Business Highlights of the Week Which You May Have Missed
1) RBI Monetary Policy
The Reserve Bank of India kept policy rates steady in its monetary policy meet. It was largely expected that the central bank would not cut interest rates and the same happened. The country's central bank cut the SLR though.
Read more on the RBI's Monetary Policy Here
2) Poor Quarterly Results from Tata Motors
The results from Tata Motors was poor with net profits and margins falling way short of expectations. The net profit at the company came in at Rs 3,581 crores, as against analysts expectations of around Rs 4500 crores. Read more on the results Here
3) Indian Overseas Bank Posts Huge Quarterly Loss
Indian Overseas Bank reported a net loss of Rs 516.03 crore for the quarter ended December 2014 due to higher provisions for bad loans. It is the first government owned bank to report a loss.
4) Tax Planning Season to End Shortly
In two months form now we will end the tax planning season.
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5) Business Confidence Index Up
India's business confidence index (BCI) moved up by 4.1 per cent in the third quarter of the current fiscal, economic think-tank NCAER said. Read more Here
6) Sony Boss Whose Emails Were Leaked Steps Down
Amy Pascal, the Sony executive whose emails were leaked during the North Korean movie hacking saga, is stepping down, the Hollywood studio announced . Read more on the story Here
7) Nifty Falls for 6th Straight Day
It has not been good for the Indian stock markets this week. On all 5 trading days of the weak the markets ended lower. Markets are now expected to take cues from this week's Delhi election and thereafter the Union Budget
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