Take One: Big story of the day
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Why the venture debt market is bubbling
Venture debt disbursed in India nearly doubled from $271 million in 2019 to $538 million in 2021. Experts say the drying up of the equity markets is a key factor for the increased demand. And the momentum isn't expected to slow down
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Why Indian bond investors are laughing all the way to the bank
Indian bonds have not participated in the global bond sell-off of the last three months
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Prashant Kumar: Rewriting the Yes Bank story
An unassuming leader, Prashant Kumar has led an ailing Yes Bank out of the woods on a steep trek to the top. He is exploring acquisitions to grow the bank and stay profitable, while building the deposit franchise
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RBI fights daunting challenges with another 50 bps rate hike
Global geopolitical factors, a hawkish US Fed, plunging rupee, rising food prices weigh on the Reserve Bank's Monetary Policy Committee as it tries to fight inflation and support growth
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Go Colors: How the Saraogis are painting the town red with its bottomwear
With a blockbuster listing last year and a sturdy comeback in FY22, Go Colors has wrapped up the first leg of its decade-old journey. Can the women's bottomwear brand continue with its legwork?
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This self-styled saviour of co-operative banks wants to buy the flailing Dhanlaxmi Bank
Will Anshumman Joshi's chequered past, including a jail term, prove to be the proverbial slip between the cup and the lip, or will he clear RBI's stringent filters?
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On offer: Here's how online travel portals are cashing in on the festive season
On World Tourism Day, we take a look at various offers by online travel aggregators, and how the sector dented by Covid-19 has picked up
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Inside the not-so-quiet hustle, quit and fire culture
Employees are responding to inhospitable work culture with mechanisms like quiet quitting or quiet hustling, while employers are resorting to quiet firing to express their dissatisfaction
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Elephant, Dragon and the Bald Eagle: How Zetwerk took a six-fold leap as a profitable unicorn
The contract manufacturing marketplace startup has galloped toward a Rs5,000-crore revenue in one fiscal
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World Rivers Day 2022: Why we need a new relationship with nature, water and river ecosystems
In recent years the Ganga and other rivers in India have been facing a serious threat from pollution, dams, construction, sand mining and other human activities, impacting people and species dependent on them for their existence
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Is the stage set for a 50 bps rate hike next week?
The Monetary Policy Committee is likely to hike the benchmark rate by 35-50 basis points as it fights multiple challenges of escalating geopolitical tension in Ukraine, a hawkish US Fed, plunging rupee, mixed growth signals, and rising food inflation