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Indian firms record 25% biz growth during Amazon's BFCM 2023 shopping event

Indian exporters on Amazon Global Selling recorded more than 25 per cent business growth during the Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping events held globally between November 17-27 compared to the same event last year, the e-commerce giant said on Wednesday. The business during these events was more than 80 per cent higher than on usual days, it said. Customers across global markets shopped from Indian exporters on Amazon Global Selling during the 11-day sale period with North America, Europe and Middle East driving highest sales, Amazon said in a statement. "During the Black Friday and Cyber Monday (BFCM) shopping events held globally between November 17-27, Indian exporters on Amazon Global Selling saw more than 80 per cent business growth compared to business as usual," the statement said. Exporters from tier 2 and tier 3 cities saw strong year-on-year (YoY) growth during this period Karur and Junagadh around 100 per cent YoY growth, Erode over 50 per cent YoY and Jaipur over

Govt allows direct overseas listing of firms; notifies under companies law

In a significant move, the government has permitted Indian companies to list on foreign exchanges, subject to certain conditions. The corporate affairs ministry has notified the relevant section under the companies law in this regard. Currently, overseas listings by local listed entities are carried out through American Depository Receipts (ADRs) and Global Depository Receipts (GDRs). "In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 1 of the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2020 (29 of 2020), the Central Government hereby appoints the 30th day of October 2023 as the date on which the provisions of section 5 of the said Act shall come into force," the ministry said in a notification on October 30. The rules for direct overseas listing of Indian companies are yet to be notified. Section 5 allows certain classes of public companies to list their securities on permitted stock exchanges in permissible foreign jurisdictions or such other jurisdictions, as may be prescribed.

UltraTech Q2FY24 results: Net profit up 69% to Rs 1,281 cr, beats estimates

Cement demand maintained its positive momentum during Q2FY24, UltraTech said in a press statement

Excess vaccine-making capacity may get utilised in 3-5 years: Merck Life

Some 40-50 firms in India are getting into mRNA technology, says Aditya Sharma, senior executive of the German company

Funding to Indian fintechs up 68% to $436 million in Q3CY23: Tracxn

However, on a year-on-year basis, funding to Indian fintechs has slumped 55 per cent from $967 million raised in Q3 CY22

Rising costs, competition leave paint sector in need of fresh coat

Festival season may add vibrant strokes to volumes, but margins remain a blank canvas

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Change of guard at L&T: Size, scale key challenges for S N Subrahmanyan

Cut to 2019, L&T was on the buyer side of the table of a hostile takeover of tech company Mindtree

JSW Group makes another attempt to scale-up cement, port business

JSW Infrastructure, the group's port division, aims to raise Rs 2,800 crore through an initial public offering (IPO), which closes on Wednesday

Tata Consultancy Services retains top spot as most valuable Indian brand

India's top 75 brands have a combined brand value of $379 billion, a decline of 4 per cent from 2022

Behind the rise of India Inc's daughters

How the rise of nuclear families in business transformed succession

Autocomp R&D spend less than 1% of current turnover: Sunjay Kapur

Sunjay Kapur talks about how more needs to be done in research, but investments also need a large market size

Honeywell will double its India business in next 3-5 years: Ashish Modi

Modi talks about the key trends shaping the industry and growth drivers for the company, in a face-to-face interview with Ayushman Baruah in Bengaluru

Shema Electric launches new range of high-speed electric scooters

The company priced its e-scooters -- Eagle+ and TUFF+ at Rs 1.17 lakh and Rs 1.4 lakh (ex-showroom), respectively

Opportunities for Indian firms in execution of Europe corridor: Vaishnaw

The agreement is for developing trusted, resilient, and secure technology together for 6G and also collaborating in finalising the 6G standards, the minister said

India Inc set for board refresh as grandfathering period ends soon

About 400 independent director posts at 198 companies are required to be replenished by March 2024

Swiggy sees another high-level exit as senior V-P Anuj Rathi quits

Ashish Lingamneni, vice president (VP), head, brand and product marketing, and Nishad Kenkre, VP, head, revenue and growth, Instamart, have also left the food delivery firm in the recent past

Tata Steel 1st Indian firm to use LNG powered carrier for raw material

Tata Steel became the first Indian company to use clean fuel Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) powered Capesize carriers for its raw material movement from Australia to India, the company said on Friday. In an initiative to lower the company's Scope 3 carbon footprint, the steel major imported 1,65,700 metric tons of coal from Australia's Gladstone to Dhamra port in Odisha using MV Ubuntu Unity, a cape vessel powered by clean fuel LNG. Capesize' is the largest class of cargo ship. They are called so as they cannot pass through the Panama Canal and have to go around the Cape of Good Hope to sail between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. "In 2021, Tata Steel became the first in the Indian Steel Industry to deploy a ship powered by biofuel. We continued the decarbonation drive with seven biofuel shipments in FY23. In continuation to our sustainability drive, in FY24, we are the first to deploy an LNG powered vessel for transportation of raw materials to India," said Peeyush Gupta, the ...

India firms' deleveraging to slow down; little room for rating upgrade: S&P

Rated companies in good credit shape due to growth and accommodative balance sheets, says agency

Indian firms spent Rs 370 cr avg on public cloud in last 12 months: Report

As cloud-native environments scale, enterprises are looking to base their cloud strategies on cloud-native technologies rather than viewing them as separate plans