The NBFCs borrowings through debentures and commercial papers (CPs) have been on the rise in the last 5 years.

What brought on the heavy selling in the stocks of non-banking finance companies (NBFCs)? Blame it on tightness in the money market and investor concerns over rising cost of borrowing for the companies amid continuing financial crisis at IL&FS.

Once the process is complete Samara Capital and Amazon plan to rapidly expand the chain which was put on hold due to its burgeoning debt.

Ahead of festive showdown, Flipkart pumps in Rs 3,463 crore to boost salesFlipkart is aiming at achieving 50 per cent of all smartphone sales during the upcoming festive month. Keeping the ambitious plan in mind, Flipkart has pumped in Rs 3,463 crore into its online marketplace, Flipkart Internet. This is the first biggest capital infusion by the Walmart-backed e-commerce giant ever since the US-based retail behemoth acquired a majority stake in the company. RCom to exit tele...

Reliance Capital executive director Anmol Ambani, the elder son of Anil Ambani, said at the company's annual general meeting (AGM) that the group plans to list Reliance General Insurance in this financial year. Here are key highlights

Despite steps such as withdrawing withholding tax on Masala bonds, allow some breathing space to foreign portfolio investors, and check non-essential imports and promote exports in order to arrest the decline in rupee, the local currency fell over 50 paise below the 72 level per dollar mark in trade today.

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

Govt to fine-tune e-commerce rules; panel formed to look into issueThe government has set up a group of secretaries to review a recently released draft ecommerce policy, which has drawn severe criticism from many stakeholders. The nascent but booming online retail space has largely been without regulations until a task force led by then commerce secretary Rita Teaotia put together the draft policy. The new group will be chaired by the secretary in the department of industrial poli...

Payments banks can only accept deposits of up to Rs 1 lakh per customer in a savings/current account.

Vodafone and Idea websites are still functioning on their old domain. However, the merged capital and increased reach may result in more benefits to users than before.

The stock rose to an intra day high of 53 level, rising 6 percent in early trade compared to previous close of 49.85 level.  The large cap stock is trading 3.68% away from 52 week low of 48.40.

The deal, largest in the power sector, marks the entry of the Gautam Adani group, which thus far has only been into power generation and transmission, into the distribution space. For Reliance Infra, the sale is a big boost to pare its debt which stood at over Rs 22,000 crore.

Last year, Amazon was granted permission by the Indian government to invest $500 million in a wholly-owned venture to sell local produces and packaged food items through online and offline mediums.

The stock which opened at 1,300 level hit an intra day low of 1,272 level on the BSE. The Reliance Industries stock hit a 52-week high of 1,328.75 on BSE in yesterday's trade but closed lower at 1,294 level on profit-booking.

At 10:42 am, the stock was trading at 1,300 level, up 0.66% on the BSE. Its market capitalisation rose to Rs 8,23,419 crore on BSE.

While the Sensex closed 442 points or 1.16% higher at 38,694 level, the Nifty ended the day at 11,691 level, rising 1.17% or 134 points. Meanwhile, the Sensex hit an all-time high of 38,736, Nifty rose to a record 11,700 level intra day. Of 30 Sensex stocks, 29 closed in the green.

This is the first time any brand is setting up exclusive stores in rural India at such a scale.

Google is reportedly looking to team up with Alibaba-backed Paytm Mall to pick up a 7-10 per cent stake in Future Retail for Rs 3,500-4,000 crore.

Amazon plans to invest $700 mn in the Future GroupJeff Bezos-led Amazon in India has begun formal negotiations with Kishore Biyani's Future Group to invest around $600-700 million for a 12 to 15 per cent stake in the retail major as reported by the Business Standard. The two entities have signed a term sheet to take the talks further, sources said. This denotes the two sides have officially entered a pact. If the deal materialises it will most likely be a combination of cash and...

The Sensex heavyweight rose to a fresh record high of 1296 level, rising 1.40% compared to its previous close of 1278.05 level.  At 12:36 pm, the stock was trading 1.15% or 15 points higher at 1292 level on the BSE.  Its market capitalisation rose to Rs 8,19,458.12 crore.