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Financial Express Chennai
Meesho’s ₹5,421-cr IPO booked 2.35x on Day 1
THE INITIAL PUBLIC offering (IPO) of SoftBank-backed e-commerce firm Meesho received 2.35 times subscription on the first day of share sale on Wednesday, helped by across the board investors’ participation.The three-day IPO got bids for 65,40,18,165 shares against 27,79,38,446 shares on offer, as per NSE data.
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December 04, 2025
Financial Express Chennai
AI emerges as key margin lever in 2026: TCS study
GLOBAL MANUFACTURERS ARE accelerating their shift toward AI-driven operations, with a large majority expecting artificial intelligence to playa central role in both profitability and decision-making over the next three years, according to the Future-Ready Manufacturing Study 2025 released by Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) in collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS).
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December 04, 2025
Financial Express Chennai
The ‘bot coolie’ trap
IT FIRMS MUSTAVOID REPLICATING THE LOW-COST IT SERVICES MODELIN THE AI SPACE
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December 04, 2025
Financial Express Chennai
CrowdStrike bets on India presence with tech tie-ups
US-BASED CYBERSECURITY MAJOR CrowdStrike is expanding its presence in India as leading technology and consulting firms begin integrating its Falcon cybersecurity platform into large-scale digital and AI initiatives.
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December 04, 2025
Financial Express Chennai
IN A BID TO END DEFLATION China likely to chase 5% GDP growth in ‘26
CHINA IS LIKELY to stick to its current annual economic growth target of around 5% next year, government advisers and analysts said, a goal that would require authorities to keep fiscal and monetary spigots open as they seek to snap a deflationary spell.
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December 04, 2025
Financial Express Chennai
Inflation and fiscal risks seen manageable
WHILE RUPEE DEPRECIATION does push up the landed cost of crude oil, fertilisers and edible oils, the scale of impact is seen as modest, particularly with inflation running low, oil prices softening, and several import exposures hedged, economists said.
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December 04, 2025
Financial Express Chennai
Govt taps thermal plants for room for more solar in grid
THE GOVERNMENT WANTS coal plants to invest in upgrades that would to allow them to work regularly ata lower capacity, creating space for a greater share of renewables in the power mix, according to people familiar with the matter.
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December 04, 2025
Financial Express Chennai
Top Indian artists' works fetch ₹310 cr in a year: Report
AMOUNTS FETCHED BY the sale of theworkby top-50 Indian artists alive rose by a moderate 3% to ₹310 crore in the year, a report said on Wednesday.
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December 04, 2025
Financial Express Chennai
Rupee risks steeper fall on tariff woes, weak FDI
Slide in exchange rate underscores divergence in India’s macro data
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December 04, 2025
Financial Express Chennai
Crash dims rate cut hopes tomorrow
THE RUPEE HITTING a new low against the dollar has virtually ruled out chances of a rate cut in the Monetary Policy Committee meeting on Friday, most economists said.
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December 04, 2025
Financial Express Chennai
Three DRG jawans, 12 Naxalites killed in Chhattisgarh encounter
TWELVE NAXALITES, INCLUDING a dreaded Maoist commander, and three personnel of the District Reserve Guard (DRG), a specialised unit of the state police, were killed in a fierce encounter in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Wednesday, officials said.
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December 04, 2025
Financial Express Chennai
Rupee cracks below 90 to the dollar
HOWEVER, UDAY KOTAK, Founder & Director of Kotak Mahindra Bank, urged Indian businesses to break out of their comfort zone, warning that foreign investors appear to be calling the shots in current market dynamics.
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December 04, 2025
Financial Express Chennai
JSW, JFE in JV for BPSL unit
Today's announce- ment brings together JSW's exper- tise with JFE's tech strengths
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December 04, 2025
Financial Express Chennai
Adani to invest ₹1.35 L cr in airports expansion by 2030
ABOUT 70% OF FUNDING TO COME FROM DEBT
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December 04, 2025
Financial Express Chennai
Macro fundamentals are intact, FDI terrain shifted to net inflows, says CEA
CHIEF ECONOMIC ADVISER V Anantha Nageswaran on Wednesday downplayed concerns over the rupee’s sharp fall past the 90-per-dollar level, stressing that the currency’s weakness does not currently pose risks to India’s inflation trajectory or export competitiveness.
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December 04, 2025
Financial Express Chennai
Trump has lost his political superpower
HOW LOW CAN President Donald Trump go?
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December 04, 2025
Financial Express Chennai
Proposed TER rationalisation can unlock investment-led growth
INDIA'S MARKET INFRASTRUCTURE has reinvented itself with each technological leap. This evolution has been matched by an extraordinary deepening of mutual fund participation.
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December 04, 2025
Financial Express Chennai
Trump sees Fed chair pick ‘early next year’
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP said he plans to announce his selection to lead the Federal Reserve in early 2026 and teased National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett as his possible choice on Tuesday, fuelling further speculation about the next leader of the US central bank.
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December 04, 2025
Financial Express Chennai
Time for India Inc to shake out of comfort zone: Uday Kotak
AS THE RUPEE slipped to an all-time low against the dollar on Wednesday, Founder and Director of Kotak Mahindra Bank Uday Kotak said it was time for Indian businesses to “shake out of comfort zone”.
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December 04, 2025
Financial Express Chennai
JSW, JFE in JV for BPSL
CHIEF financial officer, JSW Steel said with the reduction in debt, which stands at around ₹80,000 currently, the company’s net debt to Ebitda ratio will also decline in the coming quarters.
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December 04, 2025
Financial Express Chennai
Telcos gross revenue nears ₹1 L cr in Sept qtr
TELECOM SERVICE PROVIDERS gross revenue in the September quarter of 2025-26 increased by 9.19% year-on-year to a record high of ₹99,828 crore, nearing the ₹1 lakh crore mark in a quarter, according to a report by sector regulator Trai.
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December 04, 2025
Financial Express Chennai
Revisiting citizen-centric saving models
Both the POSB and the EPFO are key to enhance our financial system’s ability to deliver value to the Indian citizen’s lives and manage their wealth
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December 04, 2025
Financial Express Chennai
Venugopal appointed Reliance Retail CEO, president
RELIANCE RETAIL VENTURES, the holding entity of the country’s leading retailer Reliance Retail, has appointed former Flipkart executive Jeyandran Venugopal as its president & CEO.
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December 04, 2025
Financial Express Chennai
Women athletes power 5x digital lift
SHARP COMMERCIAL SHIFT
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December 04, 2025
Financial Express Chennai
FM: States to benefit from tobacco excise duty hike
© Proceeds to be part of the divisible pool
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December 04, 2025
Financial Express Chennai
IIT K sets Day 1 placement record with 672 job offers
THE INDIAN INSTITUTE of Technology Kanpur (IIT K) kicked off its 2025-26 campus placement season with 672 job offers on the first day, a 16% increase over last year.
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December 04, 2025
Financial Express Chennai
IndiGo cancels more than 200 flights
Disruptions likely for 48 more hours; travellers complain of no updates from airline
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December 04, 2025
Financial Express Chennai
Maruti to set up 100K charging points
INDIA'S LARGEST CARMAKER, Maruti Suzuki, is aiming to set up over 100,000 electric vehicle (EV) charging points across the country by 2030 to boost consumer confidence in EV adoption, the company’s MD and CEO Hisashi Takeuchi told FE.
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December 03, 2025
Financial Express Chennai
China issues 1st batch of rare earth export licences
MOVE KEY OUTCOME OF SUMMIT BETWEEN TRUMP AND XI
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December 03, 2025
Financial Express Chennai
‘We serve premiumisation across all consumer segments and levels’
Pernod Ricard India (PRI), known for brands such as Royal Stag and Blenders Pride, aims to offer increasingly discerning choices as consumers seek higher-quality drinking experiences, CEO Jean Touboul says in a conversation with Viveat Susan Pinto.
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