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Financial Express Chennai
Ellison, not Musk, was the tech titan who defined 2025
CHANGING FORTUNES
1 min |
December 27, 2025
Financial Express Chennai
Taiwan arms sale China sanctions 20 US defence firms
CHINA'S FOREIGN MINISTRY announced sanctions on Friday targeting 10 individuals and 20 US defence firms, including Boeing's St. Louis branch, over arms sales to Taiwan.
1 min |
December 27, 2025
Financial Express Chennai
Lenders cut home loan rates to woo customers
BANKS ARE STEPPING up efforts to entice homebuyers and are cutting home loan rates by more than the Reserve Bank of India's recent 25-bps repo rate cut.
2 min |
December 27, 2025
Financial Express Chennai
PNB reports ₹2.4K cr fraud in SREI's a/cs
STATE-OWNED LENDER PUNJAB National Bank (PNB) on Friday said it has reported a borrowal fraud of ₹2,433.99 crore to the Reserve Bank of India involving the erstwhile promoters of SREI Equipment Finance and SREI Infrastructure Finance.
1 min |
December 27, 2025
Financial Express Chennai
Turnaround expected in foreign fund flows
MARKET PARTICIPANTS
2 min |
December 27, 2025
Financial Express Chennai
Bollywood is no match for India’s new wave cinema
THE SIGNATURE MOTIF of Kantara: A Legend - Chapter 1, India's second-biggest box-office success of 2025, is a primordial scream.
3 min |
December 27, 2025
Financial Express Chennai
Japan sees first primary balance surplus since 1998
JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER Sanae Takaichi said the nation's primary balance is set to return to a surplus for the first time in 28 years, in an apparent attempt to ease market concerns over her proactive stance on spending.
1 min |
December 27, 2025
Financial Express Chennai
Ukraine peace deal: Putin sends a signal to Trump
RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR
1 min |
December 27, 2025
Financial Express Chennai
Coforge to acquire Encora for $2.35 bn
· Acquisition to aid mid-tier IT firm's push into AI-led engineering
1 min |
December 27, 2025
Financial Express Chennai
Benchmarks trim weekly gains on profit booking
EQUITIES EASED ON Friday as investors locked in gains near record highs, with thin yearend participation and persistent foreign selling keeping risk appetite in check
1 min |
December 27, 2025
Financial Express Chennai
In strategy shift, BOBCARD bets on premium customers
BOBCARD IS RECALIBRATING its credit card portfolio towards relatively premium and lower-risk customers as stress builds in smaller-ticket unsecured lending, said Managing Director and CEO Ravindra Rai, signalling a clear shift in the strategy amid tighter regulatory oversight and a more cautious industry environment.
1 min |
December 27, 2025
Financial Express Chennai
Forex kitty jumps by $4.36 bn to $693 bn
INDIA'S FOREX RESERVES jumped by $4.368 billion to $693.318 billion during the week ended December 19, the Reserve Bank said on Friday.
1 min |
December 27, 2025
Financial Express Chennai
Gold, silver prices hit new highs
SILVER BREACHED THE $75 mark for the first time on Friday, while gold and platinum hit record highs, buoyed by expectations of Federal Reserve rate cuts and geopolitical tensions that fuelled the safe-haven demand.
1 min |
December 27, 2025
Financial Express Chennai
Housing sales dip 14% in 2025
HOUSING SALES DECLINED 14% across top 7 cities in 2025 to nearly 395,625 units sold during the year as against 459,645 units in 2024, according to areport by Anarock. Hardening property prices, layoffs in the IT sector, geopolitical tensions and other uncertain-ties dented residential growth momentum in 2025, it said. However, the overall sales value of housing units saw a 6% yearly jump — to over %6 lakh crore in 2025 from nearly 25.68 lakh crore in 2024 , it said. —Raghavendra Kamath
1 min |
December 27, 2025
Financial Express Chennai
Titan to foray into lab-grown diamonds
First exclusive retail store to open in Mumbai
2 min |
December 27, 2025
Financial Express Chennai
Zepto loss balloons to ₹3,367 cr in FY25
TOTAL SALES ZOOM 129% TO ₹9,669 CRORE
1 min |
December 27, 2025
Financial Express Chennai
Onion prices stabilise with easing of transportation
. No seasonal increase in prices this year
1 min |
December 27, 2025
Financial Express Chennai
No tax on property received by son as gift from father
YOUR QUERIES: INCOME TAX
2 min |
December 27, 2025
Financial Express Chennai
Highway projects slow down to speed up; funding prospects bright
MONETISATON GATHERS PACE
3 min |
December 27, 2025
Financial Express Chennai
High-wire act of conviction
A BUSINESS LEADER WHO GOT LOTS OF BOUQUETS ALONG WITH MANY BRICKBATS
1 min |
December 27, 2025
Financial Express Chennai
Dhurandhar gets the formula right as it tops ₹1K-cr biz
Aditya Dhar's film set to push year's theatrical revenues to ₹12,500 crore edging past 2023's all-time high of ₹12,200 crore
1 min |
December 27, 2025
Financial Express Chennai
Manappuram Fin to infuse up to ₹250 cr into Asirvad Micro Finance
GOLD LOAN NBFC Manappuram Finance on Friday said its board has approved an additional equity infusion of up to ₹250 crore into subsidiary Asirvad Micro Finance (AMFL) in one or more tranches.
1 min |
December 27, 2025
Financial Express Chennai
India conveys concerns to US over H-1B visa interview cancellations
INDIA ON FRIDAY said it flagged its concerns to the US over cancellation of pre-scheduled H-1B visa interviews of large numbers of Indian applicants and that both sides are engaged on the issue.
1 min |
December 27, 2025
Financial Express Chennai
Lock into a forward contract to contain overseas study bills
IT HELPS HEDGE AGAINST CURRENCY FLUCTUATIONS WHICH CAN UPSET YOUR BUDGET
2 min |
December 27, 2025
Financial Express Chennai
India calls for ‘free, fair, inclusive’ Bangla polls
Unremitting hostilities against minorities in Bangladesh: MEA
2 min |
December 27, 2025
Financial Express Chennai
FOR THE SAKE OF GROWTH
INDIA NEEDS TO GO MUCH BEYOND CHOOSING BETWEEN INVESTMENT AND CONSUMPTION
3 min |
December 27, 2025
Financial Express Chennai
Ninjacart revenue falls to ₹1,634 cr in FY25
AGRI-TECH FIRM
1 min |
December 27, 2025
Financial Express Chennai
Dhurandhar gets the formula right as it tops ₹1,000-cr biz
THESE NUMBERS HAVE also raised hopes of a revival of movie attendance, which has been erratic for some years, with some reports even suggesting that theatre footfalls have crashed 50% between 2018 and 2025.
1 min |
December 27, 2025
Financial Express Chennai
Why can’t GST on air purifiers be cut: Delhi HC to Centre
THE DELHI HIGH Court on Friday asked the Centre why it cannot reduce the GST charged on air purifiers to make it affordable for the common man in view of the worsening air quality in the national capital and nearby areas.
2 min |
December 27, 2025
Financial Express Chennai
US strikes ISIS in Nigeria
THE UNITED STATES carried out a strike against Islamic State militants in northwest Nigeria at the request of Nigeria's government, President Donald Trump and the US military said on Thursday, claiming the group had been targeting Christians in the region.
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