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HMSI, H M approach Government for opening single brand retail stores
May 16, 2013 at 15:01 | Source: Economic Times
NEW DELHI: Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India (HMSI) and Swedish fashion retail giant Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) have sought government permission for opening up of single- brand retail stores in the country. "H&M has applied and Honda has applied," Secret...
Global firms look past India weakness, bet on spending power
May 16, 2013 at 10:56 | Source: Economic Times
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: Global companies betting on India's potential as a consumer market are looking beyond the worst patch in a decade for Asia's third-largest economy and investing billions of dollars in the country. In the biggest recent deal, Unilev...
From AirAsia to Unilever: Global cos bet on India's spending power
May 16, 2013 at 10:20 | Source: FirstPost
Global companies betting on India's potential as a consumer market are looking beyond the worst patch in a decade for India and investing billions of dollars in the country.In the biggest recent deal, Unilever is spending up to $5.4 billion to lift i...
FDI inflows show long-term India recovery is for real
May 16, 2013 at 10:11 | Source: DNA India
Lalit Nambiar, senior vice-president and head of research at UTI Mutual Fund, has some words of comfort amid prevailing economic headwinds. He feels that though the investment cycle is yet to start grooving, the action will build up only after the i...
Global firms look past India weakness, bet on spending power
May 16, 2013 at 09:56 | Source: Financial Express
Global companies betting on India's potential as a consumer market are looking beyond the worst patch in a decade for Asia's third-largest economy and investing billions of dollars in the country. In the biggest recent deal, Unilever is spending up ...
FTA talks stuck; insurance could be game spoiler
May 16, 2013 at 00:41 | Source: The Hindu BusinessLine
New Delhi, May 15: Talks between India-EU chief negotiators on FTA today got stuck with the European bloc making clear that the pact cannot proceed unless the insurance sector was further opened up by New Delhi, which expressed its inability to do s...
M S may face probe for alleged FDI violation
May 16, 2013 at 00:41 | Source: The Hindu BusinessLine
New Delhi, May 15: After US retail giant Walmart, it may be UK’s clothing chain Marks Spencer (M S) turn to face the heat from the Enforcement Directorate on charges of alleged violation of Foreign Direct Investment rules levelled against it b...
Why growth has stalled - and it's not what the FM is telling us
May 15, 2013 at 18:14 | Source: FirstPost
By R VaidyanathanThe growth rate of our economy has declined from around 8-9 percent in the middle of the decade to around 5-6 percent now. Experts are wondering why this is happening. Government economists such as C Rangarajan and Raghuram Rajan asc...
Lower inflation boosts St, Nifty bounces back, banks gain
May 15, 2013 at 09:31 | Source: FirstPost
Lower-than-expected inflation data seems to have boosted street sentiment as Indian markets opened in the green this morning. Even the RBI governor said on Tuesday he was "very happy" about lower headline inflation, and investors are perhap...
Return flight brings Dreamliner to city
May 15, 2013 at 04:47 | Source: Calcutta Telegraph News
New Delhi, May 14: Air India will resume Dreamliner flights from tomorrow with a Delhi -Calcutta service. “The first commercial flight of the Dreamliner will start tomorrow from Delhi to Calcutta. Out of the six Boeing 787 planes, two have alr...
India-EU trade negotiators prepare for crucial meet in Brussels
May 14, 2013 at 23:31 | Source: The Hindu BusinessLine
New Delhi, May 14: Chief negotiators from India and the EU will meet in Brussels on Wednesday to assess the progress in the proposed India-EU free trade agreement talks and try and narrow gaps in contentious areas such as professional visas, market ...
India talks tough on FTA with European Union, asks for lowering ambition
May 14, 2013 at 19:11 | Source: Economic Times
NEW DELHI: Ahead of crucial talks between chief negotiators of India and the EU from tomorrow to iron out differences to conclude long-pending FTA talks, top officials today made it clear that the European bloc has to "lower down" its "high ambitions...
Foreign airlines keen on investing in Indian aviation: Ajit Singh
May 14, 2013 at 17:03 | Source: FirstPost
New Delhi: Upbeat over the Jet-Etihad deal and the proposal to launch Air Asia India, Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh today said foreign airlines have realised the massive growth potential of the Indian aviation sector and were evincing keen inter...
Foreign airlines keen on investing in Indian aviation: Ajit Singh
May 14, 2013 at 17:01 | Source: Economic Times
NEW DELHI: Upbeat over the Jet-Etihad deal and the proposal to launch Air Asia India, Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh today said foreign airlines have realised the massive growth potential of the Indian aviation sector and were evincing keen inte...
Foreign airlines keen on investing in Indian aviation: Ajit Singh
May 14, 2013 at 16:56 | Source: DNA India
Upbeat over the Jet-Etihad deal and the proposal to launch Air Asia India, Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh today said foreign airlines have realised the massive growth potential of the Indian aviation sector and were evincing keen interest in it....
May 14, 2013 at 13:36 | Source: Business Today
Jet Airways Chairman Naresh Goyal (L) and James Hogan (R) of United Arab Emirates Etihad Airways. Photo: Punit Paranjpe/Reuters The irony couldn't be more startling. When the rulers of Abu Dhabi were putting together their own airline, Etihad Airway...
Inflated egos to mindless posturing: The 7 deadly sins of BJP
May 14, 2013 at 11:58 | Source: FirstPost
It is completely out of place for the BJP to be gloating over the problems of the Congress over Coalgate, its embarrassment over having to sacrifice two ministers, and the apparent dent in the Manmohan Singh-Sonia Gandhi relationship due to recent de...
Back-end infra rule just for first tranche of FDI
May 14, 2013 at 07:42 | Source: Financial Express
Foreign retailers free to plan later investments: DIPP Foreign multi-brand retailers like Walmart, Tesco and Carrefour can heave a sigh of relief. A department of industrial policy and promotion (DIPP) official told FE on Monday that the minimum inv...
‘Stop “mass approval” for FDI in Indian drug companies’
May 13, 2013 at 22:21 | Source: The Hindu BusinessLine
New Delhi, May 13: Unhappy with the “mass approval” given by the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) for foreign investments in existing Indian pharmaceutical companies, the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion has decided...
PM should explain role in coal scam: Karat
May 13, 2013 at 21:01 | Source: The Hindu BusinessLine
New Delhi, May 13: Maintaining that the CPI (M) differs with the Bharatiya Janata Party on the question of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s resignation, party General Secretary Prakash Karat said here on Monday that his party would wait for the...
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