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Maruti Suzuki moves up the gears, plans to become an aspirational brand

To that end, it has worked hard on design tweaks and technological upgrades in its models, besides overhauling its retail network in a big way

Too many questions on bad bank and infra DFI

Why do we need a bad bank, owned by the banks themselves, when there are at least 28 ARCs around?

The self-regulation toolkit: OCC operators struggle for a fine balance

Arguments over a voluntary code for self-regulation intensify even as the prospect of government intervention looms

Decoded: What are pro forma NPAs and how does that impact borrowers?

An analysis of results declared by listed banks so far shows that the NPA figures shown in the bank income statements are lower than the ones earmarked on pro forma basis

Trademark row to 'financial creditor' under IBC, here're key court orders

A selection of key court orders

Govt eyes different monetisation models to raise resources for investments

Unlike privatisation, monetisation of assets does not require transfer of ownership to private hands; instead, projects are vested with a trust or a private operator

Pawan Ruia's Air India bid is another example of faith in his own abilities

The move, even by his standards, seems bold. Especially, when his companies - Jessop & Co, Dunlop - that earned him the moniker "turnaround tycoon", are facing liquidation

Facebook exploring audio-related chat products to rival Clubhouse

One possible product involves Messenger Rooms, the video chat feature Facebook introduced last year to compete with the service from Zoom Video Communications Inc

There is a shortage of digital skills across sectors: Nasscom president

Nasscom president Debjani Ghosh tells Anjuli Bhargava how the non-profit is working to bridge the skills gap and elaborates on its latest initiative, the Future Skills Prime project, for the govt

Explained: Why Tamilnad Mercantile Bank management is banking on an IPO

The management of this small, conservative bank views a public issue as a means of ending a long shareholder feud and unlocking value for its next phase of growth

China's space dream scores big win with the first mission to Mars

Tianwen-1 reached Mars' orbit, Chinese state media reported at 8:57 pm. Beijing time on Wednesday

From MX TakaTak to Roposo, TikTok's Indian clones play a tough catch-up

Local contenders have cashed in on the Chinese short video app's exit but acquiring the scale to sustain themselves will be a huge challenge going forward

Amazon plans wall-mounted Echo as smart home command center: Report

Its Lab126 hardware division is designing the device to be a digital command centre, showing users calendar events, controlling accessories like lights and locks, and playing music and video

Eyes and ears of marketing

Media experts point out various flaws in the BARC television rating system. But what they don't point out is that BARC ratings (or the earlier TAM ratings) are not used by advertisers in isolation

India's new CSR regulations make philanthropy compulsory for companies

New CSR rules replacing comply-or-explain regulations with a mandatory regimen have raised the stakes for large corporations

Diverse responses to the Budget

The finance minister did very well for equity market investors. How did she fare with households?

Oil recovery too fast for its own good; crude prices testing $60 a barrel

Recent increases in crude prices and the rapid drawing down of visible stockpiles will undoubtedly lead to calls for a more rapid raising of prod­uc­tion targets than was envisaged in December

The what, why & how of bank privatisation

The government must continue to own a few big banks to address market failures.

A closer look at the Budget

There are some areas of concern, though the government has done well to put an end to subsidy fudging and come clean on numbers

Without Reliance deal, future uncertain for Kishore Biyani's firms

This week, the Delhi High Court directed Biyani's flagship company to maintain the status quo on its Rs 24,713-crore deal to sell his business to Reliance