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International Finance

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Economy

Betting big on India

International Finance Desk
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Acting as a catalyst to its growth story is US President Barack Obama’s recent visit, which may inspire investors to pile up Indian stocks throughout 2015 Suparna Goswami Bhattacharya February 19, 2015: If one were to describe India’s growth story in one line, it would read something like this– A nation of unrealised potential. The...
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Business Leaders

More than half of all professionals worldwide are already using LinkedIn

International Finance Desk
by International Finance Desk
Interview with Nishant Rao, managing director, LinkedIn India Suparna Goswami Bhattacharya December 2,2014: Since establishing itself 11 years ago, the journey for LinkedIn has been nothing short of a dream. Though US and India continue to be the largest markets for the business-oriented social networking site, it continues to explore other emerging economies. This year, it...
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Uncategorized

Oil trade: No sign of prices going up

International Finance Desk
by International Finance Desk
Some analysts claim that OPEC will not last more than 50 years Suparna Goswami Bhattacharya November 27, 2014: Economists dealing with oil prices and stability were in for a shock when global oil prices started to tumble this year. After three years of relative calm wherein prices moved less than three percent year-on-year, the sudden...
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Business Leaders

‘The debt problem in China is not hype’

International Finance Desk
by International Finance Desk
American economist James Rickards says collapse of the debt and property bubble there could well be the catalyst for a global economic crisis Suparna Goswami Bhattacharya November 7, 2014: James Rickards, American lawyer, economist, investment banker and author of books of like Currency Wars and Death of Money, is one of the speakers at the...
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Business Leaders

Internet should not be a privilege of the rich: Mark Zuckerberg

International Finance Desk
by International Finance Desk
Facebook will create $1 million fund to help develop apps for farmers, women and migrants IFM Correspondent October 9, 2014: Seeing exponential growth potential for Facebook in India, its co-founder Mark Zuckerberg said he will discuss with Prime Minister Narendra Modi ways to connect villages with the digital world. He is excited about helping the...
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Business Leaders

Modi makes a mark at Madison Square Garden

International Finance Desk
by International Finance Desk
Thanks Indian-Americans for their support and unveils his vision for India in an engaging speech IFM Correspondent September 29, 2014: On Sunday, Madison Square Garden was jampacked with Indian-Americans who had turned up to listen to Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India. Thousands of supporters of Prime Minister Narendra Modi were seen lined up outside...
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Economy

Visa to open tech centre in India

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by International Finance Desk
The move will create over 2,000 jobs globally IFM Correspondent September, 26, 2014: Visa Inc, the global card payment system provider, will open a new technology centre in India in 2015. This will create over 2,000 full-time technologist positions all over the world.  These include conversion of contractor positions to full time positions within the...
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Economy

India opens its doors a little more

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by International Finance Desk
Sharan Lal says that the announcements on FDI send out a strong message that the newly elected government would promptly draw up action points where ever required July 30,2014: Earlier this July, Arun Jaitley, the Finance Minister of the recently elected NDA government in India, pleased the Indian markets by his announcement on increase in...
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Banking

India’s central bank to identify bulwark in a financial crisis

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by International Finance Desk
The RBI will designate up to six banks as Domestic Systemically Important Banks (D-SIBs) to reduce the risk of collapse of the financial system July 24, 2014: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided to designate up to six banks as Domestic Systemically Important Banks (D-SIBs) to reduce the risk of collapse of the...
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Economy

SGX opens liaison office in India

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It will provide information and act as a communication channel to support capital raising by Indian companies in Singapore July 22, 2014: Singapore Exchange (SGX) announced on Tuesday that, following approval from the Reserve Bank of India, its liaison office in India has commenced operations with Neena Prasad as its Chief Representative. SGX’s office in...
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