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WCD, ebay partner for online platform for women entrepreneurs

Women entrepreneurs will soon be able to market their products globally using an accessible online platform to be created by the Women and Child Development Ministry in collaboration with ebay.




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Jefferies puts ‘Hold’ rating on Strides Arcolab with Rs 1300 target price

Under the scheme, Strides shareholders will get 1 share of SSL for every 6 shares of Strides while Sequent shareholders will get 1 share of SSL for 25 shares of Sequent.




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After Adityanath, deputy CM Dinesh Sharma does a Kejriwal, pays surprise visit college in Lucknow

"Students say that they believe in giving exams without cheating" Sharma said.




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NRI BR Shetty to invest Rs 1000 cr to produce India’s biggest-ever movie ‘The Mahabharata’

The promoters of the movie claim that it would be the costliest Indian movie and made in Hollywood style with technicians sourced globally.




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How messaging app Reliance JioChat makes a mark; check out the top 6 features

A key feature is the peer-to-peer money transfer facility within the app.




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EGov: Panasonic eyes projects under Smart Cities mission in Guwahati, Jabalpur

The Japanese electronics firm has bagged city surveillance projects in Bhopal and Ludhiana. It is now eyeing projects under Smart Cities mission in Guwahati and Jabalpur.




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If Digital India is successful, rural Indians may well beat their urban counterparts online

If Digital India delivers on its promise, rural Indians are likely to outnumber urban Indians online.




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Yes Bank MD & CEO Rana Kapoor: Hope CASA ratio to touch 40% in next 4 quarters

Yes Bank has seen a 30.2% increase in its net profit for the March quarter, due to strong growth in advances and growth in low-cost CASA deposits.




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Amazon India’s Amit Agarwal: Have seen reduction in cash-on-delivery after demonetisation

We don't really drive our strategy based on what's happening around. Our approach is to give maximum return on investments to our sellers




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Marathon Nextgen Realty to buy back Rs 149-cr shares

The offer at `275 per share is 17.6% less than its closing price of `334 on Monday.




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Reliance Jio impact: Idea Cellular reports poor March quarter, market-cap plunges Rs 2,326 cr

Shares of Idea Cellular plunged 6.99 % on Monday closing the session at Rs 85.85 a share on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) after the company on Saturday reported a poor set of numbers for the March quarter.




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Ransomware: Banks better prepared to deal with Wannacry-like threats, says SBI Dy MD & CIO Mrutyunjay Mahapatra

Interview: Mrutyunjay Mahapatra, deputy MD and chief information officer, State Bank of India.




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Manpasand Beverages stock gets ‘Reduce’ rating from Kotak, TP at Rs 700 after reporting healthy quarter

Manpasand reported a healthy quarter overall albeit EBITDA/PAT were below our estimates. Overall, FY2017 was broadly in line with company guidance at start of the year and both Mango Sip and Fruits Up posted robust growth.




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SBI may issue perpetual bonds to raise around Rs 2,500 crore

State Bank of India (SBI), may approach the debt market to issue additional tier-1 bonds or perpetual bonds, according to sources in the bond market.




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ACC stock gets rated ‘Buy’ by Edelweiss, says target price revised to Rs 1914

Investors in ACC have reason to cheer as volume posted double digit growth in Q2CY17, up 10% y-o-y, after a gap of >5 years and is set for ~10% jump in CY17, on low base of ~9% dip in H2CY16.




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For Bharat Financial, what is key to growth? BofA Merrill Lynch explains key points

Bharat Road Network, a road and highways BOT company, has priced its initial public offering (IPO), aimed at raising Rs 600 crore, in a price band of Rs 195-205.




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How farm loan waivers can hit corporate borrowing, RBI explains the math

Farm loan waivers by state governments have potential to crowd out corporate borrowing if financed through state debt issuance, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said in its annual report.




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As customers demands turn challenging, here is how Maruti Suzuki is looking to stay ahead

The new dealerships will be known as ARENA and will be well equipped digitally to cater to the demand of the tech savvy customers.




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Credit Suisse arm invests in Sapience Analytics

Credit Suisse Asset Management's NEXT Investors has invested an undisclosed amount in Indian software product company Sapience Analytics.




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Covering cotton yarn under MEIS will boost India’s exports: Textile industry body

To benefit the farmers with better price for raw cotton, the Centre shall also bring the cotton yarn under MEIS coverage, said the Confederation of Indian Textile Industry.




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Oil market should reach balance between supply and demand in Q1: UAE energy minister

Opec, Russia and other non-Opec producers — an alliance known as Opec+ —agreed to reduce supply by 1.2 million bpd from January 1.




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Kerala’s ‘Kole’ paddy fields must be used as prawn farms: MPEDA

Such an initiative will work effectively in the coastal state that is endowed with water bodies and enjoys high domestic demand for prawns, MPEDA chairman KS Srinivas noted here at ASCEND Kerala 2019 meet, which aims to showcase Kerala as a top-notch investment destination.




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As more farmers opt for Soybean, SOPA pegs output at 114.83 lakh tonne

As per SOPA estimates, the actual area in Maharashtra is 36.390 lakh hectare, which is 10% less than the government estimates of 40.433 lakh hectare. Soyabean output in Maharashtra is estimated to rise by 32% to 38.4 lakh tonne for this year.




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DLF improves performance in Q3, analysts maintain ‘Buy’ with revised target price of Rs 216

Management continues to focus on liquidating Rs 12,300-crore inventory and scaling up the rental portfolio (DCCDL). We maintain earnings estimates for the erstwhile merged entity (despite demerger of DCCDL) awaiting greater clarity on adjustments/reconciliation between DLF and DCCDL numbers (post-demerger).




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Corporation Bank swings back in black as provisions decrease sharp 73 per cent

NII is the difference between interest earned and interest paid by a bank. The lender’s asset quality improved q-o-q with gross non-performing assets (NPA) of 17.36%, down 10 basis points over Q2FY19.




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Govt to sell up to 3% stake in Axis Bank to meet Rs 80,000 cr disinvestment target

At the end of December 2018, Suuti held a 9.56% stake in Axis Bank. The OFS is part of the government’s move to meet its disinvestment target of Rs 80,000 crore for FY19.




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Not so sweet! Millers’ sugar offer in lieu of FRP fails to cheer farmers

Sugarcane arrears in Maharashtra have now mounted to Rs 5,000 crore and industry sources claim the position is likely to worsen.




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Analyst corner: ‘Add’ on Thermax with a target price of Rs 1,333

Overseas subsidiary performance is expected to turn around which coupled with gradual improvement in domestic margins will enable improvement in the overall margins.




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Analyst corner: Buy Apollo Hospitals with June 2020E target of Rs 1,700

As APHS concludes its capex cycle and loss-making ventures breakeven, the stage is set for APHS to double Ebitda and reduce capex to one-third over FY19–21.




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Karur Vysya Bank Q3 net plummets 70% to Rs 21 crore

The bank has witnessed asset quality weakening further in December quarter with the gross non-performing assets (NPA) as of December 2018 increasing to Rs 4,056 crore (8.49%) compared to Rs 2, 663 crore (5.95%).




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Maharashtra targets to export 2,500 tonnes of Alphonso, Kesar mangoes

The board had been holding regular workshops with both farmers and buyers to encourage exports, he said, adding that the board had taken huge efforts to ensure that more mango growers register their orchards with MangoNet.




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HDFC Bank March advances rise 5%, deposits grow 17%

he bank said it has purchased loans aggregating Rs 19.24 billion through the direct assignment route under the home loan arrangement with Housing Development Finance Corporation, during the quarter ended March this year.




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Analyst Corner| Vedanta — Maintain ‘Buy’ with target price of Rs 175

VEDL’s H2FY19 operating numbers were mixed. Key highlights, O&G production fell 2% due to natural decline at Mangla field, though gas volumes were better; production at Zn-India was lower due to geo-technical problems at RA mine and FY19 silver volumes missed 650-700t guidance.




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SBI is geared to meet any additional demand for housing loans

The bank, which witnessed a spike in NPAs in its home loan portfolio post the merger of the associate banks, expects the NPA levels to dip with improvements in underwriting and recoveries.




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IndusInd Bank prices maiden dollar bond at 185 bps over US Treasury yield

The initial price guidance stood at 210 bps over the US Treasury. The bank indicated that with 3.5 times over-subscription, the final price tightened by 25 bps.




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Lower output, price rise to hit cotton yarn margins

India’s cotton production is expected drop by over 5% in cotton season 2019 (the CS is usually from October 1, 2018, to September 30, 2019) due to low water availability and inadequate south-west monsoon in key cotton producing states and higher incidences of pest attacks.




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Sensex logs 5th straight loss amid earnings, trade woes

The investors sentiment was also dented by the weak results reported by some of the heavyweights; the Street chose to stay cautious ahead of results from other blue chips given the trend so far has been somewhat mixed.




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Promoters’ pledged shareholding falls to 2.83% in Jan-Mar: Kotak Institutional Equities report

Outstanding promoters’ pledged shares were Rs 1.95 lakh crore, which is about 1.38% of the total BSE-500 Index’s market capitalisation in March 2019.




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Pink bollworm attack on cotton crosses economic threshold limit in Maharashtra

Last year’s cotton sowing was estimated at 126.44 lakh hectare. Scientists say that early cotton sowing may be responsible for pink bollworm attack.




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India’s shrimp exports to the US rises by 14 pct in January-June 2019

Total imports of shrimp by US for the first six months of 2019 remained flat at 300,683 tonne compared to 302,495 tonne imported during the same period of 2018. Overall, US imported 695,332 tonne of shrimps last year.




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Steel pricing spread helps assertain strength of variables

In the next three decades the deregulation of the steel market (abolition of freight equalisation) and imports having been put under open general license led to a paradigm shift to the concepts of supply, capacity creation through differential technologies, SME’s role, demand assessments, competitiveness, pricing and export strategies.




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Govt, RBI done all that they could for NBFCs: SBI chief Rajnish Kumar

There is nothing further the government can do, Kumar said, adding that there is liquidity, partial credit enhancement and interest rates have moderated. Asked about the progress made in the resolution of stressed NBFC Dewan Housing Finance (DHFL), Kumar said: “That you should ask the company.”




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Plan to charge zero MDR for large merchants is faulty, says expert

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the FY20 Budget abolished MDR charges for all merchants having a turnover of over Rs 50 crore which would lead the payment companies taking a hit on their margins.




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Avanti Feeds: Maintain ‘Buy’ with a target price of Rs 400

We note the stock price correction of 30% over the past four months offers an attractive entry price and we retain our 'Buy' rating with a DCF-based target price of Rs 400.




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Why digital OOH is the new frontier of marketing

A Nielson study has highlighted that OOH enjoys significant advantages over conventional forms of offline advertising




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Tupperware’s Deepak Chhabra on life beyond work

iPhone, Bose, Alexa are some of his favourite brands




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Pega Diary: We're Selling Change

Taking a deeper dive into how CRM is changing, and how customer engagement or experience, and AI-powered automation, are two sides of the same coin




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Inspiring Innovation: How To Motivate Creative Marketing Teams

Tips from executives on how to inspire creativity in the workplace




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Jamming the Marketing Hall of Femme

To fill your days with music between now and the Marketing Hall of Femme Summit & Awards on June 21, here's our HoF playlist




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Webcast Preview: Revamp Your Video Marketing In 5 Steps

Join us on June 12 as we take an in-depth look at video marketing strategy