Take One: Big story of the day
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Confidence shake-up jolts markets into frantic ride
With Lok Sabha election results expected on June 4, anxiety among markets investors is rising, fuelled by low voter turnout. Is the restlessness around election outcomes much ado about nothing for markets?
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Katra, Kasauli, Kashmir: Five-star hotels expand to underserved markets
After a good 2023, branded chains are now moving towards the mountains and spiritual centres. But, along with the tourists, they will have to be mindful of maintaining and preserving the ecosystem of these sensitive regions
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Cool Beans: Can 93 Degrees strike it hot?
A fourth-generation founder from the Bikanervala family is brewing a distinct journey with specialty coffee brand 93 Degrees Coffee Roasters. Can Mishthi Aggarwal be the roast of the town with her audacious venture?
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ICEs and EVs will coexist: Sudarshan Venu
The managing director of TVS Motor Company reckons both have much headroom to grow—globally and in India. He, however, emphasises that electric vehicles are at the front and centre of the company's future
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Can inheritance tax alter succession planning in India's family-owned businesses?
Inheritance tax is paid by the beneficiary for inheriting a property or asset from a deceased person on value of the inheritance. But who benefits from it?
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Work, sleep, repeat: The Sleep Company & the right doze
The Sleep Company is disrupting a cluttered mattress and comfort solutions market with its science-led approach. Although it has grown rapidly, it now needs to post a profit
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How 2024 is shaping up for Apple: What you should know
Make in India for exports is surging, but local sales, while recording quarterly records, remain modest by overall revenue contribution
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Market may not find it easy to climb unless earnings growth surprises materially: Invesco MF's CIO Taher Badshah
The market maven shares his investment strategy for navigating key downward risks in the second half of the year and his outlook for earnings growth
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Srikanth Bolla: First overseas blind student at MIT, entrepreneur who employs the disabled, and subject of a new bollywood film
The founder and CEO of Bollant Industries wrote his own destiny after his parents were advised to get rid of him because he was visually impaired at birth. The Forbes Asia 30 Under 30 alumnus gives rare insights into his journey of fighting economic and sociological barriers, and his biopic, Srikanth, starring actor Rajkummar Rao
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Post RBI's action against Kotak, lenders could become more cautious: Analysts
The regulator's action against the digitally focussed bank will see its quarterly earnings growth getting impacted. The RBI needs to have a deeper engagement with banks before cracking the whip. Banks, on the other hand, need to scrutinise their internal security and technology mechanisms more closely instead of just chasing growth
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The RBI is doing the right stuff: Oliver Prill
It's rare to spot a fintech honcho who roots for the work done by RBI. It's rare to meet a chief executive officer who brutally admits that a section of old and new players, across the world and in India, didn't play by the book. And it's rare to meet a foreigner who confesses that 'Indian Chinese' is way better than authentic Chinese food. Meet the global CEO of Tide, a UK-based fintech platform for SMEs
