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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%
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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.
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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.
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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:
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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January 08, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
Aditya Birla AMC sees 12% return from equities
LARGE-CAPS BETTER POSITIONED
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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.
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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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January 07, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
FMCG volumes may rise 5% in early 2026
· Demand uptick likely on macro boost: Worldpanel
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January 07, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
SIR 2.0 draft rolls: 13% electors deleted in 9 states and 3 UTs
ATOTAL OF 65.6 million electors, or nearly 13% of the registered voters, in nine states and three Union Territories have been deleted from the draft rolls in the second round of the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls — an increase from the 8.3% deletions seen in the first round of SIR in Bihar last year.
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January 07, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
RBI may cap bank dividends at 75% of PAT
THE RESERVE BANK of India (RBI) on Tuesday proposed norms for dividends by banks by capping the payout to shareholders at 75% of their net profit.
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January 07, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
...eyes Nexon EV turf with 3XO model
MAHINDRA ON TUESDAY launched the XUV 3XO EV, priced from ₹13.89 lakh (exshowroom), positioning it directly against the segment-leading Tata Nexon EV.
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January 07, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
Senior Cong leader, sports administrator Kalmadi dies
CONGRESS VETERAN AND former Union minister Suresh Kalmadi, known for a multifaceted career that intertwined politics and sports administration, passed away in Pune on Tuesday following a prolonged illness at the age of 81, family sources said.
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January 07, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
Godrej Consumer sees demand pick-up in Q3
GODREJ CONSUMER PRODUCTS said on Tuesday demand conditions improved during the third quarter, following a temporary sales disruption due to the government's sweeping tax cuts.
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January 07, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
Life insurers see rise in PAT, premiums; ITC loss may lead to margin pressure
LIFE INSURERS ARE expected to report a mixed performance in the third quarter.
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January 07, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
CCI finds JSW, Tata Steel, SAIL guilty of collusion
· Probe also holds top execs liable; steel giants may face steep fines
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January 07, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
Cyber-hit JLR sales skid 43% in Q3
North America recorded the steepest decline at 64.4%, followed by Europe at 47.6% and China at 46.0%
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January 07, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
Goyal in Brussels this week to expedite EU trade deal
COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY Minister Piyush Goyal will hold meetings with European Union Commissioner for Trade & Economic Security Maros Sefcovic in Brussels over two days later this week on key areas of the proposed free trade agreement, aiming to narrow divergences and ensure clarity on outstanding matters to expedite the conclusion of the deal.
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January 07, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
NHAI seeks improved mobile links on roads
THE NATIONAL HIGHWAYS Authority of India (NHAI) has identified 424 locations covering about 1,750 km across the national highway network with no mobile connectivity and has sought the intervention of the Department of Telecommunications and the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) to address it.
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January 07, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
Cut tariffs, focus on cars to gain global share: Niti
TO STRENGTHEN COMPETITIVENESS and boost automotive exports, India must cut tariffs, boost two-way trade, join cross-border platforms, and shift production towards high-demand segments like passenger vehicles, Niti Aayog said in a report on Tuesday.
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January 07, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
Upswing likely for NBFCs on GST, festive bonanza
NON-BANKING FINANCE companies (NBFCs) are expected to report a healthy growth for the quarter ended December (Q3 FY26), riding on the GST reforms and an uptick in festive demand.
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January 07, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
Office space leasing hits record high
LEASING OF OFFICE spaces stood at a record 82.6 million sq ft last year across nine major cities on better demand from domestic and foreign companies, according to CBRE.
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January 07, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
The Fed’s six big challenges in 2026
IN COMING MONTHS, markets will undoubtedly obsess over President Donald Trump's choice to lead the Federal Reserve and whether this will give him the control he seeks over interest rates.
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