• Malta

    Sharp eyes LCD shift to business products

    Sharp Corp. said Tuesday it aims to expand sales of LCD panels for business products to establish a more stable portfolio rather than depend on highly volatile consumer products. The struggling Osaka-based firm still has a technological edge in the LCD panel business, allowing it to provide high-added-value products, it ...

  • Malta

    Nikkei retreats on Dow’s tumble, weak GDP update

    Stocks fell back sharply on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Monday, pressured by profit-taking following Wall Street’s tumble late last week and weak readings in revised Japanese gross domestic data. The 225-issue Nikkei average lost 180.45 points, or 0.95 percent, to end at 18,790.55. On Friday, the key market gauge ...

  • Malta

    Japanese investors binging on foreign debt as JGB yields dwindle

    Japanese investors were net buyers of major sovereign debt from overseas in January, except for U.K. debt, underscoring their appetite for higher returns as the Bank of Japan’s unprecedented easing suppresses bond yields. Net purchases of Canada’s sovereign bonds maturing in more than a year rose to ¥99.5 billion ($822 ...

  • India

    Insurance penetration in India at 3.9 percent, below world average

    Insurance penetration in India at 3.9 percent was below the world average of 6.3 percent in 2013, Parliament was informed on Tuesday.

  • Malta

    Indo-US trade could reach $500 bn: Ed Royce

    Bullish about growth potential in India, a top US lawmaker on Monday said bilateral trade between the two countries could jump from current $100 billion to $500 billion if the Modi government continues with reform initiatives and removes regulatory hurdles.

  • Malta

    Cognizant drives digital transformation of Chola's vehicle finance business

    Cognizant has announced that it has engaged Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company (Chola), a leading financial services provider, to digitally transform its vehicle finance business operations, from loan origination through recovery, in order to reduce costs, improve business agility, and deliver an integrated customer experience.

  • Malta

    Indian Railway Finance Corporation banks on 3-5 year bonds to raise up to Rs 4,000 crore

    Indian Railway Finance Corporation (IRFC), the stateowned financier for railway projects, plans to raise up to Rs 4,000 crore by selling bonds with shorter maturities as it aims to reduce borrowing costs by taking advantage of the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) falling rate cycle.

  • Malta

    Indian CAD for Q3 at 1.6 % of GDP

    Balance of payments in positive territory

  • Malta

    New GDP numbers 'too good to be realistic', say CEOs

    76% respondents of Assocham's post-Budget survey find GDP numbers as 'too optimistic'

  • Malta

    With Rs 1,000 cr a day, foreign inflows cross $11 bn in 2 months

    With an average of over Rs 1,000 crore a day, the net foreign fund inflows into Indian capital markets have crossed $11 billion (over Rs 68,000 crore) in little over two months so far in 2015.