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December 4, 2014
India Eases Foreign Investment Rules for Construction Sector
The Indian government has eased foreign direct investment (FDI) rules for the construction sector, a move that is expected to attract more money into Asia’s third largest economy as it seeks to build hotels, homes and townships. Under the new […]
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November 19, 2014
Steve Waugh Launches into Indian Property
As they picked their way through India’s dense, overpopulated slums, cricket icon Steve Waugh and his investment banking friend Dean Honan saw great struggle, but also great opportunity. India needs houses, badly. Waugh and Honan are determined to build them. […]
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August 12, 2014
India approves Real Estate Investment Trusts
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on Sunday approved the setting up of real estate investment trusts (REITs), a move that may offer a new source of financing to India’s cash-strapped property developers. REITs are listed entities that […]
The global luxury market is set to see its slowest growth this year since 2009, with the Asian market in particular contributing to the slump. French luxury brands Gucci and Louis Vuitton, for example, recently reported drops in Chinese sales […]
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July 31, 2013
Princesses in North India Win a Royal Fortune
It has all the makings of a best-selling novel. An Indian maharaja crowned as a toddler and rich beyond imagination falls into a deep depression in old age after losing his only son. After his own death a few months later, […]
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July 21, 2013
Centre-India Inc to roll out 2,500 Model Schools
Corporate India and the central government on Saturday sealed a pact to start 2,500 model schools across the country in public private partnership (PPP) mode, giving a decisive push to a six-year-old plan to change the face of secondary education. […]
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June 21, 2013
Google Android Nation Stores Coming to India
If there’s one thing that the Indian market is famous for, it’s price sensitivity. Android has bridged the gap between smartphone haves and have-nots since it’s open source and free, enabling manufacturers to tag their devices at affordable rates. Now […]
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April 20, 2013
How IT Honchos Use Technology
A large number of CXOs in India Inc admit that they are ‘tech-addicts’ and that they can’t imagine what life would have been if technology hadn’t come around in its various forms. Technology boggles the mind with its complexity and […]
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December 26, 2012
5 most expensive real estate deals in 2012
1. Sajjan Jindal, Mumbai Steel magnate Sajjan Jindal had to spar a bit to get Maheshwari, a sea-facing bungalow on Nepean Sea Road. In 2011, he paid Rs 300 crore to members of the Maheshwari family for the bungalow. But […]
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