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Climbing a steep incline from the extremely low base of last year, the sales growth in the commercial vehicle and the passenger car segments in November have been among the strongest in recent Continue reading →

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Leading cement manufacturers have reported growth in cement dispatches during November, compared with the same month last Continue reading →

Mumbai/Kolkata, Oct. 21 High prices seem not a deterrent for customers when it comes to buying gold, particularly on auspicious occasion such as Diwali and Continue reading →

Mumbai, Oct. 19 This has been a heady Diwali weekend for carmakers which could pave the way for good sales numbers this Continue reading →

Chennai, Oct. 16 An evening walk along Usman Road, a prime stretch of one of Chennai’s prime shopping districts, Theagaraya Nagar, or T.Nagar in short, would be next to impossible as hundreds of shoppers throng the street jostling one Continue reading →

New Delhi, Oct. 11 After a subdued season last year, corporate gifting this Diwali is back with a Continue reading →

BL Research Bureau Even as banks in the West are getting bigger prompting fears of their becoming “ too big to fail”, it is the reverse as far as the Indian banking is concerned. Continue reading →

New Delhi, Oct. 8 In a bid to bring in more transparency in mobile tariffs, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India intends to ask the operators to come clean on all hidden charges and be upfront about all riders while announcing a new scheme. Continue reading →

New Delhi, Oct. 6 The ongoing tariff war in the cellular segment could bring down the average revenue per minute for operators, but it would also lead to consolidation in the industry, according to analysts. Continue reading →

New Delhi, Oct. 1 In what could be a matter of concern for GSM-based mobile operators, the Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) has for the first time fallen below the Rs 200 mark. Continue reading →

Gold prices scaled a new peak of Rs 16,200 for 10 gram on large-scale buying by stockists and jewellers in anticipation of demand during the festival season beginning with Dusserah, followed by Diwali and Continue reading →

Ashok Leyland expects a better performance in heavy commercial vehicles segment in the remainder of the year riding on the possibility of reasonable improvement in sales of trucks and a steady order book position for buses procured under the Continue reading →

New Delhi, Aug. 27 In an indication that the market inching towards recovery, India’s overall PC shipments for the second-quarter ended June 2009 touched 1.76 million units, logging a sequential growth of 5.2 per Continue reading →

Mumbai, Aug. 8 Bucking the negative trend, truck sales have turned positive in July after sustained fall in last one year. Truck sales (five to 49 tonnes) were up 8.33 per cent to 16,265 in July against 15,014 logged in the corresponding period Continue reading →

Mumbai, Aug. 5 The weak monsoon has come as a shot-in-the-arm for cement companies with most of them registering a rise in July despatches, compared to the same month last year. However, on a sequential basis, some, such as UltraTech Cement, Continue reading →

Even as commercial vehicle makers struggled with a slump in sales, passenger vehicle makers have closed the June earnings season on a strong note. Average net profits for the passenger vehicle makers (passenger cars and two- wheelers) almost Continue reading →

Mumbai, Aug. 1 Maruti Suzuki and Hero Honda are the undisputed market leaders in the car and two-wheeler segments as evident from sales in July. Continue reading →

New Delhi, July 14 Hit by the general slowdown in the economy and subdued IT spends, personal computer (PC) sales – for the first time ever – fell over seven per cent in FY09, but the industry is hopeful of seven per cent growth this fiscal as Continue reading →

The telecom regulator on Friday said that there were 11.44 million new telephone users in May slightly lower than 11.75 million new subscribers in April. This is the second month in a row when the growth rate has declined. Mobile operators added Continue reading →

New Delhi, June 18 In a short time since the launch, Maruti Suzuki’s new model Ritz is fast catching up with sales of its most popular selling model Swift. Continue reading →

New Delhi, June 18 Consumers have to shell out more to buy LCD monitors, as vendors have raised the prices of these products anywhere between 2 per cent and 7 per cent, since March. Leading players, including LG, Samsung and Intex, attribute the Continue reading →