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The pants-pocket laptop is larger than some phablets or the size of a clutch

The GPD Pocket laptop has top-notch hardware and build quality with impressive specs under the hood

Markets begin Samvat 2074 on muted note, but experts say equities still have steam

Maintain your SIPs and trust your fund manager as analysts expect GDP growth to recover in the next few quarters and corporate earnings could pick up next fiscal

Restrategise and evolve to navigate geopolitical risks

Geopolitical risks is a crucial factor that needs to be considered seriously

Ten interesting things we read this week

Axis Bank Q2 results: Net profit grows 36 percent

While net profits have moved up, asset quality has suffered and non-performing assets increased to 5.90 percent

Forbes 400 List: Combined net worth of America's richest rises to $2.7 trillion

The annual Forbes 400 list for 2017 shows that US's billionaires have continued to prosper as their wealth reached new heights

Bajaj Auto's second quarter profit dips marginally but Street optimistic

With growing sales volume of the recently launched Platina and CT100 motorcycles and an uptick in exports, the company's performance is likely to improve in the next two quarters, say analysts

Leslie Thng takes over as Vistara CEO

Thng, who was the former chief executive of SilkAir, is a 18-year Singapore Airlines veteran

Tata Teleservices deal signals Chandrasekaran moving in real earnest in group revitalisation effort

The sale frees the new chairman up to focus on other businesses such as Tata Motors, therefore expect bigger initiatives say analysts and fund managers

We don't see ourselves as just a cards company: Mastercard's Ari Sarker

In a world where plastic money is no longer the only form of electronic payment, 51-year-old Mastercard is looking to rapidly reinvent itself and India has a big role to play, says its co-president for Asia-Pacific

Making GST simpler: Has the government succeeded?

In its 22nd meeting, the GST Council announced several tweaks to the initial rules under the new indirect tax regime, to simplify them