Lessons from the failure of some of India's biggest business names.

The Amazon CEO ended the note by thanking everyone who sent him suggestions and the \"inspiring examples of innovation\" he sees every day.

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's billionaire co-founder Jack Ma will announce a succession plan on Monday to hand the reins of his sprawling empire to a new generation of leaders but will remain executive chairman for the time being.

Alibaba co-founder and chairman Jack Ma plans to retire from the Chinese e-commerce giant on Monday to devote his time to philanthropy focused on education, he told the New York Times in an interview.

Global factors behind rupee fall, no need for knee-jerk reaction: JaitleyFinance Minister Arun Jaitley yesterday attributed the fall in rupee to global factors and said there was no need for panic or knee-jerk reactions. He said the Reserve Bank is doing whatever is necessary to deal with the situation.The battered rupee has lost 165 paise in the last six trading sessions. Jaitley further said the dollar has strengthened against almost every other currency and added that the rupee...

A 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO sees a record bid of $48.4 million (over Rs 338 crore). The extremely rare Ferrari was brought under the hammer by RM Sotheby at the Monterey Week.

State-of-the-art Train 18 to replace Shatabdi Express soon; PV Sindhu on Forbes' list of top 10 highest-paid female athletes; Air India seeks Rs 500 crore urgently to repay banks; opposition criticises Centre's decision to decline foreign aid for Kerala flood  relief. Watch more in this episode of Business Wrap.

Forbes released a list of 100 top-earning athletes in the world that did not feature a single female athlete. 

Bollywood superstars Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar have made it to the top 10 of the Forbes' annual list of highest-paid actors. Akshay is seventh on the list with $40.5 million, while Salman with $38.5 million has booked the ninth position. Actor George Clooney has topped the list. Watch BusinessToday.In video.

State-of-the-art Train 18 to replace Shatabdi Express soonAs part of the Railways' plan to increase the speeds of all long-distance passenger trains by 25 km per hour by 2022, it has decided to replace the Shatabdi Express trains with much-awaited semi-high speed 'Train 18'. These trains will be loaded with state-of-the-art amenities and will be used for inter-city travel. The trains are being built under the Make in India initiative at the Integral Coach Factory (ICF) in Chenna...

The 23-year old badminton player endorses a range of brands, including Nokia, Panasonic, Gatorade, Bridgestone and Reckitt Benckiser.

Topping the list of highest paid actors is George Clooney, who hasn't been part of a hit for a long time.

The complaint filed by shareholder James Kacouris in Manhattan federal court accused Facebook, Zuckerberg and CFO David Wehner of making misleading statements. The lawsuit seeks class-action status and unspecified damages.

His taxes for FY18 have risen by over Rs 1.24 crore since FY17 when he paid Rs 10.93 crore as income tax. The 37-year-old cricketer has also declared advanced taxes of Rs 3 crore for FY19.

With the couple recently selling Syntel to French technology services major Atos SE for $3.4 billion, their fortunes are going to see a sharp turnaround.

Kylie Jenner, half sister of Kim Kardashian and daughter of former Olympic gold medalist Bruce Jenner, has a net worth of $900 million. At 20 she's well on her way to become the youngest self-made billionaire toppling Mark Zuckerberg. She runs her own cosmetics company Kylie Cosmetics, is a mother and reality TV star and has featured on the Forbes list of the world's richest entertainers for this year. Watch Businesstoday.In's video to find out how she made her millions.

Forbes has put out its annual list of the world's highest-paid entertainers, with Bollywood actors Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar again making it to the list. While Akshay was ranked 76th, Salman was placed 82nd. Entrepreneur and model Kylie Jenner became the youngest entrant on the list. Some others who featured were George Clooney, Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo.

Top IITs, IIMs students bag up to 137% higher salary packages than other institutions this year: ReportTop IITs and IIMs bagged 137% and 121% higher salary packages, respectively, compared to other institutions, says the Campus Hiring Report 2018 released by assessment and skill-measurement company Mettl. The survey was conducted across 114 engineering and 80 management institutes during the recently concluded campus placement season across different regions. In a region-wise anal...

Akshay and Salman, incidentally, have shown indication of continuing with their respective winning game plans. Akshay will try reiterating the socio-political flavour using the sports theme this time, for his new film, Gold on Independence Day.

Bezos' net worth increased by $52 billion over this year. To put it in perspective, that is more than the entire fortune of Alibaba co-founder, Jack Ma.