Walmart spent over $109 mn in FY14 on anti-corruption drive

US retail giant Walmart spent more than USD 109 million in fiscal 2014 to enhance its global anti-corruption compliance programme and added personnel for the same in many countries, including India.Between December 2011 and January 2014, the company also delivered anti-corruption training to more th...

Rajeev Suri to head Nokia

Finnish telecommunications equipment maker Nokia on Tuesday appointed India-born Rajeev Suri as its President and CEO. Earlier, the 46-year old was leading Nokia Solutions and Networks, the smaller network equipment unit of Nokia before the company sold its handset business to software giant Microso...

Arabian Travel Mart gets underway at WTC in Dubai

Foreign investors pump in Rs 9600 crore in Indian stocks last month

Foreign investors pumped in around 9,600 crore rupees in Indian stocks last month. According to data from the Securities and Exchange Board of India, foreign institutional investors, FIIs bought shares worth around 75,000 crores and sold stocks to the tune of around 65,000 crores, resulting in a net...

Arabian Travel Mart gets underway at WTC in Dubai today

Emerging markets need to increase investments to revive growth: FM

Finance Minister P Chidambaram has said emerging markets like India need to increase investments, especially in infrastructure, to revive growth in view of the global economy showing signs of strengthening. Speaking at the first business session of the 47th Annual Meeting of ADB Board of Governors i...

Foreign investors pump in Rs 9600 crore Indian stocks last month

Foreign investors pumped in around 9,600 crore rupees in Indian stocks last month. According to data from the Securities and Exchange Board of India, foreign institutional investors, FIIs bought shares worth around 75,000 crores and sold stocks to the tune of around 65,000 crores, resulting in a net...

Bandhan financial services to open 300 new banks in West Bengal

The Bandhan financial services will open 300 new banks in West Bengal. Addressing an interactive session at Bharat Chember of Commerce in Kolkata on Friday, the Chairman and Managing Director of the company, Mr Chandra Sekhar Ghosh said that they have planned to open 250 new branches in rural areas ...

Ban on exports of Alphonso variety of mangoes could have negative implications on India-EU trade relations: Anand Sharma

India strongly objects to Swiss denial of bank info on Indians facing tax evasion charges

India has strongly objected to Switzerland's denial of information about account details of certain Indians at HSBC's Swiss Bank branches, in whose cases, incriminating evidence of tax evasion have been found. In a strongly-worded letter to his Swiss counterpart, Finance Minister P...