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Year 2022 saw record levels of mergers and acquisitions in India. Companies tried to consolidate positions and enter new segments, leading to some mega transactions in banking, cement and aviation....

Property prices may be rising in India but that has not deterred home buyers in any way. Even amidst the higher home loan rates, year 2022 saw housing sales in...

Advent International, the global private equity giant, will buy 50.1% stake in Suven Pharma for Rs6,313 crore. Post the deal the promoter Jasti family will just hold 9.9% in Suven...

The market valuation of the ten most valuable companies on the NSE fell Rs168,552 crore in the week ended 23rds December. In a week when the Nifty fell 2.4%, Reliance...

US third quarter GDP growth came at 3.2% as per the third and final revised estimate for GDP growth put out by the US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). The...

In the minutes of the MPC published on 21st December, the RBI governor was categorical that there was no question of pausing on rate hikes. According to Das, the outlook...

Fitch Ratings affirmed India's long-term foreign currency rating at "BBB-", which is the lowest grade above default grade. However, Fitch has maintained its positive outlook on India. Fitch has highlighted...

Over the last 4 years, the global defence procurement has gone up sharply, even as defence exports have also gone up, albeit on a much smaller base. For instance, between...

Advance tax collections for the FY23 period to mid-December is up 12.8% yoy at Rs5.21 trillion. This is the combined figure for personal and corporate taxes. Corporate advance tax accounts...

It was a sort of Black Thursday for the stock markets as the Sensex fell by 879 points and the NSE cracked by 245 points in a single day. The...

The Centre plans to sell 5% stake in IRCTC through an offer for sale (OFS) on the bourse. The company had been one of the few PSU multi-baggers post listing....

With the US trying hard to slow the technological advances in China, the latter is working out a $143 billion package for the semiconductor industry. It is a major step...

Retail CPI inflation for November 2022 turned in sharply lower at 5.88%, backed by a sharp fall in food inflation. However, core inflation showed a minor bounced from 5.9% to...

In a surprising move, government sought special parliamentary approval for net additional spending of Rs326,000 crore ($40 billion) in FY23. This was necessitated by higher war spending, higher fertilizer and...

PhonePe, the digital payment brand owned by Wal-Mart Inc, plans to raise $1 billion from General Atlantic and other existing investors like Tiger Global, Qatar Investment Authority and Microsoft. The...