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2019 Range Rover Sport (2.0 Litre) Review: Too Small, Sporty or a Compromise?

In this review, we try to find out if the new 2.0-litre petrol engine plonked under the hood of the Range Rover Sport takes downsizing a bit too far for a heavy 'SUV' and if this is worthy of carrying the 'Sport' tag.




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2019 TVS Apache RR 310 Road Test Review – Racetrack material goes sports touring!

TVS' fantastic-looking flagship - the Apache RR 310 has got an important update for 2019 that should keep a lot of customers happy! Here, in this comprehensive review, we tell you how the new version is to ride and what all has changed, for the good or bad!




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2020 Jaguar XE petrol review: Sporty and comfortable in a compact package

The new Jaguar XE has looks to kill for and at the same time has enough poke to tackle city as well as highway duties.




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Ikea's Greene-Sykes on Authenticity and Female Empowerment in Business

In Focus: Marketing Hall of Femme honoree Leontyne Greene-Sykes, Ikea U.S.'s former chief marketer, discusses keys to success for female marketers, and misconceptions about marketing.




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Why Pokemon Go is a Social Network in Disguise

It's possible that we're looking at the genesis of the first AR social media platform.




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HUL share price slips over 5%; analysts say ‘buy’ post Q4 results, check new target prices

The market share of HUL was up by 50bp in 4QFY20 with 80 per cent of portfolio gaining share in the March quarter, a clear indication of resilient performance in an extraordinarily difficult quarter




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3 utility stocks with potential to jump as much as 78% to help investors dodge Covid-19 power shock

With the majority of the population asked to stay indoor, power demand across the country tanked over 8% in March and was expected to fall another 32% in April.




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Nifty Bank drops 950 points from day’s high; check what led to last hour sell-off on Dalal Street

Nifty is approaching its support zone of 9100-9000 levels, however, any violation of this will cause further weakness towards 8800 levels




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Wary of stock market investments? History shows investors could pocket healthy gains in coming months

The March mayhem that saw domestic benchmark indices tank 24% in not behind investors despite a decent recovery in the month of April. However, the coming few months could be crucial for investors.




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Sensex, Nifty crash may be an opportunity to buy; markets doubled after 2008 global financial crisis

If history is any guide, adversity offers maximum value. The global financial crisis in 2008 culminated in the index being up nearly 100% in 2009.




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Mutual fund distributors body wants RBI to buy troubled portfolios from fund houses, pay investors

In the wake of Franklin Templeton wounding up six of its debt mutual fund schemes, India’s largest mutual fund distributors body has urged the Reserve Bank of India to set up a SPV to buy portfolios from troubled fund houses and pay off investors.




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Spectrum dues: No corporate guarantee, need bank guarantee, DoT to Voda-Idea

The department of telecommunications (DoT) is understood to have turned down the offer of Vodafone Idea to furnish a corporate guarantee instead of a bank guarantee to cover its deferred spectrum installment for the current fiscal.




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Why small cardamom exports to Saudi Arabia likely to rise this Ramadan season

Small cardamom exports to Saudi Arabia are likely to increase during the current Ramadan season with the Saudi authorities agreeing to accept the globally accepted Codex Food Standards of the United Nations.




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Cotton Corporation purchases record 7.5L bales from Gujarat growers

According to an official source, CCI had purchased more than 13 lakh bales in 2008 as that year too, cotton prices had nosedived due to the global recession.




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Ind-Ra places Shriram Transport Finance on Rating Watch Negative

India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) on Monday placed Shriram Transport Finance Company’s long-term issuer rating of ‘IND AA+’ on Rating Watch Negative (RWN).




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Resumption blues post COVID-19 lockdown: Factories grapple with shortage of workers, supply chain hurdles

Hobbled by a shortage of workers, companies are finding it hard to resume operations at an optimal scale and with migrants moving back home, it could be a while before factories hum with activity.




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Edible oil imports down 34% in April due to logistics issues during lockdown

The edible oils import declined by 34% to 7,90,377 tonne during April, mainly due to logistics related issues during the lockdown, industry body Solvent Extractors Association of India (SEA) said on Wednesday.




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New benchmark bonds likely to see coupon below 6%, say experts

A Barclays report estimates that the central government’s revenue benefit from the additional hikes in fuel taxes could be as much as Rs 1.4 lakh crore on an annual basis.




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Onion auctions come to a halt at Lasalgaon as 3 test positive with COVID-19

Suvarna Jagtap, chairperson, Lasalgaon Agriculture Produce Market Committee (APMC), told FE that three cases of coronavirus were reported at Lasalgaon at a distance of 3 km from the main market yard.




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Cyberattacks get a new dimension: Political and economic intentions of cybercriminals

Threat trends show political and economic intentions of cybercriminals.




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Power, coal, renewable energy exempted from lockdown

The daily power demand in the country has fallen by a sharp 21% since March 16 with electricity requirement on March 25 being only 2,777 million units (MU), as most parts of the country is under shutdown.




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Moratorium on power charges: After Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh to give relief to industrial consumers

The ongoing lockdown is seen to take a toll on the finances of the state-run discoms which are finding it difficult to continue meter reading exercises and collect payments from consumers. To make matters worse for discoms, their revenues are seen to decrease on account of lower usage by high paying consumers such as the railways, industrial and commercial users.




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Icra highlights exports uncertainty in Basmati business due to Covid-19

Going forward, price trends would be a function of demand. Both domestic and exports demand will be key determining factors affecting price trends.




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Airtel tops the chart on download speed: Opensignal report

Airtel emerged on the top in terms of latency experience with an average response time of 54.1 milliseconds, followed by Jio at 56.3 ms.




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Onsitego: Financial support matters too

This startup has launched a fund to support service partners affected by Covid-19.




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Restaurants’ body launches scheme to support members, their employees

The virtual cash can be used within six months from the purchase date, with limitless purchases and no minimum expenditure amount, blackout dates or redemption conditions.




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Relief for celebrities, guidelines to check veracity of ad claims now possible; Srinivasan Swamy, Chairman, ASCI explains how

Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) recently announced a set of guidelines that will help celebrities to perform due diligence on a product or brand they wish to endorse.




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S Chand aims to raise Rs 728 crore from IPO

Leading textbook publisher S Chand has priced its initial public offering (IPO) in a price band of Rs 660 to Rs 670 per equity share.




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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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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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Government to oppose RBI’s new cash tool plan

The Reserve Bank of India's proposal to introduce a new liquidity tool to help manage a banking system flooded with surplus cash is facing opposition from the government.




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CDSL IPO subscribed 2.09 times on Day 1

The initial public offering of Central Depository Services (CDSL) was subscribed by 2.09 times on Monday, the first day of its offering with investors bidding for 5.19 crore shares against 2.48 crore shares reserved.




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Eris Lifesciences IPO subscribed 0.75 times

The initial public offering (IPO) of Eris Lifesciences was subscribed 0.75 times on Monday with investors bidding for 1.20 crore shares of the 1.59 crore shares on offer. The qualified institutional buyers bid 70.23 lakh shares against the 86.17 lakh shares reserved for them.




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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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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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Development of engineering exports segment dampening actual steel use

On a similar note, India is trying hard to develop indigenous capacity (Make in India) for machineries and equipment required for, say, new steel capacity augmentation. Otherwise, the large scale of imports of capital goods in the form of machines and equipment for steel plants would have to continue by spending huge foreign exchange and make India import dependent.




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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 imports: Opportunity for India as sanctions-hit Venezuela seeks to double exports

Caracas, which buys medicines and other products from India, is looking for alternative payment methods after the United States imposed stringent sanctions on Venezuela’s state oil firm PDVSA in a bid to push out President Nicolas Maduro.




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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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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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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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Cashew exporters concerned over surge in fraudulent imports of kernel

India produces 6-7 million tonne raw cashew per annum, and was till recently the leading supplier of kernels to the global markets.




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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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Corporate bond issuances via private placements rise 76%

The total corporate bond issuance in FY19 was Rs 6.1 lakh crore, just slightly higher than `6 lakh crore mopped up in FY18.




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Weak exports, uncompetitive prices to hit cotton spinners, says report

With India exporting roughly one-third of its cotton yarn production every year, trends in export demand play a crucial role in determining the overall performance of the domestic spinning sector. 




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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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Rains put price pressure on Kerala’s banana, veggie exports

Banana accounts for as much as 60-65% of the green exports from Kerala and the rest are vegetables. Of the banana varieties, nenthran plantain leads the food preferences of Kerala’s 20 lakh diaspora families fanning out in the GCC countries.




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Easy loans: Banks to sanction retail loans through portal

Industry members claim that the turnaround time after loan sanctions through the portal has been long. In a meeting with finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman earlier this month, an industry association raised a complaint to this effect.