The IPO will remain open for subscription till November 6, the company said. Net proceeds from the issue would be utilised towards payment of loans and for general corporate purposes.

Amid speculation that the NDA government would have to find a replacement for Arvind Subramanian as chief economic advisor, he has been granted a one-year extension that will end in October 2018.

The industry normally views the Budget as a key policy document that goes beyond numbers, and underlines the future political and economic priorities.

Businesses of all sizes - big, medium, small and micro - are more optimistic today than they were in the October-to-December quarter, according to the latest Business Today-C fore Business Confidence Survey. The survey says corporate India plans to make fresh investments after the general election.

Their viewership is up more than 40 per cent in the past year, thanks to the Digital Access System. Digitisation gives viewers access to more than 10 English-language entertainment channels, and the transmission is of higher quality.

The grey clouds may not have disappeared, but optimism has risen for the third quarter in a row, finds the latest Business Today-C fore Business Confidence Survey.

The founder of the Cafe Coffee Day chain was one of MindTree's first venture capitalists, buying an initial 6.6 per cent stake in the company for Rs 41 a share in 1999. He now owns 22 per cent stake in MindTree through his companies and personal holdings.

More and more Indians are downloading music legally, and companies are raking it in.

With four mega successes in two years, Kareena Kapoor surges ahead of all other Bollywood performers.

Since the Green Revolution, there haven't been too many breakthroughs in Indian agriculture, barring BT cotton; however, the spread of best-in-class agricultural practices can be of help.

A big dip in confidence is causing consumers to stay at home and spend less. They are severely affecting not just businesses but themselves too.

The fortnight’s burning question. Will the inflation rate come down to less than 8 per cent in Q2, 2008-09?

Rising crude prices could derail India’s growth story and cause massive pain all around.

Writing off farm loans worth Rs 60,000 crore, increasing Income Tax exemptions, slashing excise duties?Finance Minister Chidambaram’s Budget 2008 is aimed at winning votes in an early poll. Full coverage: Budget 2008

RBI will have to make some tough choices to keep the economy humming.

Buoyant tax revenues a lower fiscal deficit and an economy that’s in top gear permit the FM to pump big money into agriculture and the social sector. Those efforts might help at the hustings, too.

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The economy is slowing down, foreign investors have turned wary, and there is an election to be won next year. So, will Finance Minister P. Chidambaram script Budget 2008 for votes or growth? Shalini S. Dagar tells us what we can expect this year.  Full coverage: Budget 2008-09

There are now unmistakable signals that the Indian economy is losing steam. All indicators seem to point towards a slowdown in the offing.

The economy is slowing down, but the long-term story remains intact.