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Metro AG: In deal season, German cash & carry chain feels the heat in India

The low-profile German cash & carry chain is suddenly finding itself at the centre of controversy as negotiations for the sale of its India business get underway

Flipkart and the startup longevity challenge

Flipkart, which is rarely listed as a startup or unicorn now, has also had to delay its IPO

Food for thought on entrepreneurship

Later in the book, Raghunandan G, founder of TaxiForSure, makes a similar point on leadership

Will Amazon be able to overcome challenges to its expansion plans in India?

A tougher global e-commerce environment and repeated policy and regulation problems are raising questions about the company's India expansion plans

5G use case is up in the air; Rs 25k cr enough for now: Voda Idea MD & CEO

'What's important is to create a quality service and a great experience while giving returns to shareholders', he said

Cashing out of Asia

The German group has been completely focused on its European operations at a time when there have been quite a few setbacks

RIL, Adani in three-horse race to strike a deal with Germany's Metro AG

In talks to buy a partial or full stake in German retailer's India unit

Signals of change

From the industry's perspective, the average revenue per user (ARPU) per month has been dropping annually, though things have been different after telcos raised tariffs

Testing the tenacity of multinationals

Exiting from India is mostly part of the global strategy of the marquee firms to put their energies into more lucrative projects and deal with easier markets

CBRE's Anshuman Magazine on real estate's future

In an interview with Business Standard's Nivedita Mookerji, Anshuman Magazine of CBRE South Asia shares why he sees robust growth for the sector which was hit hard by the pandemic

Can BBNL-BSNL merger be a game-changer for rural broadband connectivity?

The jury is out on whether the merger of two state-owned telecom companies can help step up rural broadband connectivity

Due diligence may delay Future deal; stakeholders to seek more time from SC

Sources also said the takeover of Future stores by RIL scuttles Future Group lenders' options to recover their Rs 17,000-crore ($2.2 billion) debt

Air India's CEO choice leaves many questions

How actively did the aviation experts in the Tata group - which already had two airlines - participate in the selection process of the Air India chief?

Pandemic news, then and now

While the deadly flu was first detected in India sometime in June 1918, it was only in October that year that the sanitary commissioner issued a formal notification declaring a pandemic

The pandemic risk in IPOs

Covid is mentioned 78 times in the IPO document of FSN E-Commerce Ventures Ltd, which runs online beauty store Nykaa

Short-lived glory for SMS

At its peak, the SMS service could make up for as much as 10 per cent of a telco's total revenues, now it's negligible in the overall share

Vodafone Idea to remain as third private telco, not turning into a PSU: CEO

In a Q&A, Ravinder Takkar also says funding can come from new investors, existing promoters or a mix of both

A telco's call to action

'In a do-or-die effort, Mr Mittal's target is an ARPU of at least Rs 200 by the end of this financial year', says the author

Where is NCDC? It should have been better utilised amid Covid, say experts

National Centre for Disease Cont­rol has expertise in disease surveillance and prevention, and collaborates with global agencies

FM Nirmala Sitharaman says macroeconomic fundamentals are sound

The finance ministry's assessment of the impact of the second wave on the economy will take a bit longer considering the timings and uncertainties, she said