Buying a car this festive season? Companies would want you to

Buying a car this festive season? Companies would want you to

Are you planning to buy a car this festive season? Over the past couple of months, car sales have been on a downward trend. But automakers are banking on some hefty discounts and enticing promotional offers tied to the festive season to finally shift those sales into high gear. The Indian automobile market, once driven … Read more

BofA buys shares worth Rs 6.4 crore in this smallcap stock via block deal

BofA buys shares worth Rs 6.4 crore in this smallcap stock via block deal

BofA bought 6.7 lakh shares in Exxaro Tiles Limited through its European subsidiary BofA Securities Europe SA on Tuesday at a price of Rs 6.4 crore via block deal. The price it paid for each share of this smallcap counter was Rs 96.22. The stock today ended at Rs 95.90 on the NSE, gaining by … Read more

Bella Hadid breaks silence on Adidas ad linked to 1972 Munich Olympics

Bella Hadid breaks silence on Adidas ad linked to 1972 Munich Olympics

Bella Hadid attends the “L’Amour Ouf” (Beating Hearts) Red Carpet at the 77th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 23, 2024 in Cannes, France. Victor Boyko | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Model Bella Hadid issued a statement after starring in a controversial Adidas campaign that the sportswear company said … Read more

Bandit Running Unsponsored Project decks out Olympic hopefuls

Bandit Running Unsponsored Project decks out Olympic hopefuls

Christopher Royster, left, and JT Smith, athletes who participate in Bandit Running’s Unsponsored Project, at the 2024 Olympic trials in Eugene, Oregon. Courtesy: Bandit Running There’s an army of unsponsored athletes commanding attention at the U.S. Track & Field Olympic Trials this year, decked out in all-black, logo-less gear. The 35 athletes are supported by … Read more

Vehicle registrations rise by a modest 3 per cent in May

Vehicle registrations rise by a modest 3 per cent in May

Vehicle registrations – a proxy for retail sales – went up by a modest three percent to 2.09 million units last month with consumers delaying purchases due to election-related uncertainties and extreme heat. Passenger vehicle registrations dipped marginally during the month under review by 0.96% to 303,358 units. As per data collated by industry body … Read more

Brady, Jeter headline Fanatics’ effort to build a comic-con of sports

Brady, Jeter headline Fanatics’ effort to build a comic-con of sports

Tom Brady attends Fanatics and Topps ‘Hobby Rip Night’ Event with Michael Rubin, Tom Brady, Kevin Hart and Travis Scott on September 30, 2023 in Linwood, New Jersey.  Dave Kotinsky | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Since the New York Comic-Con launched in 2006, the convention has evolved well beyond comics into a wide-ranging … Read more

Trump’s Truth Social won’t capture serious market share, Sorrell says

Trump’s Truth Social won’t capture serious market share, Sorrell says

Anna Barclay | Getty Images News | Getty Images Advertising guru Martin Sorrell has questioned the prospects of Donald Trump’s newly public Truth Social platform, saying it was currently “unfathomable” that clients would want to buy ads on the site. The British businessman told CNBC on Wednesday that the former U.S. president’s social media platform … Read more

Trust Fintech IPO opens tomorrow: Check issue size, price band, GMP and other details

Trust Fintech IPO opens tomorrow: Check issue size, price band, GMP and other details

The SME IPO of Trust Fintech will open for subscription on Tuesday and will close on March 28. The company aims to raise about Rs 63 crore through the SME IPO and list the shares on NSE SME platform. Here are 10 key things investors need to know about the public offer before subscribing to … Read more

Indian passenger vehicle industry engages numerous social media influencers to accelerate sales

Indian passenger vehicle industry engages numerous social media influencers to accelerate sales

Mumbai: The ‘vroom-vroom’ of the auto engine has just got amplified by ‘views,’ ‘likes,’ and ‘notification chimes.’ The Indian passenger vehicle industry – which saw a historic 27% growth in FY23 with sales of 3.90 million vehicles, and growing since the pandemic – has floored the pedal by engaging numerous social media influencers to further … Read more

Nifty 50 earnings grew 17% YoY in Q3, but analysts’ tone cautious; here’s why

Nifty 50 earnings grew 17% YoY in Q3, but analysts’ tone cautious; here’s why

It was yet another strong quarter for India Inc as most companies reported better-than-expected numbers for the three months ended December, triggering further upgrades in earnings. Earnings of companies that are part of the Nifty 50 grew by 17% year-on-year (YoY), against expectations of an 11% growth, according to Motilal Oswal Financial Services. However, the … Read more