China ended November with a historic milestone, recording an annual trade surplus of more than $1 trillion for the first time. Official figures released on Monday show that booming exports to markets outside the United States more than compensated for shrinking US demand.The breakthrough came only weeks after Presidents Xi Jinping and Donald Trump negotiated…
When people tell me about their stock market disasters, the story is almost always familiar. It’s rare, “I bought a solid company at a sensible price, held it for years, and it went to zero.” What I usually hear is closer to, “I bought stock based on this story… this penny stock… this F&O trade…
NEW DELHI: InterGlobe Aviation, the parent company of IndiGo, saw its stock plunge over 7% on Monday morning as the airline’s flight cancellations and disruptions extended into a seventh consecutive day. The shares dropped to Rs 4,976.40, down Rs 394.90 (7.35%) as of 11.25am on the BSE amid growing scrutiny from regulators and intensifying passenger…
Domestic flight ticket prices showed some relief on Monday after the government imposed temporary caps, bringing a breather to passengers who were hit by unprecedented fare hikes, after IndiGo’s mass flight disruptions.Airfares had surged to never-seen-before levels on Friday when IndiGo cancelled more than 1,000 flights. A one-way one-stop economy-class SpiceJet Kolkata–Mumbai ticket for December…
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MUMBAI: RBI has granted in-principle approval for Fino Payments Bank to convert into a small finance bank, allowing it to enter lending, widen its product suite and build a stronger liability franchise while continuing current operations until final clearance. It is the RBI’s first such approval for any payments bank. Fino said it is reworking…
US President Donald Trump on Sunday raised concerns about the recent Hollywood deal that shook up the media landscape, Netflix acquisition of Warner Bros. The US president, speaking to the media while arriving for the Kennedy Center Honors awards ceremony on Sunday, said that the proposed multi-billion-dollar acquisition raised concerns about market dominance. The streaming…
MUMBAI: Bajaj Finance has said that its voice bots will disburse Rs 5,300 crore of loans in FY26 – its first full year of operations. This channel will be completely taken over by AI agents as part of its 2026-30 long-range strategy which has AI as the backbone of its growth plans that links targets…
NEW DELHI: The online money gaming industry may be crippled after the govt’s ban on their operations, but Korean esports major Krafton — the maker of the popular Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) game — is doubling down on India. The company is lining up investments of around $200 million (around Rs 1,800 crore) for the…
Last week, half of the ten most valued companies managed to expand their market capitalisation. Together, five firms added Rs 72,284.74 crore in value, with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Infosys accounting for the bulk of the gains. Over the same period, the BSE benchmark closed with a narrow rise of just 5.7 points, while…
