Amazon unscathed by FDI curbs Posted on 27th April 2019 |
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| Chennai: The recent FDI regulations on the e-commerce sector had a minimal impact on Amazon’s business in the March quarter. The regulations had come into the force from February 2019. ‘In India last quarter was an uncertain period with the FDI ruling. We made some changes to our structure to stay in compliance with all regulations. There were a few days of downtime for some of our selection. But for the full quarter the impact was minimal. And we are in compliance and very, very happy with the progress of the business in India,” said Amazon CFO Brian Olsavsky during an analyst call after the announcement of the quarterly results. The clarification on the FDI regulations had forced the e-commerce players, especially the large ones like Amazon and Flipkart, to make several structural changes. Amazon had to partly divest shares in its seller entities–Cloudtail and Appario. The regulations also raised questions on exclusive tie-ups with brands. Industry watchers had expected a short-term disruption in the e-commerce ecosystem that could affect customer experience and sales and lead to more cash burn. However, the global entity has found that the disruption has not affected the quarterly growth much. “As far as international business is concerned, in Q3 and Q4 we made some noise, timing with the Diwali holidays in India. We feel pretty good about the Q1 (January-March) growth there, even despite some downtime in India,” Olsavsky said. |
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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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