Friday, 29 March 2019

29 March 2019 News

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Economic Times
 
Ø  RBI eases office opening process for foreign entities
Ø  Banks' consumer durable loan business shrinks 75%
Ø  Merger of Vijaya, Dena banks with BOB to continue: SC
Ø  Lenders ask for fresh round of bidding for Amtek Auto
Ø  L&T’s construction division bags Rs 2,500 cr orders
Ø  ZF signs agreement to acquire WABCO for $7-bn
Ø  PFC completes REC acquisition, hopeful of merger soon
Ø  Irdai keeps third party motor insurance rates unchanged

Business Standard

Ø  Bank union to write to govt, RBI against infusing money into Jet Airways
Ø  Donald Trump presses OPEC to boost output to bring down oil prices
Ø  S&P downgrades Tata Motors, subsidiary JLR credit rating for weak profits
Ø  Govt to infuse Rs 5,042 cr into BoB ahead of merger with Dena, Vijaya
Ø  Infosys to buy 75% stake in ABN AMRO's mortgage services arm for $143.5 mn

Business Line
 
Ø  India keen to re-start talks on trade package with the US
Ø  Lupin launches generic skin treatment cream in US market
Ø  Siemens Gamesa commissions 10 MW solar project for Lakshmi Machine Works
Ø  Indonesia, India palm groups to propose tax incentives to certified palm
Ø  PE, VC investment in India at $20.5 bn in 2018: Report
Ø  Jet defaults on ECB due to ‘temporary constraints’
 
Mint

Ø  Need to reinvent Niti Aayog, says former RBI Guv Y V Reddy
Ø  M&M to raise vehicle prices due to high commodity rates
Ø  Alstom bags ₹700 cr contracts from Mumbai, Pune metros  
Ø  PFC is now the second largest govt-owned financial firm after SBI
Ø  DLF's over ₹3,000 crore QIP closed; issue price fixed at ₹183.4 a share
Ø  IOB receives shareholders nod for ₹3,806 crore capital infusion

Financial Express
 
Ø  Bigbasket valuation hits $2.2 billion; turns unicorn with $150 million funding from Alibaba, others
Ø  Manappuram Finance withdraws release on securing funding from NABARD
Ø  Bandhan Bank, Gruh finance merger by Dec; to push affordable housing
Ø  Axis Trustee, IndusInd invoke 15.6% pledged shareholding in RCom
Ø  Orchid Pharma’s promoter firm too goes under resolution process
 
Deccan Chronicle

Ø  Sensex rebounds over 400 points, Nifty ends at 11,570
Ø  Commerce ministry for imposition of countervailing duty on Chinese pneumatic tyres
Ø  Rupee plunges 42 paise to 69.30/USD on stronger dollar
Ø  Singapore recalls BP drugs with India-made ingredient