Friday, 18 January 2019

18 January 2019 News

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Economic Times
 
Ø  May need more currency as GDP size increasing: RBI
Ø  L&T Infotech acquires Ruletronics for $7.48-mn
Ø  RIL first pvt co to top Rs 10,000 cr profit mark
Ø  IL&FS says unable to meet interest payment obligation
Ø  HUL Q3 profit rises 9% YoY to Rs 1,444 crore 
Ø  Reliance faces Rs 1 crore fine over NGT row
Ø  Icra expects auto parts industry to grow 15% this fiscal

Business Standard

Ø  Naresh Goyal sets terms for Rs 700-cr infusion into debt-laden Jet Airways
Ø  I-T dept holds back Rs 20,000 crore in tax refunds to private, PSU firms
Ø  Adani partners Germany's BASF for Rs 16,000-crore petrochem foray
Ø  Edelweiss Financial Services ties up $1.3 billion to buy India debt assets
Ø  18 NBFC-MFIs pool Rs 835 cr for securitisation, easing liquidity crisis

Business Line
 
Ø  GDP to be a tad higher to 7.5% in FY20: India Ratings
Ø  Car market in India continues to move in slow lane: report
Ø  NSEL scam: Corporate Ministry allows SFIO to prosecute everyone involved
Ø  GMR in talks with MAHB on Hyderabad airport stake sale
Ø  Deep in debt, Rolta India goes into stand-by mode
Ø  CCI imposes ₹85-lakh penalty on Godrej & Boyce
 
Mint

Ø  Govt mulls deemed admission of companies under insolvency law
Ø  NGT asks Volkswagen to pay penalty of Rs 100 cr in 24 hrs
Ø  CII asks RBI to cut repo rate, cash reserve ratio
Ø  Share buybacks fail to boost share prices, investor morale
Ø  Hero Future in talks to buy Fotowatio’s solar project in India
Ø  Naresh Goyal refuses to cede control of Jet Airways

Financial Express
 
Ø  Need to focus on alternative fuels: Nitin Gadkari
Ø  Aurobindo to buy 7 products from US firm in $300-million deal
Ø  Daiichi moves SC to restrain Fortis from transferring funds from IHH
Ø  PFC to borrow Rs 14,000 crore to fund REC buy
Ø  SCCL plans Rs 10,000-crore capex, eyes new coal blocks, mines
 
Financial Chronicle

Ø  Telecom sector may stabilise soon post-consolidation: Trai chairman
Ø  Singed Shalimar Paints plans mega come back
Ø  Gujarat cotton output may fall 48% this year
Ø  SBI: Only preserving time value of money in Essar
Ø  Philips Carbon Black to fix southern location of Rs 600-crore project; net jumps 92%