MUMBAI: British American Tobacco, the second largest shareholder of ITC Hotels, is looking to sell 7% stake in the hospitality company, worth Rs 3,000 crore, on Friday. The stake-sale is part of its broader strategy to exit ITC Hotels.The maker of Dunhill and Rothmans cigarettes is looking to sell its ITC Hotels shares at Rs…
MUMBAI: The Cayman Islands, one of the biggest financing hubs for investing globally, has offered to sign memorandum of understanding (MoUs) with markets regulator Sebi and also with the regulator for India’s finance hub GIFT City. The MoUs will facilitate transparent exchange of information between the regulators, André M Ebanks, Premier, the Cayman Islands, said…
Ashok Vaswani, MD & CEO, Kotak Mahindra Bank MUMBAI: Kotak Bank chief executive Ashok Vaswani said large banks that sold stakes in their financial-services subsidiaries to foreign investors lost considerable long-term value, arguing that full ownership of such businesses is a strategic advantage.Speaking at a media gathering on Wed, Vaswani urged reporters to “go and…
BENGALURU: Electric motorcycle maker Ultraviolette raised $45 million in fresh growth capital from Zoho Corporation and European investment firm Lingotto as part of its ongoing series E round. The company said the funding will be used to scale production and sales of its flagship F77 electric sportbike and the new X-47 crossover, as well as…
CEO & chairman of the executive board Herman Gref with Putin (AP photo) NEW DELHI: Sberbank, Russia’s largest lender, is looking to ramp up its operations in the country, opening up to 10 branches, investing surplus rupees from bilateral currency trade in Indian govt bonds and getting Russian investors to park funds in Nifty stocks.“We…
Piyush Goyal (File photo) NEW DELHI: Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal Thursday called for a need to balance bilateral trade with Russia, which is heavily tilted in Moscow’s favour due to large imports of crude petroleum and fertiliser.India exported goods worth under $5 billion last year, comprising largely of machinery, pharma and chemicals, while…
MUMBAI: The rupee closed at 89.98 a day after breaching the 90 mark against the greenback. Dollar sales by foreign banks and likely inflows halted a six-session decline in the domestic currency.The rupee hit 90.42 intraday before closing higher. Wider trade deficits, weak investment flows and stalled US trade talks have slowed inflows and pushed…
NEW DELHI: Vietnamese auto company VinFast is doubling its India investments to Rs 9,000 crore ($1 billion) as the company — which has already started sales of electric cars — sets up an all-new factory for e-2Wheelers and buses.The company signed a MoU with the Tamil Nadu govt for a 500-acre land parcel in SIPCOT…
CNN reported that the acquisition follows an agreement reached in April, under which Prada committed to purchasing Versace for about $1.51 billion, a deal that materialised after Capri Holdings’ planned sale to Tapestry fell apart because of an antitrust challenge.Lorenzo Bertelli, the son of Prada founders Miuccia Prada and Patrizio Bertelli, is set to assume…
BENGALURU: At India Blockchain Week in Bengaluru on Monday, Rahul Sanskrityayan, Specialist Consultant for Blockchain at NPCI, said the Reserve Bank of India’s programmable central bank digital currency (CBDC) is already live with participating banks and is being used by the government for targeted subsidy transfers.Sanskrityayan said programmable CBDC allows funds to be restricted for…
