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Bajaj Finance-MobiKwik deal: synergies real, customers gain

India's digital payments space continues to witness more churn; MobiKwik will get financial muscle to take on Paytm; Bajaj Finance moves swiftly towards digital payments solutions for its customers

Consumers to prefer online firms offering integrated solutions than individual products

Boston Consulting Group's 'Decoding Digital Consumers in India' report says by 2020, half of the country's 850 million online users will be rural

Despite waning popularity, Facebook is the king of social media

Oberoi New Delhi to reopen in January 2018, ahead of schedule

EIH Ltd, the company that runs the Oberoi group of hotels, will conclude the Rs 500-crore revamp of its flagship New Delhi property early next year

Bootstrapped and free from the shackles of external funding

Building businesses without relying on external investors is often attractive for entrepreneurs

RBI cuts repo rate by 25 bps; little room for more cuts this fiscal

RBI Governor Urjit Patel expects inflation to climb back to 4 in the coming quarters

RBI expected to cut rates for first time in 10 months on low inflation, but doubts remain

Barclays' chief economist Sanyal argues against rate cut as inflation could claw back up soon

Marico posts disappointing results; volumes decline 9 percent

Company expects sales to pick up post the implementation of the GST and a good monsoon

Arvind Panagariya's sudden resignation from Niti Aayog comes as a surprise to many

Even as the 64-year-old said he has resigned from the government think-tank to pursue teaching in the US, many say it isn't clear what really caused Panagariya's rather abrupt exit

Godrej Consumer Q1 FY18 results disappoint, net sales up 3.5 percent at Rs 2,271 crore

Sales growth in June slid due to channel de-stocking in run-up to the implementation of GST

IndiGo reports record quarterly profit of Rs 811 crore

The airline plans to change its fleet acquisition strategy and move to owning aircraft; IndiGo's board recommended a dividend of Rs 34 per share