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Investors want paper ballots in Franklin MF voting, overseen by ex-CECs

Investor association seeks changes in Franklin Templeton voting process

Weekly economic indicators: Delhi emissions slip, Mumbai traffic improves

Workplace visits are rising again

Recovery tracker: Signs of uptick as power, rail freight pick up steam

Power generation was up four per cent on average on year-on-year basis during the week ended December 7, indicating a rise in energy demand from the commercial and household sector

Retail, recreation visits show spike in key states during Diwali week

Key states including Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Bihar saw between a 4-8 percentage point return to normalcy amid the festival season

Realty sales at pre-Covid levels on the back of stamp duty cut: Crisil

More business shifts to key developers amid pandemic chaos

T Rowe Price signs agreement to acquire majority stake in UTI Trustee

The deal will give it over 51 per cent stake in the trustee even as the stake of three public sector shareholders will fall to under 10 per cent in UTI Trustee Company

Reforms create room for higher foreign allocation to India: Morgan Stanley

Equity strategist says improved hopes on growth may be an opportunity for those who had pared their India bets in recent years

PMS players face power of attorney worries amid Covid-19 pandemic

Getting signatures on physical documents a concern amid Covid-19 pandemic

Indians raise bets on American stocks ahead of US Presidential elections

Increased interest because of expected short-term volatility, say brokerages

Recovery tracker: Power puts a bright spot on otherwise lacklustre revival

Goods carried by train and workplace visits were among the high-frequency indicators that gave up some gains for the latest week

Three policy interventions could add billions of dollars to GDP: McKinsey

They could help key manufacturing value chains more than double their GDP contribution to $500 billion over the next seven years, says Oct 30 note

Corporate spending patterns may change as pandemic chaos hits CSR hard

Talks with key executives in listed firms reveal diversion from existing plans such as supporting cancer hospitals, towards giving all the money under their budget to help deal with pandemic

Share of paperless mutual fund transactions declines as economy unlocks

Physical transactions made a come back in September as offline options became viable again

Apprentice hiring: Over a third of firms are gender neutral, open to LGBTQ

Covid-19 pandemic impacts hiring, with more resilient sectors reporting strong sentiment even as others appear to have reduced appointments

SAT clearing more cases now than before Covid-19 pandemic, shows data

August and September each saw over 80 appeals to the SAT

Hiring activity starts picking up as unlocking continues: Naukri JobSpeak

The Naukri JobSpeak Index was up 24 per cent compared to the previous month, according to a statement from the web-based job portal

Broker defaults near 20-year high amid slowing economy hit by Covid-19

The total number of such defaults between September 2019 and September 2020 is almost higher than the sum of the previous 10 years' defaults on the BSE

Security lax in card purchases amid pandemic nudge towards digital payments

Study says only 27.9% of global organisations were able to maintain full compliance with Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard. This is a 27.5 percentage point drop over 2016

HNIs tap new ways to protect debt investments amid record fund raising

Many are looking at covenants previously available only to institutions, such as first loss default guarantees. Covered bonds also gaining in popularity

Statsguru: From socialising to learning, how the unemployed spend time

Among other things, the unemployed spend significantly more time educating themselves than the employed, shows the data