Friday, 23 March 2018

23 March 2018 News

23rd March 2K18

Economic Times

Ø  CAD may treble to $10-12 billion in Q4: Icra
Ø  M&A deal volume at 7-year high in 2017: EY
Ø  PNB issued over 41k LoUs since 2011: FinMin
Ø  PSU bets give LIC a Rs 20,000 crore headache
Ø  PNB fraud: Interpol seeks additional info from ED
Ø  Tax-free gratuity limit doubles to Rs 20 lakh
Ø  Reliance Retail plans to raise Rs 4k cr via rights issue

 Business Standard

Ø  Trump to hold off steel tariffs for EU, six others: US trade envoy
Ø  Confident about expeditious completion of asset sale plan: RCom
Ø  Cox & Kings sells 11.58% stake in education and hotels arm for Rs 4.5 bn
Ø   SC refuses to lift stay on RCom asset sale to Reliance Jio
Ø  Indian Oil considers investing $3.5 bn from April to expand capacity

Business Line

Ø  Capital gains from buyback ‘gold rush’ on taxman’s radar
Ø  Deadline for bidding oil and gas blocks extended to May 2
Ø  Shortage of coal continues to hit power generation
Ø  Merger of Dish TV India, Videocon d2h completed
Ø  Panel of creditors urges NCLT to consider Dalmia Bharat’s bid for Binani Cement
Ø  Hero MotoCorp hikes stake in Colombian jt venture to 68%

 Mint

Ø  Last date of bidding for 55 oil and gas blocks extended
Ø  Standard Chartered is said to start sale process for private equity unit
Ø  After PNB, SBI, now Union Bank of India hit by bank fraud
Ø  ICICI Securities IPO sees 29% subscription on Day 1
Ø  IRB Infrastructure bags Rs3,400-crore road project from NHAI in UP
Ø  Kumar Mangalam Birla to lead Vodafone-Idea combine’s leadership team

Financial Express

Ø  Proprietors, LLPs, HUFs under CBEC scanner for claiming transitional credit
Ø  Government extends duty benefit for export of Bengal gram
Ø  Insolvency law panel likely to finalise report this month
Ø  Over a third of economists push back timing of Bank of Japan stimulus exit

 Financial Chronicle

Ø  MCX to start brass futures trading next week
Ø  NCLT cracks down on DSK Developers
Ø  Gas price to be hiked, power, urea output cost to rise
Ø  RBI to pay Rs 10,000cr dividend
Ø  Sebi mulls halting trade in companies referred to NCLT