US economy now growing at less than 2 percent due to shutdown, JP Morgan says
J.P. Morgan economists said the government shutdown is beginning to take a bigger toll on the U.S. economy, and growth is now below 2 percent, despite resilience in the private sector. The economists slashed their More...
JP Morgan sees a slowdown coming, with economy growing at less than 2 percent in 2019
JP Morgan sees a slowdown coming, with economy growing at less than 2 percent in 2019 JP Morgan economists said the economy should grow at a slower pace of 1.9 percent from the fourth quarter’s year More...
At Rs 3.45 trillion, India’s April-May fiscal deficit at 55.3% of full-year target
India reported on Friday a fiscal deficit of Rs 3.45 trillion ($50.37 billion) during the April-May period, or 55.3% of the budgeted target for the current fiscal year compared with 68.3% a year ago. Net tax receipts More...
Fire breaks out at Income Tax office in Mumbai’s Scindia House
Firefighters try to douse a fire which broke out at Scindia House building in South Mumbai on Friday. (PTI) MUMBAI: A fire broke out in the Income Tax office in South Mumbai on Friday, but no casualties were reported, More...
Right stock at the right price: 5 solid ideas
ET takes a look at five stocks which have seen buying in the month when most of the market was weak. May has been a month of high volatility, particularly for mid-cap stocks. The BSE MidCap index has fallen 6.5 More...
Karnataka PUC result 2018 declared: Girls outshine boys, check your score at karresults.nic.in
The Karnataka PUC exams were held from 1-17 March, 2018 with a total of 6,90,150 candidates from 4,725 colleges registered for the exam. Photo: New Delhi: The Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board More...
Oil prices reach highest since November 2014 at over $70 per barrel
US oil prices rose above $70 a barrel on Monday for the first time since November 2014 and Brent crude climbed to fresh highs, buoyed as a deepening economic crisis in Venezuela threatened the country’s already More...
Fitch Holds India’s Sovereign Rating At Lowest Investment Grade
New Delhi: Global credit rating agency Fitch on Friday affirmed India’s sovereign rating at ‘BBB-‘ with ‘stable’ outlook, saying that the country’s medium-term growth potential More...
Chanda Kochhar, family’s links to Videocon group date back to at least 2001
Chanda Kochhar and six members of the Kochhar family held shares in a little-known firm called Credential Finance Ltd, along with Videocon group, at least as far back as 2001, regulatory filings show. Three of More...
Forex reserves at life-time high of $424 bn as foreign currency assets rise
The country’s foreign exchange reserves hit a life-time high of $424.361 billion after rising by $1.828 billion in the week to March 30, helped by rise in foreign currency assets, the Reserve Bank said More...