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Modi Wants Indian Railways to be Better Than Airports, Calls for Private Sector Role

This comes as an indication of the Modi government's willingness to increase private investment in the Railways just a few days ahead of the presentation of the Railway Budget.

Jul 4, 2014

Creating Dynamic Financial Ecosystems for the Poor

Many topics will be discussed at the forthcoming Asia Microfinance Forum 2014 (AMF), to be held in Shanghai, China from 5-7 August, 2014.

Jul 4, 2014

India Sixth Largest Market of Coca-Cola, Targets to be Top 5 by 2020

Coca-Cola India has moved from its 19th position globally in 2006 to sixth position by volume sales at present.

Jul 4, 2014

Rupee Gains 0.1% in Early Hours but Falls to Thursday's Closing Later

The Indian currency gained 9 paise during early trade at 59.64 per dollar, but it regained its Thursday's closing price of around 59.73 a dollar at 10:30 am on Friday.

Jul 4, 2014

'India is Facebook's Second Largest Market' Says COO Sheryl Sandberg

While the social networking giant has been dogged by numerous privacy concerns, Facebook believes that it has always prioritized the privacy of users.

Jul 4, 2014

Rupee Weakens, Shares Fall after Touching Record High amid BSE Network Outage

The Indian markets settled lower on Thursday after opening on a record high.

Jul 3, 2014

BSE CEO on Bombay Stock Exchange halting trading due to network outage

Mumbai, July 3 (ANI): Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) halted trading on Thursday morning across all of its markets, including shares, currencies and indexes due to a network outage. Speaking on the cause of the outage, its CEO and MD, Ashish Kumar Chauhan said that its technology partners are in the process of analyzing the root cause of the glitch.

Jul 3, 2014

Union Budget 2014: Know Your Facts

The newly elected Narendra Modi government is set to present its first Budget on 10 July, three days after the Budget session begins in Parliament.

Jul 3, 2014

Sensex Surges, Nifty Declines as BSE Resumes Trading after Halt

While the index was recorded 25844.83 points at 1:07 pm, which surged by 3.62 points and 0.01 percent after resumption, it plunged by 3.30 points at 25837.91 points at 1:10 pm. Nifty too fell by 7.20 points at 7717.95 points.

Jul 3, 2014

Bombay Stock Exchange halts trading due to network outage

Mumbai, July 3 (ANI): Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) halted trading on Thursday morning across all of its markets, including shares, currencies and indexes due to a network outage. Reportedly, all orders placed before the network outage would be cancelled. The exchange operator network service vendor HCL Technologies Ltd was working to resolve the issue. Stock Market Expert, Sunil Shah, said that the authorities are addressing the problem and have assured that trading will start soon.

Jul 3, 2014

BSE closes points 324.86 up on July 2

New Delhi, July 02 (ANI): Trading at the Bombay Stock Exchange today closed 324.86 points up to stand at 25,841.21. At the National Stock Exchange the Nifty closed 90.45 points up to stand at 7,725.15. Adani Ports and Castrol India were among the top gainers of Group A with an increase of 10.65% and 9.18% along with TTK Prestige and MCX with an increase of 8.59% and 7.85% respectively, while the top losers of Group A include Gujarat State Petronet Ltd. and GMR Infra with a decrease of 3.83% and 2.90% along with Berger Paints and ING Vysya Bank with a decrease of 2.68% and 1.84% at the close of the markets. The Auto sector is up 216.78 points at 15,955.31 while the banking sector is up 185.92 points at 17,744.63 and the realty sector is up 8.20 points at 2,106.77. The Indian currency is up 0.70% at Rs 59.65 per dollar.

Jul 2, 2014

Flipkart Co-founder to Spend a Day on Doorstep Delivery

Sachin Bansal, Flipkart co-founder and CEO, will spend a day delivering products to customers, encouraging other senior executives as well.

Jul 2, 2014

Arun Jaitley Lists Out Economic Problems; Promises Solutions ahead of Union Budget

Jaitley said that the government would focus on fiscal prudence over "mindless populism" for the Union Budget.

Jul 2, 2014

Rupee Gains, Market Records High on Finance Minister's Optimism

The Indian stock market on Wednesday opened on bullish note, following Finance Minister Arun Jaitley inaugurated digital banks across the nation on Tuesday. The stocks of banking sector plunged higher, but BSE Information Technology stocks declined during trading hours.

Jul 2, 2014