Why PE Firms Are Investing in NBFCs in India ; Private-Equity Firms, Which...
Private-equity (PE) giant KKR & Co is famous worldwide for its bigticket acquisitions. In India, however, it has followed a different game plan to expand. KKR has lent more than $1 billion since...
View ArticleInsider's Insights ; the Enduring Mystique of the Late Steve Jobs Prompts Yet...
Leading Apple with Steve Jobs: Management Lessons from a Controversial Genius By Jay Elliot Wiley Pages: 175 Price: $22 The race to publish books milking Apple co-founder Steve Jobs's leadership traits...
View ArticleEtcetera ; It Is the Testing of a New Pharmaceutical Drug after It Has Passed...
When Guinea Pigs Squeal The Supreme Court recently asked the Centre for a comprehensive report within eight weeks on all the clinical trials held in the country since January 2005, focusing especially...
View ArticleReview: HP Envy 4 Ultrabook, Philips Fidelio Sound Dock ; Reviews of Android...
Reviews of an Android sound dock and a cheap ultrabook - **BARGAIN PRICE** HP Envy 4 (Price: Rs 41,990) Ultrabooks need to be cheaper to become mainstream. Realising this, HP has introduced the...
View ArticleIndia Inc Grapples with Growing Labour Unrest ; A Large Proportion of the...
armed with iron rods and door beams, the mob spread out in groups in the factory area and targeted supervisors, managers and executives. In simultaneous attacks in different parts of the factory, the...
View ArticleDebt a Bigger Challenge for DLF ; Allegations of Dubious Deals with Companies...
A sombre silence fills the ninth floor of the DLF Centre building on the bustling Sansad Marg in New Delhi. It's clearly not business as usual at the corporate headquarters of India's largest real...
View ArticleIndian Firms Bank on Global Expansion to Cut Risks ; Indian Companies Have...
In 1959, just 12 years after India achieved independence from British rule, industrialist Basant Kumar Birla set up the first major venture by an Indian company in a foreign country - a textile mill in...
View ArticleWhy the Govt Is Keen on Disinvestment ; with Tax Collections Likely to Fall...
On October 8, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram underscored the government's commitment to meeting the target of raising Rs 30,000 crore in 2012/13 through stake sales in state-run companies. "We have...
View Article-Barclays CEO Says Not Afraid of Ring Fencing
Global Banking News-November 6, 2012--Barclays CEO says not afraid of ring fencing(C)2012 ENPublishing - httpwww.enpublishing.co.uk Global Banking News - 06 November 2012 The CEO of Barclays Plc (LSE:...
View ArticleIPO Activity Hits Summer Doldrums in Q3
The months of July and August brought the expected slowdown in Initial Public Offering (IPO) activity in the Gulf Corporation Council (GCC) with lower available trading days and activity on the...
View ArticleFINRA Investigating Rochdale Trades in Apple Shares
NEW YORK (Reuters) - An independent securities regulator is investigating alleged unauthorized trades in Apple Inc. shares at Rochdale Securities LLC that have placed the brokerage in a financially...
View ArticleSerious Escalation of Unrest Could Impact Kuwait Rating, Warns Fitch
Recent popular protests suggest a radicalisation of the political scene in Kuwait, Fitch Ratings says. Kuwait's sovereign external balance sheet is the strongest of all Fitch-rated countries and means...
View ArticleIMF Concludes Staff Mission to Uganda
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team visited Kampala from October 24-November 6, 2012 to carry out discussions with the Ugandan authorities for the fifth review of their IMF-supported economic and...
View ArticleHedge Funds Down, but Outperform S&P
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hedge funds lost money for the first time since May last month, hurt by exposure to the broader stock market, which also sank in October. On average hedge funds fell 0.34 percent...
View ArticleCrucial Greek Vote Breathes Life into Bond Trade
LONDON (Reuters) - The Greek bond market is springing back to life as hedge funds bet on whether parliament approves more budget cuts to unlock vital foreign aid, or rejects them and threatens a...
View ArticleNg Joins Standard Chartered's Oil Products Team
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Veteran middle distillates trader Terrence Ng, who was previously with commodity giant Glencore, has joined British Standard Chartered Bank Plc's oil products team, the company...
View ArticleDED and ESMA Sign MoU to Strengthen Surveillance of Businesses
The Department of Economic Development (DED) in Dubai and the Emirates Authority for Standardisation & Metrology (ESMA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote commercial...
View ArticleInsurance House Posts Nine Month Profit of AED 7.65 Million
After achieving operating break-even in Q1 2012, Insurance House (IH) has registered a net profit of AED 7.65 million for the nine months ended 30 September 2012. Gross Written Premium (GWP) from date...
View ArticleIIRA Upgrades National Scale Ratings of Kuveyt Turk Katilim Bankasi
Islamic International Rating Agency (IIRA) has upgraded ratings of Kuveyt Turk Katilim Bankasi (KTKB) on the national scale from 'A/A-2' (tr) (Single A/ A-Two) to 'A+/A-1' (tr) (Single A Plus/ A-One)....
View Article-Wipro Technologies Targets Emerging Markets for Banking Services IT Systems
Global Banking News-November 6, 2012--Wipro Technologies targets emerging markets for banking services IT systems(C)2012 ENPublishing - httpwww.enpublishing.co.uk Global Banking News - 06 November 2012...
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