TVS Motor expects to close fiscal with 25% rise in Apache motorbike sales
Posted on 14th March 2018 |
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| Two-wheeler major TVS Motor expects sales of its Apache series of motorcycles to hit 500,000 units at the end of this fiscal. This would translate into a 25 per cent growth in volume sales over the previous year. The company launched its new Apache RTR 160 4v on Wednesday. "This (premium motorcycle) industry is growing very fast. We are estimating to sell 500,000 units in the Apache series, which is a growth of around 25 per cent," said K N Radhakrishnan, president and chief executive officer, TVS Motor Company. He added that the series is finding acceptance in the global market that the new launch today would fuel exports. The company currently exports about 8,000 units of the Apache series per month, while around 33,000 units are sold in India, said company officials. The premium sports bike segment has been growing at about 10 per cent CAGR (Compounded annual growth rate), and the company has been expanding at 28 per cent, company officials said. TVS Apache is the second largest sports motorcycle in the country. The company has three million racing customers across the world for Apache. The premium bike segment is currently around 14 per cent of the overall two-wheeler market and in the motorcycle segment, it owns a 25 per cent market share. The Apache RTR 160 4v launch is expected to help it expand the segment. The Delhi ex-showroom prices starts at Rs 81,490 and goes up to Rs 89,990 for the model launched on Wednesday. |
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Bharti Airtel defers Q2 results till Nov 14 over ambiguity on AGR verdict
Posted on 29th October 2019 |
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Bharti Airtel said on Tuesday it has postponed its second-quarter earnings report to mid-November, as the wireless operator sought clarity on the court ruling asking telecom firms to cough up overdue payments to the government.
Shares of the company, which was expected to release its quarterly numbers later in the day, dropped 3.3 per cent in early trade. |
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Rupee slips 8 paise vs US dollar in early trade amid drop in oil prices
Posted on 7th October 2019 |
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The rupee on Monday opened eight paise lower at 70.96 against the US dollar amid drop in crude oil prices and rise in Asian equities. The domestic unit on Friday closed almost flat at 70.88 against after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in a widely expected move cut key interest rates by 0.25 percentage point. On a weekly basis, the local unit slumped by 32 paise. |
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LIC pips private insurers in first-year premium growth during April-August
Posted on 13th September 2019 |
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In the first five months of the current financial year, first-year premiums of life insurance companies grew by 39.84% (year-on-year) at Rs 1.05 lakh crore as compared to Rs 75,588.35 crore in April-August of 2018-19. Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) continued to grow at a faster pace compared to private insurance players, shows the data from the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Irdai). |
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Apollo Hospitals rules out further stake sale
Posted on 13th September 2019 |
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Apollo Hospitals Enterprise (AHEL) has ruled out further dilution of promoters’ stake in the company. The company also said its Rs 1,337-crore stake sale of Apollo Munich Health Insurance with mortgage major HDFC will be concluded by October. Following these stake sales, the promoters’ pledged position will come down from a high of 76% to 54% by October and eventually to 20% by November or December, company sources said here. |
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World trusts India on Kashmir, not us: Pakistan minister Ijaz Ahmed Shah
Posted on 13th September 2019 |
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In a major embarrassment for Pakistan and its Prime Minister Imran Khan, the country's Interior Minister Ijaz Ahmed Shah, a retired brigadier, said the international community didn't believe Pakistan's narrative on Kashmir; instead it is India whose version is trusted. |
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