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Financial Express Kochi
When ease of doing business aids tunnelling
When promoters are unchallenged and minority investors lack strength, materiality thresholds become the only reliable brake on tunnelling
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January 08, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
Rising rivals give Trent a $20-bn deep cut
· Tata Group firm shares down nearly 40% last year
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January 08, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
B’desh talks defence deal with Pakistan
THE AIR FORCE chiefs of Pakistan and Bangladesh held talks on a potential pact covering the sale of JF-17 Thunderfighter jets to Dhaka, Pakistan’s military said, as Islamabad widens its arms supply ambitions and beefs up ties with Bangladesh.
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January 08, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
X submits Grok AI compliance report; govt seeks more details
Musk's chatbot generated 6.7K undressed images per hour
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January 08, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
Thyssenkrupp may sell unit to Jindal Steel in phases
ONE OPTION UNDER discussion would see Jindal take a majority stake in TKSE, likely 60%, in a first step, with the remaining 40% acquired later in two 20% tranches or in one go, depending on progress in restructuring, the people said.
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January 08, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
Rupee rises 29 paise to 89.89 on RBI intervention
THE RUPEE ENDED higher for second consecutive session on Wednesday on likely dollar sales from state-run banks, which traders said could be on behalf of the central bank, helping reverse the pressure from slightly softer Asian cues.
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January 08, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
Chevron, Quantum eye $22-bn Lukoil assets
CHEVRON AND PRIVATE equity group Quantum Energy Partners will join forces to buy the international assets of sanctioned Russian oil company Lukoil PJSC, according to FT.
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January 08, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
Musk won’t fix Grok’s fake AI nudes. A ban would
WHEN JULIE YUKARI posted a New Year's Eve photo in a red dress with her cat, she didn't expect X users to tag Grok asking it to undress her.
3 min |
January 08, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
GDP to grow at 7.4% in FY26: NSO
FROM THE FRONT PAGE
3 min |
January 08, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
Practo steps up focus on UAE, US mkts
AFTER REPORTING ITS first full year of profitabilityin FY25,Bengaluru-based health-tech firm Practo is now leaning on global markets, particularly the UAE and the United States, to fuel its next phase of growth.
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January 08, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
Analysts rule out tariff hike by telcos in Jan-Mar quarter
DESPITE EARLIER OPTIMISM
1 min |
January 08, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
'Strongest natural diamond growth coming from India'
AL COOK, CEO, DE BEERS GROUP
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January 08, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
Houselisting exercise for Census during Apr-Sept
THE FIRST PHASE of Census 2027 - houselisting operations - will take place between April 1 and September 30 this year in all states and Union territories over a 30-day period specified by each state and UT, according to a government notification on Wednesday.
1 min |
January 08, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
Exporters risk losing US summer orders as trade talks linger
RACE AGAINST TIME
3 min |
January 08, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
Gaming gets real with AI
WE ALL KNOW the differences between the main character and the sidekick in a movie.
2 min |
January 08, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
The last ring: When India's village phone fell silent
VPT CONNECTIONS FELL TO NIL IN 2025 FROM 68,606 A YEAR EARLIER
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January 08, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
Thyssenkrupp may sell Europe unit to Jindal Steel in phases
German giant's shares rise 5%
1 min |
January 08, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
Warner Bros turns down revised Paramount bid
WARNER BROS DISCOVERY'S board has unanimously turned down Paramount Skydance’s latest attempt to acquire the studio, saying its revised $108.4 billion hostile bid amounted to a risky leveraged buyout that investors should reject.
1 min |
January 08, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
Microfin woes keep taking a toll on group insurance
AFTER PUSHING OVER 50 million lives out of cover in the previous fiscal, group insurance is heading towards another year of contraction.
2 min |
January 08, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
‘Expect ₹6L-cr equity capital raise in 2026’
Equity capital raising is likely to rebound to ₹ 6 lakh crore and M&A activity may climb to $135 billion in CY2026, S Ramesh, MD & CEO of Kotak Investment Banking, tells Kshipra Petkar and Mahesh Nayak in an interview. Geopo- litical risks, however, could briefly shut market windows even as long-term activity stays resilient, he says. Excerpts:
3 min |
January 08, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
IndiGo gets delivery of first Airbus A321XLR
BUDGET CARRIER INDIGO on Wednesday received the first of the 40 Airbus A321XLR aircraft it had placed an order for.
1 min |
January 08, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
Wearable tech to fight air pollution
WHILE OUR LUNGS battle for clean air in increasingly smoggy cities, people are turning to wearable or portable antipollution gadgets, besides the traditional air purifiers.
2 min |
January 08, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
Indian Gas Exchange to launch IPO by Dec
INDIAN GAS EXCHANGE, the country's first online delivery-based trading platform for natural gas, is likely to launch an initial public offering (IPO) by
1 min |
January 08, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
Venezuela to give US 50 mn barrels of oil
CARACAS AND WASHINGTON have reached a deal to export up to $2 billion worth of Venezuelan crude to the United States, US President Donald Trump has said, a flagship negotiation that would divert supplies from China while helping Venezuela avoid deeper oil production cuts.
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January 08, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
TechM cuts about 200 jobs in Europe in restructuring push
TECH MAHINDRA HAS begun a restructuring exercise that has resulted in the exit of around 200 employees in Europe as the company looks to rebalance its sales and delivery operations and shift more roles offshore, according to people familiar with the matter.
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January 08, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
Govt to rev up auto parts sector with ₹5K-cr push
Scheme to focus on export-oriented, high-value gear
1 min |
January 08, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
Nafed to open e-auction site for agri items on January 19
AGRI-COOPERATIVE MAJOR NAFED, the government's largest procurement agency for oilseeds and pulses, will launch an e-auction portal for agricultural commodities on January 19,a senior official said.
1 min |
January 08, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
Aditya Birla AMC sees 12% return from equities
LARGE-CAPS BETTER POSITIONED
2 min |
January 08, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
Automakers face an ‘EV winter’ in 2026 as sales growth slows
GROWTH IN GLOBAL sales of electric vehicles is expected to slow this year as China winds down some subsidies, Europe wavers on its phaseout of combustion engines, and US producers and policymakers make a U-turn from the segment.
2 min |
January 07, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
MFI credit going south, stressed assets shrink
CREDIT TO THE microfinance sector declined sequentially for the sixth consecutive quarter and registered a 9.3% year-on-year fall in the first half of FY26.
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