As businesses are now under constant pressure to meet customer expectations with exceptional experiences, they are required to look beyond the complex rewards systems and continue evolving their loyalty programs, strategies and technologies to offer tangible value which is something truly unique to customers.

The second fund's investor base reflects a diversification beyond the Middle Eastern oil money that provided most of the first $100 billion fund's outside capital as it touts industry-beating returns.

Sun Mobility, led by Chetan Maini, who pioneered electric cars in India with the Reva

Anheuser-Busch InBev said on Friday it will not proceed with the planned listing in Hong Kong of its Asia Pacific unit, Budweiser Brewing Company APAC Ltd, in what would have been the world's biggest initial public offering (IPO) of 2019.

Germany-based global engineering major Siemens AG, with revenues in excess of 83 billion Euro, has regrouped its industry verticals into three operating companies - Gas & Power, Digital Industries and Smart Infrastructure. Cedrik Neike, Member of the Managing Board of Siemens AG and CEO of Smart Infrastructure, spoke to Business Today's P.B. Jayakumar at Hannover in Germany on how the company is reinventing itself with newer technologies and opportunities unfolding for countries such as India. Cedrik - who started his career with Siemens and later worked with communication specialists like Cisco before rejoining - has extensive knowledge of Indian businesses and was part of the core team that rolled out Jio in India. Edited excerpts:

If proposals made by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman are implemented in spirit, and investments are made, there could be employment generation in the medium to long-run across sectors such as real estate, core infrastructure and food processing

The transport department of Karnataka has prohibited Ola and Uber from continuing their pool services in the state

About 1.5 billion people are expected to watch the tournament worldwide, more than 15 times the audience for the Super Bowl of American football

Facebook's digital wallet Calibra may not be available in countries where cryptocurrencies have been banned; in other nations, it'll made available via Facebook's Messenger, WhatsApp and a standalone app

Mark Zuckerberg-led multinational company is expected to unveil Bitcoin rival Libra next week, while the official launch of the cryptocurrency is scheduled for 2020

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Uber to use miniature car 'Qute' to take on India's choked, polluted roadsUber Technologies Inc has launched a new ride-hailing service in India's tech capital Bengaluru that will use miniature gas-powered cars called \"Qute\" to win over commuters stressed out by the sprawling city's heavily-congested streets. Uber will price the Qutes, which can carry up to three passengers and have windows and a fan but no air-conditioning, for slightly less than its standard car service.SCO su...

Uber will price the Qutes, which can carry up to three passengers and have windows and a fan but no air-conditioning, for slightly less than its standard car service

Zomato said that the average time taken by the biker fleet to deliver is 30.5 minutes. It added that the only way to reduce that time to 15 minutes is if the aerial route is taken.

New XC90 SUV will be assembled in Sweden by the Volvo Cars and would come with factory fitted steering wheel and brake pedals designed for the computer rather than human control

Fintech lenders will have to change their business models to survive the ongoing liquidity crisis