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On June 20, around 3 pm, a tweet from the Twitter handle of the Prime
Minister's Office (PMO) made a big claim - India has become the most
open economy in the world for foreign direct investment (FDI). Research Discovery
Today, the research centre in Gurgaon remains the last remnant, in terms
of a direct physical presence and arguably a positive highlight, of
around $10-billion (986.4 billion yen) Japanese pharma major's
misadventure in India. The Smiley Way
Emojis have been around since the late 1990s, but they became ubiquitous only in the past few years. Now brand strategists and marketers are beginning to use them in their communications as well. Boom Time
While local hoteliers are expanding on their own, too, the big trend is
the sheer number of management contracts that they are entering into
with the country's top hotel chains. The Strife Within
Labour trouble continues to torment automobile companies in India, even as they work to get ahead in an attractive market. Are Rewards Really Rewarding?
Corporates globally have employed 'Pay for Performance' (PFP) method of
evaluation and compensation, but recently questions and doubts have been
raised about this approach. Operation Clean-Up
In a massive clean-up effort, the stock market regulator, Securities and
Exchange Board of India (SEBI), is mulling the delisting of companies
that have remained suspended and not traded for seven or more years due
to various penal reasons. Smooth Rides
Communicating the exact pick-up and drop location
to users can be difficult too; often these can be in the middle of a
road, next to a tree. Shuttl solved this problem through its
location-based app. Appy Lending
Increasingly, this is a scenario being played out across the country. In
spite of the large number of financial institutions and banks present
across the country, access to financial services has been a huge
challenge for a majority of the population. The long tale of GST
As a tax enthusiast, PM Narendra Modi must be elated that the Goods and Services Tax
(GST) is almost done. It was stuck for ages because Tamil Nadu did not
like it; none of Arun Jaitley's wiles or Amit Mitra's arguments made its
finance minister budge. The Rs 6,000-crore Booster
The package to promote the textile sector and bridge the export gap with competitors is a welcome step Dare to be Different
The book provides dollops of encouragement to professionals to turn any adversity into opportunity. Far-sighted
The book is a window into the good old days of India's optical industry, peppered with anecdotes. "We are seeing increasing use of our systems by Indian enterprises"
In an exclusive interview with Business Today's Joe C. Mathew, WIPO
Director General Francis Gurry talks about the emerging areas in
intellectual property. Mix and Match
Soon, phone enhancements will be possible by attaching modules - camera, battery, speaker - externally. Fad or trend? "Our ways of dealing with distress have been very, very slow, murky and, to some extent, unfair"
Outgoing Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan spoke to Business
Today Editor Prosenjit Datta and Deputy Editor Anand Adhikari on how he
was positioning the central bank as a knowledge institution to manage
the change in monetary policy framework, and banking and finance. Calendar
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