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Hotel tariffs lag the demand boom: Getting clients to pay more a challenge

Occupancy has grown after a long hiatus, yet hoteliers are struggling to raise rates

The Strategist Quiz (# 570)

The Strategist Quiz (# 570)

Newsmaker: N Gopalaswami justifies his stance on Jio University

The former home secretary is known to be a stickler for rules and justifies his unexpected recommendation on Jio University on those grounds

AC firms take the sweat out of govt's prescribed temperature control

Many AC brands are prepared for the future with default temperature that is higher than what the govt has prescribed

Amazon Prime Day works for gadgets. Can it sell cereal and cod?

Amazon's fourth annual Prime Day - 36 hours of sales beginning July 16 - will be its first since closing the $13.7 billion purchase of Whole Foods Market

India's sugar rush ends in global pain

The prospects of India emerging as a major exporter that will cut into Brazil's share of global trade have enraged the Global Sugar Alliance

IDBI Bank: Chequered past, troubled present and a stake sale at major risk

The financial institution that became a bank has a history that would have made it awkward for the government to sell stake to a non-government entity

PE/VC investments up by 46% in first half of 2018, cross $15 bn in value

The first six months of 2018 recorded 22 buyouts aggregating $4.9 bn, surpassing values recorded in any of the previous years

Your raise is now based on next year's performance

Employers are trying to predict how well employees will do in the future

Meet Anil Baijal, the man who tranquilly carried on work even as AAP fumed

In appointing Baijal LG of Delhi, the Centre thought it had in place an assertive manager who would do the its bidding

Newsmaker: Sunil Mehta has a tough task ahead on Stressed Asset Resolution

After submitting a five-point plan to fight toxic assets, Mehta's job has only just begun

Temasek invests $50 million in TPG Growth's Asia healthcare platform

TPG Growth is the middle market and growth equity investment platform of global alternative asset firm TPG

A Snapshot of PE activity & deals

There were 13 deals worth $527.14 million

CPPIB pips Shapoorji-Allianz, InterGlobe for Hyderabad business park

CPPIB has been stepping up presence in Indian real estate in the past couple of years

Tokyo unveils world's 1st digital psychedelic art museum without guide maps

Without all the lights, the museum space would be a bunch of empty halls with black walls and carpeted floors

Whirlpool finds ingredients for growth in the kitchen

The acquisition for kitchen appliances maker Elica India is part of its strategy to achieve its $1 billion revenue target by 2020

General Motors puts pieces in place for robo-taxis in San Francisco

Cruise unit said to prep ride-hailing system in San Francisco

Ban on plastic: The devil is not in the use, but in the lack of recycling

As more states move to ban plastic, FMCG companies and environmentalists see the value in repurposing and reusing plastic

Universal exchanges: Welcomed by brokers, but fraught with challenges

Sebi's move to merge equity and commodity trading businesses has been broadly welcomed by brokers but pose challenges for the bourses themselves

PE investments hit record $8.2 bn in Q2 2018, up 60% from a year ago

The latest figures take the total PE investments in the first half of 2018 to $12.4 billion across 315 deals