ng How to Fix and Strengthen the 401(k) By Published On :: Tue, 03 Jun 2014 13:34:30 GMT The 401(k) workplace-savings plan, designed to augment traditional pensions, has become the primary retirement-savings vehicle for many workers, but critics say it isn’t up to the task. WSJ's Anna Prior highlights five key suggestions to strengthen the 401(k). Photo: Getty Full Article
ng A Gymnast's Death-Defying Leap to Success By Published On :: Fri, 01 Jul 2016 05:46:42 GMT Dipa Karmakar, the first female Indian gymnast to qualify for the Olympics, will be performing one of the sport's most dangerous and difficult moves in Brazil in August. Photo: Karan Deep Singh/The Wall Street Journal Full Article
ng How China Upended Life at India's Ship-Recycling Yards By Published On :: Mon, 05 Sep 2016 14:00:46 GMT At the world's biggest ship-recycling yard at Alang, India, life is becoming harder as fewer ships arrive. Here's why. Photo: Karan Deep Singh/The Wall Street Journal Full Article
ng On-Site Child Care: It's Paying Off at Clif Bar By Published On :: Mon, 26 Sep 2016 09:30:00 GMT Clif Bar & Co. is among only 5% of U.S. employers that offer a child care center on-site or near its offices. Kate Torgersen, an 18-year employee, explains how bringing her three children to the company's "Base Camp" child care center has benefited her as a working mother. Photo: Tim Hussin for The Wall Street Journal Full Article
ng We are increasing our footprint in India: Pratyush Kumar By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 23:22:00 +0530 Interview with President, Boeing India Full Article
ng Govt to bring in law for construction vehicles industry By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Thu, 18 Feb 2016 00:09:00 +0530 Motor Vehicles Act does not adequately address concerns of construction, mining and earth moving equipment makers Full Article
ng Single-table system to clear investment proposals faster: Shivraj Singh Chouhan By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Thu, 18 Feb 2016 00:45:00 +0530 Interview with Chief Minister, Madhya Pradesh Full Article
ng Modi's $222-billion Make in India haul masks challenges to come By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Fri, 19 Feb 2016 00:13:00 +0530 Right now, the campaign launched in 2014 is best known for its logo - a lion made of cogs - that has shown up on billboards from Hanover to San Francisco Full Article
ng CIDCO inks MoUs worth Rs 30,000 crore during Make in India Week By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Fri, 19 Feb 2016 13:32:00 +0530 CIDCO also inked an MoU with Transparency International India to combat corruption and for effective governance Full Article
ng Rupee extends losing streak By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Tue, 24 Dec 2019 17:26:00 +0530 At 71.3125/3150 per dollar Full Article
ng Indian Ports Working At 70-80% Capacity By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 09:25:00 +0530 Powered by Capital Market - Live News Full Article
ng Firms Facing Hurdles In Movement Of Workers And Raw Materials In Commencing Operations: CII survey By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 13:24:00 +0530 The CII survey indicates that permits for enterprises, passes for workers and supply chain movement are the key hurdles for industry in exit from lockdown. For facilitating restart of economic activities, CII has suggested that in non-containment zones, businesses should be allowed to function without requirement of permits and only through intimation to local authorities. While state governments have mostly clearly communicated restart guidelines to businesses, firms are facing hurdles in movement of workers and raw materials in commencing operations. These are the findings of a nation-wide survey conducted by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). Full Article
ng Procurement Of Wheat Progressing At Very Fast Pace In All Major States By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 11:39:00 +0530 Powered by Capital Market - Live News Full Article
ng EPFO Settles About 13 Lakh Claims During Lockdown By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 16:19:00 +0530 Powered by Capital Market - Live News Full Article
ng Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers Reports Record Fertilizer Sales During Lockdown By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 09:53:00 +0530 Powered by Capital Market - Live News Full Article
ng Post-Covid era will see perceptible change in global supply-chains and India should capture significant share in the world trade: Piyush Goyal By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 09:20:00 +0530 Minister of Commerce and Industry & Railways Shri Piyush Goyal held discussions with the Export Promotion Councils(EPCs) of the country. He called upon the Exporters to identify their strengths, potentials and competitive advantages in specific sectors, and focus on harnessing them in the world markets. Goyal said that in the post-Covid era, there is going to be perceptible change in the global supply-chains, and Indian industrialists and exporters should be looking to capture significant share in the world trade. He assured them that the Government will be a pro-active supporter and facilitator in their efforts, and the Indian Missions abroad can play an important role in that. The Minister said that Incentives can be given, but they have to be justified, reasonable, and WTO-compliant. Full Article
ng India Manufacturing PMI Plunges Sharply Into Contraction Zone By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 16:42:00 +0530 Powered by Capital Market - Live News Full Article
ng Government Contemplating Policy On Import Substitution In The Wake Of New Economic Situation Created By COVID-19 Pandemic: Nitin Gadkari By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 09:08:00 +0530 Union Minister for MSME and Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari informed that a policy on imports substitution is being thought of in the wake of the new economic situation created by COVID-19 pandemic. He called upon various stake-holders to convert knowledge into wealth by improving quality through innovations and cutting down cost. He sited the example of a Nagpur based MSME Orange cluster taking up PPE making from scratch. These PPEs cost between Rs 550 to Rs 650 against the market price of about Rs 1200 for which country was heavily import dependent. The cluster is in a position to supply large quantity of PPEs. Full Article
ng Edible Oil Imports Plunge 34% On Year In April By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 16:03:00 +0530 The Solvent Extractors' Association (SEA), noted in a latest update that based on the available data, it has compiled provisional data for Import of Edible Oils for April 2020. The imports in April 2020 are reported at 790,377 tons compared to 941,219 in March 20 and 1,198,763 tons in April 2019, down by 34%, on YoY basis. The drop in April is mainly due to logistics issues at destinations as well as at discharge ports. The overall Import of Edible Oils during Nov-2019 to April-2020 is reported at 6,182,184 tons, compared to 7,203,830 tons during the same period of previous year, i.e. down by 14 %. Full Article
ng RBI Announces Rate Of Interest On GOI Floating Rate Bonds 2024 At 3.62% By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 11:41:00 +0530 Powered by Capital Market - Live News Full Article
ng Raising Capital: The Shirt, Dogfish Head, Intelius By Published On :: Wed, 30 May 2012 23:08:11 GMT The Shirt founder Rochelle Behrens, Dogfish Head founder Sam Calagione and Intelius co-founder Naveen Jain share advice on raising capital at Wall Street Journal's How I Built It 2012 panel in Washington, D.C. . WSJ's Vanessa O'Connell leads the discussion. Full Article
ng Recruiting Talent: The Shirt, Dogfish Head Brewery By Published On :: Wed, 30 May 2012 23:08:16 GMT The Shirt founder Rochelle Behrens and Dogfish Head founder Sam Calagione share advice on recruiting talent at Wall Street Journal's How I Built It 2012 panel in Washington, D.C. WSJ's Vanessa O'Connell leads thediscussion. Full Article
ng Biocon receives EIR from USFDA for its small molecules API facility in Bengaluru By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 09:21:00 +0530 Powered by Capital Market - Live News Full Article
ng Hexaware Technologies launches KareRing, a cloud based quarantine zone management solution By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 12:00:00 +0530 KareRing adheres to standards like data encryption. Advanced tracking technology increases accuracy by using other sensory data. The app leverages AI-powered global identity verification to authenticate users' identity before onboarding them and uses data analytics and intelligence techniques to visualize user data. An inbuilt, WHO-compliant bot is used for user self-health assessment. The app has also an added functionality for healthcare organizations to evaluate the efficacy of the vaccine under trial. Full Article
ng K C P resumes operations at engineering unit and cement production unit By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 14:49:00 +0530 Powered by Capital Market - Live News Full Article
ng Swaraj Engines standalone net profit declines 4.86% in the March 2020 quarter By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 17:48:00 +0530 Sales decline 8.53% to Rs 175.13 crore Full Article
ng Exit polls give Bengal to Mamata, Assam to BJP, Kerala to Left, TN to DMK By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Mon, 16 May 2016 20:47:00 +0530 Exit polls predicted a win for the DMK-Congress alliance in Puducherry too, ousting the ruling All India NR Congress Full Article
ng EC allows SBI to take currency vans holding Rs 570 crore back to Coimbatore By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Tue, 17 May 2016 12:45:00 +0530 State Bank of India was transferring the money from Coimbatore to Vishakhapatnam to tide over a cash shortage in Andhra Pradesh when the vans were seized by the Election Commission Full Article
ng Assembly Polls 2016 results: Counting of votes begins in 4 states By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Thu, 19 May 2016 07:30:00 +0530 The counting of votes will decide the fate of approximately 8,300 candidates Full Article
ng Tamil Nadu Assembly polls: Counting of votes begins By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Thu, 19 May 2016 08:22:00 +0530 Counting is progressing in 68 centres across the state Full Article
ng As counting starts for Tamil Nadu Assembly polls, Sun TV stock price down by 8.08% By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Thu, 19 May 2016 09:56:00 +0530 Sun TV is promoted by DMK chief M Karunanidhi's grand-nephew Kalanithi Maran Full Article
ng Assembly elections 2016 results: BJP spreads wings, Congress shrinks By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Fri, 20 May 2016 07:20:00 +0530 BJP wins in Assam, opens account in Kerala; Congress loses two states; Left sweeps Kerala; Mamata decimates Opposition in West Bengal Full Article
ng Vijaykant's DMDK in danger of losing state party status By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Sat, 21 May 2016 15:42:00 +0530 DMDK's vote share plummeted to 2.4% in the 2016 Assembly polls from 7.88% in 2011, even as the party failed to return a single legislator Full Article
ng Arun Jaitley backs outsourcing of non-core functions of railways By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Tue, 20 Dec 2016 13:03:00 +0530 The government had in September scrapped the 92-year old practice of presenting a separate railway budget Full Article
ng Replacing British-era rail bridges may take 60 years By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Thu, 26 Jan 2017 23:43:00 +0530 26% bridges are over 100-year old, 5% crossed 140 years Full Article Premium
ng IRCTC, IRCON, IRFC to be listed on bourses: Jaitley during Budget address By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Wed, 01 Feb 2017 13:02:00 +0530 Government will continue to use the ETF route for disinvestment of PSUs Full Article
ng IRCTC, IRCON to be listed: Railways mega holding co on the backburner? By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Wed, 01 Feb 2017 16:32:00 +0530 Railway authorities termed listing of these companies as a 'shocker' Full Article
ng Govt weighs fiscal stimulus in upcoming Budget to boost demand By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Wed, 06 Jan 2016 00:32:00 +0530 Real annual GDP accelerated in Jul-Sept to 7.4% from 7%. But, growth of nominal GDP slowed sharply to 6% Full Article
ng If others are moving Titanic, we're moving a speedboat: Kunal Bahl By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Tue, 19 Jul 2016 23:33:00 +0530 Bahl's company has been in the middle of some firefighting over reports on how there are efforts to downsize as cash is depleting Full Article
ng Biocon gains after Bengaluru API facility gets EIR By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 10:49:00 +0530 Biocon gained 1.82% to Rs 356 after the company said it received establishment inspection report (EIR) for small molecules API manufacturing facility in Bengaluru. Full Article
ng HUL spurts after foreign broker maintains 'outperform' rating By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 16:20:00 +0530 FMCG major Hindustan Unilever (HUL) jumped 4.81% to end at Rs 2088.35 after a foreign brokerage reportedly maintained an 'outperform' rating on the stock with a target of Rs 2,400 per share. Full Article
ng How the 2020 Presidential Campaign Is Starting to Resume By Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 09:30:00 GMT As fears of the novel coronavirus spread through the U.S., the high-contact tradition of presidential campaigning came to a halt. WSJ's Gerald F. Seib explains what Americans may see as campaigning resumes. Photo: Shutterstock/Zuma Press Full Article
ng Kim Jong Un Re-Emerges, Strolling and Smoking By Published On :: Sat, 02 May 2020 10:35:23 GMT State-media footage shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un cutting the ribbon at a fertilizer factory, ending a nearly three-week absence from public view that fueled rumors of his death. Photo: KRT/Associated Press Full Article
ng Govt raises market borrowing plan to Rs 12 lakh crore for FY2021 By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 00:10:00 +0530 RBI issues revised Calendar for issuance of Marketable Dated Securities for the remaining period of H1 (11 May - 30 September 2020) Full Article
ng Bajaj Electricals resumes manufacturing operations By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 11:33:00 +0530 However, the management of the Company expects the operations to remain sub-normal in the immediate future, with a possibility of intermittent disruptions based on the evolving situation and varying Government guidelines and permissions. The Company continues to closely monitor the situation and shall take appropriate action as per regulatory guidelines. Full Article
ng Swaraj Engines' Q4 PAT falls 4.9% to 15.84 cr By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 10:53:00 +0530 Swaraj Engines' net profit fell 4.9% to Rs 15.84 crore on a 8.5% decline in net sales to Rs 175.13 crore in Q4 March 2020 over Q4 March 2019. Full Article
ng Indian faces trial for spying on Sikhs and Kashmiris in Germany By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 00:42:53 +0530 An Indian national will stand trial in Germany accused of spying on Sikh and Kashmiri communities for New Delhi's secret service, a court said Friday. Federal prosecutors allege the suspect, identified as 54-year-old Balvir, has been working with the Indian foreign intelligence agency Research & Analysis Wing since 2015. "He allegedly provided information about figures in the Sikh opposition scene and the Kashmiri movement and their relatives in Germany, and passed this on to his handlers who were working at the Indian consulate general in Frankfurt," the higher regional court in the city said in a statement. The trial will open on August 25. The same Frankfurt court convicted an Indian couple for spying on the same communities last December. Full Article
ng Legislation introduced in Congress to give Green Cards to foreign nurses and doctors By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 05:14:52 +0530 US lawmakers have introduced a legislation in Congress to give unused green cards or permanent legal residency status to thousands of foreign nurses and doctors to meet the urgent needs of the overstretched healthcare sector in the country. The Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act would allow for recapturing green cards that were approved by Congress but unused in past years, allowing thousands of additional medical professionals to serve permanently in the United States. The legislation would send green cards to 25,000 nurses and 15,000 doctors during the COVID-19 pandemic and ensure that places like Iowa have the professionals they need to serve patients for years to come, a media release said. The move is likely to benefit a large number of Indian nurses and doctors, who are either on H-1B or J2 visas. In the House of Representatives, it has been introduced by lawmakers Abby Finkenauer, Brad Schneider, Tom Cole and Don Bacon. The bipartisan Senate companion bill is led by Senators .. Full Article
ng Indian-American grocery store owner in Silicon Valley charged with price gouging By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 06:38:54 +0530 The owner of a popular Indian-American grocery story has been charged with price gouging during the coronavirus pandemic, when the entire state is under stay-at-home orders. Following consumer complaints, an investigation office revealed that Rajvinder Singh, owner of the popular Apna Bazaar in California's Pleasanton, had allegedly increased the prices of grocery items following the emergency declaration by the governor on March 4. Based on evidence provided by customer receipts, the investigation confirmed that the pricing of several food items exceeded the 10-per cent increase allowed during a state of emergency, with some prices being as much as 200 per cent more than what was previously charged, according to a joint statement issued by California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O'Malley. The food items listed in the complaint include yellow onions, ginger, green beans, instant noodles, tea, chili peppers, pomegranates and red yams. "We .. Full Article
ng 3 nurses strangled in Mexico; border mayor gets coronavirus By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 07:28:54 +0530 Three sisters who worked in Mexico's government hospital system were found murdered by strangling, authorities in the northern border state of Coahuila announced on Friday, stirring new alarm in a country where attacks on healthcare workers have occurred across the nation amid the coronavirus outbreak. Two of the sisters were nurses for the Mexican Social Security Institute and the third was a hospital administrator, but there was no immediate evidence the attack was related to their work. The state prosecutor told local media the motive might have been robbery. State police said the bodies were found in a house in the city of Torreon. The Social Security Institute said they were killed on Thursday. The National Union of Social Security Employees called the killings "outrageous and incomprehensible". In other parts of Mexico, nurses have had been hit, kicked off public transport or had cleaning fluids poured on them amid fears they might spread the coronavirus. Mexican health ... Full Article