Finance

GST on new flats: Everything a buyer needs to know about the concessional rates

New constructions priced below Rs 45 lakh and of less than 60 sqm in the metros and 90 sqm in non-metro areas are eligible for a concessional tax rate of 1%.

May 30, 2019

India removed from US currency monitoring list, China stays

India, along with China, Japan, Germany, Switzerland and South Korea, was placed in the bi-annual currency watch list in October last year.

May 29, 2019

Alibaba plans to raise $20 billion in a blockbuster Hong Kong listing

Alibaba plans to raise $20 billion in Hong Kong listing

Alibaba is considering to raise as much as $20 billion through a secondary listing in Hong Kong, lining up a second blockbuster deal, following its 2014 $25 billion float in New York.

May 28, 2019

Will proposed reforms in gold trade make buying of the yellow metal difficult?

Law changes will make online transaction mandatory for buying more than 5 grams of gold in the spot market; government plans to revamp the gold monetisation scheme (GMS) to make it more people friendly.

May 26, 2019

IL&FS-led crisis drives RBI to push for stress testing NBFCs liquidity quality

New norms seek to ensure that NBFCs will have contingency funding plans for responding to financial disruption

May 26, 2019

Arun Jaitley unlikely to remain finance minister in PM Modi's new term: Sources

The sources said that Jaitley, 66, is unlikely to take up any offer to continue in the top job steering Asia's third-largest economy as his health has deteriorated over the past few months.

May 25, 2019

Embarrassing typo on millions of Australian currency notes leaves Reserve Bank red-faced

The $50 notes were rolled out in October 2018 with a series of new technology to prevent counterfeiting as well as to remain accessible for the visually impaired.

May 9, 2019

Alibaba's AI tool can write thousands of ad copies per second

Why is China's Alibaba looking at investing in smaller Indian companies?

Jack Ma-led giant's shift of strategy to investments in smaller verticals may help it catch up with Chinese rival Tencent

May 8, 2019

Cognizant's focus shift to banking and financial services to affect Indian staff most

70% of US-based IT services company's 281,600 employees are in India; CEO talks of employee pyramid optimisation as revenue growth slows

May 7, 2019

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How will Anil Ambani raise Rs 14,000 crore needed to save Reliance Capital?

Reliance Capital's cash reserves have dwindled and the firm hit by exposure to other floundering entities of the group is trying to raise funds from asset sales.

May 4, 2019

Slowing economy, consumption to blame as centre misses revenue target by 11%

GST, income tax and excise duties collection growth declines amid a slump in fixed investments and exports

May 3, 2019

Bandhan bank to take offer-for-sale route to cut promoter's shareholding to 40%

The bank reported a 67.8% increase in its March quarter net profit as a result of higher net interest and non-interest income.

May 3, 2019

Will Naresh Goyal face criminal charges over financial fraud after Jet crash?

Registrar of companies is examining the airline's books of account to see if promoters diverted funds from floundering Jet and hastened its crash; any criminal investigation could adversely affect the bidding process piloted by the lenders

May 2, 2019

Did Chanda Kochhar mislead RBI on 'ever-greening' of loan to Essar Group?

ICICI Bank under Kochhar denied in September 2014 about having granted an Essar Group company based in Mauritius $365-million loan in June 2014, records show

May 2, 2019