The Middle East crisis impact has continued to spill across global oil supply chains, once again pushing crude prices beyond the $100 mark. Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, rose slightly after moving past $100 a barrel on Thursday (local time), gaining 0.20% to trade at $100.66 by 0020 GMT. Meanwhile, US benchmark West Texas…
National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) has selected 20 bankers for its long-awaited initial public offering, the exchange said in a statement.The selected bankers include Kotak Mahindra Capital, JM Financial and Axis Capital, as well as the Indian units of Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase & Co and HSBC Holdings. Eight law firms have also…
In her recent book ‘Having It All’ gender economist and associate professor of business economics and public policy at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Corinne Low talks about how women are caught in a ‘squeeze’ and what they must do to escape it.What made you write this book?I was caught in “the squeeze”- that…
MUMBAI: A technical tweak in the way banks report fortnightly balance-sheet data may swell India’s credit numbers by more than Rs 2 lakh crore this year and lift measured loan growth by over a percentage point. The change concerns the date on which banks report credit and deposit figures to the RBI, a schedule that…
NEW DELHI: Retail inflation inched up by 47 basis points in Feb, largely led by an increase in food & beverages and personal care & effects inflation. The West Asia conflict is likely to add further pressure.Data released by the National Statistics Office (NSO) on Thursday showed retail inflation, as measured by the consumer price…
BENGALURU: With the West Asia crisis escalating and recent Iranian strikes targeting the UAE, several IT companies and global capability centres (GCCs) have activated their business continuity plans (BCPs), introducing measures such as work-from-home, travel advisories and temporary office closures.Amid rising geopolitical uncertainty, many tech firms and GCCs are increasingly relying on India as a…
NEW DELHI: ED on Wednesday attached 31 land assets worth more than Rs 582 crore associated with Anil Ambani and his Reliance Home Finance Limited and Reliance Commercial Finance Limited.These properties are located across 13 states and the attachments are the result of searches on Reliance Power on March 6. The total attachment against Ambani…
NEW DELHI: Kerosene oil, which has made a comeback for household use across several states and UTs, will be primarily made available through ration shops and, in some cases, from retail outlets of public sector oil marketing companies for cooking and lighting purposes. The Centre on Thursday allocated 48,000 kilolitres (kl) of additional kerosene to…
MUMBAI: Vinay Tonse, former managing director at State Bank of India, will take over as chief executive officer of Yes Bank after incumbent Prashant Kumar completes his term on Apr 6, following a change in the bank’s shareholding after Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation acquired a 20% stake and became its largest shareholder.Tonse spent over 35…
India’s benchmark equity indices ended sharply lower on Thursday, weighed down by a surge in crude oil prices amid escalating tensions in West Asia. The BSE Sensex fell 829.29 points, or 1.08 per cent, to close at 76,034.42, while the Nifty 50 declined 227.70 points, or 0.95 per cent, to settle at 23,639.15. Analysts said…
