Utility, looks, performance… The new EcoSport from Ford has plenty of new things, both in body and heart. Will it make Renault bite the Dust(er)?
Sumant Banerji finds out.
Looking to get back on the 8% growth path within the next couple of years, the government has constituted a group of experts to find out ways to increase flow of funds into the infrastructure sector. Anupama Airy and Mahua Venkatesh report.
Ahead of the launch of its compact car later this month, German luxury car maker Mercedes Benz today launched its premium sports utility vehicle GL-Class priced at
Rs. 77.5 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi).
Many Indians have rushed to buy gold following the fall in prices. But they may have to wait a long time for anticipated returns to materialise. Analysts said the yellow metal is unlikely to rise any more.
Sachin Kumar reports.
Gold prices fell to a one-month low today, confirming a downward journey of the yellow metal being weighed as an inflation hedge. The metal lost
Rs. 500 to
Rs. 26,800 per 10 grams as stockists sold their inventories amid weak global trends.
A $1.6-billion writedown of its goodwill and assets in its European operations last Monday has triggered fresh speculation that Tata Steel is poised to divest more assets and factories in Europe.
HT reports.
The sell-off chorus gets louderAirAsia today announced the appointment of Singapore-based management consultant Mittu Chandilya as the chief executive officer (CEO) of its India venture.
A breach of security at two payment card processing companies in India that led to heists at cash machines around the world has reopened questions on the risks of outsourcing sensitive financial services to the Asian nation.
Germany’s economy crept back into growth in the first quarter of the year, after a sharp contraction at the end of 2012, while France slipped into recession, data showed today.
Heineken UK has acquired a 3.21% stake in Vijay Mallya’s flagship United Breweries, which owns best-selling beer brands such as Kingfisher and Zingaro, among many others, the company said in a regulatory filing with the Bombay Stock Exchange.
Subway, the US-based restaurant chain, is now looking at increasing its vegetarian options to suit the Indian palate in a plan to grow the number of outlets to 4,000 over a decade from the current 350,
Rachit Vats reports.
The Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) on Wednesday released the circulation figures for the period of July–December, 2012. Average certified copies of Hindi language dailies was over 15 million and together with weekly newspapers and magazines it was over 17 million.
MG George Muthoot, chairman, The Muthoot Group, has more than 55 years of industry experience and is the 3rd generation head of the group. Muthoot shares his best and worst leadership decisions and talks about other leadership issues with HT.
Bankers say the EMIs will start falling only when banks are able to cut deposit rates-the interest that you earn on money parked in savings and fixed deposits with banks.
Inside the rate matrixStruggling smartphone maker BlackBerry on Tuesday announced plans to offer its popular — and secure — instant messaging system, the BlackBerry Messenger, on rival devices. It also introduced a new mid-tier smartphone targetted at countries where its faded brand remains strong.