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No trade pact if EU insists on opening up dairy biz: Goyal

Issues like labour, climate change need to be discussed on int'l forums, he says

Lodha Q2 profit up 2x, revenue soars 53%

Real estate developer Macrotech Developers (also known as Lodha Group) has reported a consolidated profit of ₹423.1 crore in the second-quarter of the financial year 2024-2025 (Q2 FY25) as compared to ₹202.8 crore previous year.

Vedanta Resources gets Moody's rating upgrade after fundraise

Moody's Ratings on Friday said it has upgraded the ratings on bonds of Vedanta Resources Ltd (VRL) driven by the company's efforts to access funding.

Bajaj Auto's CNG motorcycle races ahead with record sales

Registrations highest since Freedom 125 was launched in July this year

VC funding up 50% till Sep on high-value deals

883 deals worth $8.3 bn announced

RIL to move Dubai crude oil team back to India by year-end

Reliance Industries, operator of the world's biggest refining complex, is restructuring its trading operations, including moving most of its Dubai crude oil trading team back to Mumbai, two sources said.

JSW Steel net slumps 84% on lower sales realisation

JSW Steel on Friday reported an 84.1 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) decline in consolidated net profit to ₹439 crore for the July-September quarter (Q2FY25) on lower sales realisation due to cheap imports and an exceptional charge.

ElasticRun's FY24 losses nearly halve to ₹359 crore

Business-to-business e-commerce platform ElasticRun saw its net loss for FY24 almost halve to ₹359.6 crore from ₹618.99 crore in FY23. Revenue for FY24 came in at ₹2,434.84 crore, down 48.6 per cent year-on-year against 4,738 crore.

Germany raises visa quota for skilled Indians by 4.5x to 90K

Scholz pushes early EU FTA; Modi says right time to join India growth story

IndiGo swings into red in Q2 over cost blues

Aircraft groundings peaked to 'mid-70s' but situation is easing

Sensex drops below 80,000 amid earnings season gloom

Benchmark indices log longest weekly losing run in 14 mths; turbulence may continue

Boardroom battles to Frank Sinatra, life of Tata 'patriarch'

A fortnight after Ratan Tata passed away, his much awaited biography by Thomas Mathew is out.

DIWALI BONUS: Splurge, but also repay costly debt, replenish emergency fund

With Diwali around the corner, companies have started announcing bonuses. Some have been particularly lavish.

Health insurance for newborns: Why is it needed?

To cover hospitalisation costs: Coverage for any necessary hospital stay.

DEATH OF A DELIVERY AGENT

A murder has brought into focus the risks agents face during cash-on-delivery orders

Intel wins legal battle over $1.1 billion EU fine

Intel Corp won the latest round of an epic legal battle with the European Union over a case that led to a oncerecord antitrust fine of ₹1.06 billion ($1.1 billion).

JSW Energy net flat at ₹853 crore

Private power producer JSW Energy reported flat net profit of 853.25 crore (attributable to the owners of the company) in the quarter ended September, 2024 (Q2FY25).

Digital uptick key for Tata Comm targets

Weak Q2, lower margin expectations may weigh on near-term outlook

'Upgradation trend consistent even in rural'

Unilever is focusing harder on its core pillars in the food business in India and is determined to make it grow, company's Executive Officer Hein Chief Schumacher said.

Listed SME capex growing faster than larger players

The concluding part of the series looks at investment sentiment among listed SME companies

Cut in FY25 estimates may keep SBI Life stock under pressure

SBI Life Insurance reported a weak performance in Q2FY25. The annual premium equivalent or APE grew 3 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) to ₹5,390 crore. For the first half of financial year 2024-2025 (H1FY25), it grew 9 per cent Y-o-Y to ₹9,030 crore.

Indian midcaps, smallcaps outshine global peers in '24

This is despite correction in two domestic segments triggered by valuation concerns and geopolitical developments

Markets slip for 4th day amid FPI outflows

Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty edged lower on Thursday, extending their losing run to the fourth straight day due to selling in FMCG and auto shares on disappointing earnings and unabated foreign portfolio investors (FPI) outflows.

Bear party may continue on D-St, Nifty could fall another 1,000 pts

Technical charts suggest recent fall turned sentiment in favour of bears

As Delhi AQI worsens, experts call for long-term solutions

Air quality index (AQI) soared past 350 level in parts of Delhi on Thursday and experts cautioned that as weather turns colder it may breach the 400-mark ceiling and enter the 'severe' zone soon, notwithstanding the incidents of stubble burnings which have nosedived from 17,529 in 2020 to 4,262 this year.

Luxe labels bask in Diwali glow with limited-edition sparkle

The season of indulgence is here, and global luxury brands are immersing themselves in the festive spirit, seeking to captivate Indian consumers.

Qualified restart

Modi-Xi talks raise opportunities

A scrutiny of contemporary Muslim identity

BOOK REVIEW

Demographic dilemma

Inter-state migration will help

Feet of clay

Okay, true story. Years ago, in 2007, I was bringing out two management magazines for Business Standard. Though I tried to infuse them with a dash of practical realism, the two magazines retained an unhealthy component of theory, rendering my job lugubrious to the point of being mournful.