors in the early trade. At around 9.29 am, Sensex…
India aims for 10% power tool, 25% hand tool global share

New Delhi: India has the potential to capture a larger share of the global trade market for power and hand tools, targeting $25 billion in exports over the next decade, which could…
RBI set for deeper easing cycle, Sensex at 82000 by Dec: Morgan Stanley

New Delhi: Lower inflation and slower growth should allow the RBI to respond with a deeper easing cycle, with a cumulative easing of 100bps and two more cuts in 2025, a Morgan…