UpFront
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IPO lock-in expiries: $42 billion worth of stocks face sell-offs
A total of 90 companies are set to open their pre-listing shareholder lock-ins in various categories, testing markets' resilience
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India: From IT to GCC hub
Roughly 60 percent of the top 500 global companies have set up GCCs in India, according to the 2024 annual report of Inductus, a GCC enabler. These centres are expected to add jobs at a faster rate than the large IT services companies
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Succession planning: How to navigate the fault lines
A well-planned and thought-out separation of assets remains key to avoiding family disputes
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How JioHotstar plans to stream its way to become India's top OTT platform
With AI-led personalisation, longer form content, working with top creators, live streaming beyond sports, JioHotstar is all set to bring the best experience to customers. But will this be enough to fight the existing competition?
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K Ganesh has a master key to what makes new-age business models successful
Disruption is often outside in, says serial entrepreneur K Ganesh. It takes an outsider to change the status quo, like how Elon Musk and Tesla challenged ICE cars. Ganesh, the founder of venture-building platform GrowStory, who has incubated and scaled successful startups like BigBasket, Portea Medical and Bluestone, talks about how new-age business models in India have localised, innovated and made money. He discusses value creation amid path to profitability concerns, how investors navigate the high-risk, high-reward potential of these companies, and how AI is changing the business landscape
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Trump's reciprocal tariff: How will India face it?
The country stands at a high risk as the US president's reciprocal tariff threatens to trigger a global trade war and hit business
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The economy needs more than a rate cut
The Reserve Bank's tough decision of a 25-basis points rate cut tilts towards stimulating consumption over currency stability
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US tariffs, not Union Budget, behind weak markets
Repercussions of import tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump are likely to further jolt Indian stocks, and the Budget can do little to improve sentiments
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Forbes India 30 Under 30: All about intensity and passion of growing better
The Forbes India 30 under 30 class of 2025 comprises achievers from 19 categories, from enterprise technology and clean energy to agritech and design. This issue is about the roaring 20s—the time to, as the song goes, 'set the world on fire and 'burn brighter than the sun'
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Budget 2025: Key changes needed in the PLI Scheme
Experts say budget should focus on expanding the scheme to encompass green energy, advanced textiles, space tech and electronics components among others, as well as extend support to labour-intensive sectors for job creation
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Budget 2025: What will be the government's priorities to boost progressive growth?
How will government tackle key issues like weak consumption demand, depreciating currency, low government spendings and tepid private investments through policy intervention in Budget 2025?