If both the perma-bears and perma-bulls are wrong in their immovable convictions about the long-term global investment outlook, then 2012 may require a more agile beast and possibly one with both

The finance minister said on Tuesday he expects an upward revision of the advance GDP growth estimate of 6.9 percent for the 2011/12 financial year ending in March, when the full data becomes

Citi has downgraded Hindustan Unilever, India's largest consumer goods maker, to 'sell' from 'neutral' post earnings and has raised target price to 345 rupees from 330 rupees. "A decelerating

India's Pfizer Ltd. said its board has approved the sale of its animal healthcare business to its fully-owned unit for 4.4 billion rupees.If the Chinese were to buy Australia.... The unit will pay

Capital controls have become more respectable since the 2008 financial crisis but must be seen as temporary measures, the chairman of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Economic Advisory Council, C.

​India's services sector grew at its fastest pace in six months during January as new business swelled, extending the previous couple of months' positive trend into the new calendar year, a survey

U.S. private equity firms Carlyle Group and Warburg Pincus took advantage of India's recent stock market gains to pare stakes in two financial companies in deals worth $440 million, a sign of investor

Microfinance company Ujjivan Financial Services said on Wednesday it raised $25.5 million by diluting a minority holding in the company to a bunch of private equity funds.In Images: Bajaj Auto unveils

Uncertainty surrounding the global economy, rising inputs cost and high interest rates had led to a decline in business confidence during the quarter that ended Dec 2011, says a survey by the

The markets are on a dream run so far this year. After having slumped nearly 25 per cent in 2011, the BSE and the NSE benchmark indices have gained nearly 12 per cent this year. In absolute terms,