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09.02 / 09:41

COST UPS security Healthcare country cover social Why this NRI couple in Norway doesn't mind paying half their income in taxes

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. When Sutirtha Chakraborty and Jayita Chatterjee moved to Norway in 2017, the decision wasn’t driven by money, it was driven by time. A senior doctor in India, Chakraborty was offered a role at a government hospital in Norway.

09.02 / 08:29

COST Provident trends Trade reports prevention After a strong Q3, Tata Steel looks set for a firmer Q4

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Tata Steel Ltd reported a 15% year-on-year rise in consolidated Ebitda, adjusted for forex translation, to ₹8,200 crore in the December quarter (Q3FY26), even as revenue grew a more modest 6% to ₹57,000 crore. Lower raw material costs, gains from cost-takeout initiatives and higher volumes helped offset continued losses in the UK operations.

09.02 / 07:03

markets COST UPS Aviat Airlines Boeing International Akasa Air sees light at end of delivery tunnel as aircraft flows steady, pilot hiring restarts

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: After nearly two years of delivery disruptions, Akasa Air is emerging from aircraft supply constraints, an inflexion point that allows India’s third-largest airline to restart pilot hiring, stick to its original growth plan and avoid costly short-term fixes in a fiercely competitive aviation market. “So I’d say that’s a thing of the past," Vinay Dube, the founder and chief executive officer of Akasa Air, said in an interview with Mint, referring to earlier delays.

09.02 / 07:03

markets COST Citi country consequences patient How bank auctions can help you buy a 3BHK at a 2BHK price

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Across the country, India’s real estate sector is witnessing a full-blown boom, with residential prices climbing sharply in most cities. Yet, for the discerning and patient homebuyer, even amid sky-rocketing values, there is still hope.

09.02 / 01:39

markets COST UPS IPO Sustainability Trade reports Three stocks turning around just as the market mood improves

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Markets are remarkably forgiving when the mood turns. Over the past few days, equity sentiment has staged a sharp turnaround.

09.02 / 01:25

markets COST UPS Strategy performer Sporting bowling How to hedge a bubble, AI edition

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. On February 8th sports fans watching the Super Bowl, an American-football game, will be treated to an advert for Claude, an artificial-intelligence chatbot. Those viewers who are investors with long memories might feel an unsettling sense of déjà vu.

09.02 / 00:11

markets COST UPS Aware Racing evacuation Green power reaches a choke point, and the search is on for a way out

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Centre has stepped in to resolve the green power quagmire of surplus production and insufficient transmission, following sweeping production cuts at solar and wind farms. The curtailment offers a temporary fix and keeps the grid stable, but results in steep losses for the developers, and threatens to derail India's ambitious green energy trajectory.

09.02 / 00:11

markets COST UPS economy wellness Trade performer Gold and silver may settle in a range, equity to outperform commodities: Samco MF CEO Viraj Gandhi

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. After the announcement of the India-US trade deal on 2 February, foreign flows are set to reverse, as other global markets have already performed well and become expensive too, said Viraj Gandhi, chief executive officer at Samco Mutual Fund. A 20% rise in gold prices in a month is a statistical rarity, which happened in 1971, after which prices fell.

08.02 / 12:17

markets COST Provident Waters Google Enterprise NVIDIA Will the Budget 2026's tax gambit result in an AI infrastructure boom?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India's 21-year tax holiday for foreign cloud providers, announced by Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her latest budget, has fuelled optimism across the technology sector. Politicians, industry executives, and analysts expect a surge in data-centre investments and employment.

08.02 / 11:15

markets COST UPS Food Trade country Destinations India-EU free trade agreement: Does it brighten prospects for India’s agricultural exports?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The conclusion of negotiations over the India-EU free trade agreement (FTA) shows that agriculture is no longer a deal-breaker. Both sides carefully manoeuvred around each other’s domestic sensitivities while offering tariff reductions to enhance market access.

08.02 / 07:33

markets COST Digital Food Trade love travelers Ajit Ranade: We should welcome the India-US trade agreement but need to parse the fine print

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Markets love certainty, or rather its appearance. That is why our equity market cheered the announcement of an interim India-US trade deal framework even though the ‘fine print’ is still not fully in the public domain.

08.02 / 05:51

markets COST Booking Research wellness medicines Features The personal finance system is rigged for you to fail

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Once in a while, a book comes along that articulates exactly what you have been thinking for years. Why Personal Finance is Broken and How to Fix It by John Campbell and Tarun Ramadorai, two distinguished academics with deep knowledge of both Western and Indian financial systems, is precisely such a book.

08.02 / 02:21

markets COST UPS security Research Trade show STT hike further stacks the odds against retail traders

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Financial awareness, not taxation, drives responsible investing, says Bhubaneswar-based finance researcher and former futures and options (F&O) trader Narayan Das, who has spent over a decade trading in derivatives, gaining firsthand experience of leverage, volatility, and how transaction costs steadily erode retail profits. “Many investors enter high-risk trades without understanding them.

08.02 / 02:21

markets COST UPS Citi wellness Universities China is going all-in to beat the US on humanoid robots

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. SUZHOU, China—Elon Musk has been telling investors for months that Tesla’s Optimus humanoid robot will revolutionize the world and create a new mega-industry. But most of it could belong to China, he has warned.

08.02 / 02:21

markets COST UPS Target economy MSCI Trade Global news wrap: Monetary policies, emerging market shares, China’s GDP

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Every month, Mint’s Plain Facts section brings out an update on key global data to thread together the biggest developments in the world that are worth paying attention to.

07.02 / 12:23

markets COST UPS War patient Interviews The weight-loss price wars are breaking Big Pharma’s business model

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Two years ago, a GLP-1 prescription could cost an uninsured patient more than $1,000 a month. Today, Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy pill starts at just $149 through cash-pay programs.

06.02 / 12:41

markets COST UPS economy Trade Rolex country They came for its riches, but big business is souring on South Africa

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. JOHANNESBURG—The corporate exodus from what was supposed to be Africa’s breakout economy is accelerating, propelled by a toxic cocktail of corruption, lawlessness and poor infrastructure.

06.02 / 08:01

COST UPS Extreme Death President Climate change is costing the economy—whether climate-deniers admit it or not

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. If you’re a climate-change denier in the eastern US, including the president, then the past few weeks have been a dream. It’s cold and snowy where I live, you might say, colder and snowier than in years.

06.02 / 07:27

COST UPS Manufacturing wellness performer reports For Tata Power, Mundra remains the Achilles’s heel, overshadowing other segments

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Tata Power Co. Ltd shares are down around 3% after its consolidated Ebitda for the December quarter (Q3FY26), adjusted for one-off regulatory income, fell by 9% year-on-year, to ₹3,100 crore.

06.02 / 02:57

COST Pfizer Healthcare patient medicines Pharmaceuticals White House debuts drug-buying site TrumpRx, with roughly 40 medications

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The White House on Thursday launched its drug-pricing website, dubbed TrumpRx, the culmination of efforts by the administration to bring down pharmaceutical costs for some consumers.

06.02 / 02:57

COST Provident Booking Sustainability Cycling reports Commentary SBI Q3 preview: Net profit seen rising 5%, loan growth to stay strong

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. MUMBAI: State Bank of India (SBI), the country’s largest lender, is expected to post a 5% year-on-year rise in profit for the December quarter (Q3FY26) to ₹17,810 crore, according to consensus estimates from a Bloomberg poll of analysts. The state-owned bank had reported a net profit of ₹16,891 crore in the year-ago period and will announce its Q3FY26 results on 7 February.

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