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PVR To Invest Rs 150 Crore To Add 30-40 Screens Next Fiscal
Multiplex major PVR Ltd. plans to invest Rs 150 crore to open up to 40 screens across the country in…
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Young Women Investors More Likely To Opt For High-Risk, High-Return Assets, Says Survey
Young women investors in the age group of 18-25 years are three times more likely to choose a high-risk, high-return…
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Parliament To Reconvene From Monday To Continue Budget Session
The month-long second part of the Budget session of Parliament begins on Monday in the middle of a high octane…
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Power Demand Recovering, But Supply Additions Strong, Led By Renewables: Motilal Oswal
BQ Blue’s special research section collates quality and in-depth equity and economy research reports from across India’s top brokerages, asset…
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Mines Ministry Seeks Provision To Auction Mineral Blocks In Certain Cases
The Mines Ministry has proposed a clause to enable the central government to auction mineral blocks in case the states…
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Thinkpad: Where Goes The Rupee…
Happy Sunday. It was a slow news week. Not that we are complaining. It gave us time to catch up…
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U.S. Cases Ease Further With Stimulus on the Way: Virus Update
U.S. Covid-19 cases increased by about 65,000 Friday, in a week in which new infections declined by 12%. Many states…
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The Mutual Fund Show: What You Need To Know About Motilal Oswal, Edelweiss AMC’s New Passive Fund Offers
While the debate over whether investors should buy and sell stocks directly to beat benchmarks or are they better off…
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U.S. Vaccinated Half Its Seniors. The Next Half Will Be Harder
(Bloomberg) — More than half of Americans 65 years old and over have gotten a Covid-19 vaccination, but lingering hesitancy…
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Muni Bonds Prove a Refuge for Investors Hiding From Rising Rates
(Bloomberg) — For now at least, America’s state and local government bonds are a refuge from the losses piling up…
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Empowering India With Next-Generation Financial Infrastructure
FINANCIAL INCLUSION The ‘National Strategy for Financial Inclusion for India 2019-2024’ (1) document released by RBI speaks volumes about the…
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Biden Stimulus Faces Lengthy Final Gantlet of Senate Votes
(Bloomberg) — Senate Democrats face a gauntlet of Republican attempts to rein in President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus package…
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World’s Worst Covid Crisis Is Unfolding in Brazil, Where No Fix Seems to Work
(Bloomberg) — More than a year after a spiked virus launched a murderous campaign across the globe, most countries have…
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Jalapeño Popper Chicken Is More Interesting Than Any Old Sandwich
(Bloomberg) — Editor’s Note: As more people are working from home, Bloomberg Pursuits is running a weekly Lunch Break column…
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Lenders Agree To JSW Steel’s Terms For Buying Bhushan Power & Steel
Lenders to Bhushan Power & Steel Ltd. have agreed to terms set by JSW Steel Ltd. for purchasing the assets…
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Top Idea Picks For March: KRChoksey
BQ Blue’s special research section collates quality and in-depth equity and economy research reports from across India’s top brokerages, asset…
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Reliance To Cover Covid-19 Vaccination Costs For Employees, Families
Billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Ltd. will bear the cost of vaccinating its employees and their immediate family, totaling an…
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Biden Stimulus Faces Lengthy Final Gauntlet of Senate Votes
(Bloomberg) — Senate Democrats face a gauntlet of Republican attempts to rein in President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus package…
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Luokung Sues To Get Off Trump Blacklist of Chinese Companies
(Bloomberg) — Luokung Technology Corp. asked a U.S. court to reverse its last-minute inclusion by the Trump administration on a…
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True To His Name; Thierry Closes Wipro’s Largest Acquisition: Dolat Capital
BQ Blue’s special research section collates quality and in-depth equity and economy research reports from across India’s top brokerages, asset…
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CCL Products – Vietnam To Drive Growth In The Medium Term: Nirmal Bang
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Tokyo Extends Emergency; Australia Doses Blocked: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — Japan recommended extending its virus state of emergency by two weeks for the Tokyo region set to expire…
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Sectors That Saw Foreign Inflows And Outflows In February
Overseas investors remained net buyers in Indian equities for the fifth straight month, helping benchmark indices scale new records after…
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Markets Live: SGX Nifty Indicates Losses; Wipro, Heranba, IRCTC In Focus
Good Morning! Indian equities snapped a three-day winning streak on Thursday on account of expiry related volatility and weak global…
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I Wrote a Book on Chinese History. It Was Stolen By Pirates on Alibaba
(Bloomberg Opinion) — I’m a victim of Chinese pirates. Not the seafaring cutthroats with parrots on their shoulders. The treasure…
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Passenger Car Registrations Beat Pre-Covid Level For Fourth Straight Month
Sale of passenger cars at dealerships stayed above the pre-pandemic March level for the fourth straight month even as overall…
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Hiring Activities Rose In February, Shows Naukri JobSpeak Index
Digitisation and automation drove record sequential growth of 22% in all hiring activities in February, according to a report. Hiring…
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TWo Airline Titans Weigh In on the Future of Flight
(Bloomberg Opinion) — One year into the Covid-19 pandemic and a few months into the vaccine rollout, demand for air…
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Franklin Templeton, Insider Trades And A Missing Link In Mutual Fund Regulation
To be sure, SEBI’s prevention of insider trading regulations do not cover mutual fund units. But trustees, asset management companies,…
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Capgemini To Cover Vaccination Cost For India Employees, Their Dependents
French information technology major Capgemini on Thursday said it will cover the cost of the Covid-19 vaccination for all eligible…
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China Lawmakers Get Shots; Rugby Sevens Return: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — An experimental vaccine developed by India’s Bharat Biotech International Ltd. showed 81% efficacy in an interim clinical trial.…
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As Biggies Rush To Apply For An NUE, Where’s The ‘Ah Ha!’ Idea?
The Reserve Bank of India’s invitation to set up a new umbrella entity for retail payments has drawn in a…
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Consumers Saved $2.9 Trillion During the Pandemic. Their Money Will Drive the Global Recovery
(Bloomberg) — Consumers in the world’s largest economies amassed $2.9 trillion in extra savings during Covid-related lockdowns, a vast cash…
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Sterlite Tech Says Optical Fibre Price Correction Won’t Impact Growth
Sterlite Technologies Ltd., one of the biggest providers of optical fibre cable to telecom and broadband operators in India, is…
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How Operators Stack Up After Telecom Spectrum Auction
India received bids for Rs 77,815 crore worth of spectrum as telecom operators strengthened 4G capacity and focussed on 5G…
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Huhtamaki India – Pandemic Led Disruptions Hit Performance: ICICI Direct
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Gujarat State Petronet’s Concerns Ease As Parent’s Debt Declines: Motilal Oswal
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Billionaire Lemann Is Stepping Down From Kraft Heinz’s Board
(Bloomberg) — Jorge Paulo Lemann is leaving the board of Kraft Heinz Co., the giant consumer company he helped put…
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Indian Vaccine Effective; Record Deaths in Brazil: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — An experimental vaccine developed by India’s Bharat Biotech International Ltd. showed 81% efficacy in an interim clinical trial.…
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Junk Bonds Prove to Be a Shelter From the Rates Storm
(Bloomberg Opinion) — The junk-bond market has never offered such low yields. And yet, it might just be the best…
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House Set to Pass Elections Overhaul, But Senate Action Unlikely
(Bloomberg) — House lawmakers are slated to pass a landmark bill Wednesday that would overhaul nearly every aspect of U.S.…
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Now Could Be Buffett’s Moment to Lend America a Hand
(Bloomberg Opinion) — From a new presidential slogan of “Build Back Better” to an economy strained by supply chain problems…
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JPMorgan Adds Goldman Dealmaker to Strategic Investors Team
(Bloomberg) — JPMorgan Chase & Co. is hiring Haidee Lee from Goldman Sachs Group Inc. as head of mergers and…
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Regional Bank M&A Won’t Easily Fix the Tech Gap
(Bloomberg Opinion) — Regional U.S. banks are having something of a moment. After M&T Bank Corp. agreed last week to buy…
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Construction And Infra Sector Update – February 2020: Dolat Capital
BQ Blue’s special research section collates quality and in-depth equity and economy research reports from across India’s top brokerages, asset…
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MTAR Technologies IPO Note: Motilal Oswal
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Sensex, Nifty Recover All Of Friday’s Drop; Record High For Midcap Index
Indian equities recovered all of Friday’s biggest single-day drop in nine months with gains over the last three trading sessions.…
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Telecom Spectrum Auction Update – Prudent Investment By Bharti Airtel: ICICI Securities
BQ Blue’s special research section collates quality and in-depth equity and economy research reports from across India’s top brokerages, asset…
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How India’s EV Push Has Not Gone As Planned For Two-Wheelers
While experts ascribe the poor policy performance to many reasons, the primary one seems to be a short-term approach. The…
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Luxury Home Rents Rise Faster Than Prices In Last Seven Years, Yields Still Low, Says Anarock
The luxury residential market, however, now appears to have recovered with demand for homes on rent is now almost back…
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