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06.02 / 02:57

markets COST Extreme Platform Software Trade testing The Agentic AI invasion: It’s here—but does the software industry face an existential threat?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. It was swift and brutal, the global sell-off in tech stocks this week after Anthropic’s launch of Agentic AI tools with startling skills. From America to India, software stocks lost $285 billion in market value globally within the span of a single trading session.

06.02 / 01:37

markets COST Digital Progressive rights Mint Quick Edit | Should digital currencies redesign banking and AI agents take over human jobs?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Any radical change enabled by technology demands careful deliberation, but two potential shifts especially so.

06.02 / 00:41

markets COST UPS Platform Enterprise innovations reports AI startups positioned to transform India's IT services, despite SaaS setbacks

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Even as several software-as-a-service startups head to the public markets this year, India hasn't capitalized on the boom of the 2010s, according to a top executive at global venture capital firm Lightspeed Venture Partners. “Over the last 15 years, SaaS has come in under expectations as a category, in terms of how many $5 billion-plus companies we expected to emerge from India," said Dev Khare, partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners, in an interview with Mint.

06.02 / 00:41

markets COST UPS Citi Target Strategy exclusive Motilal Oswal Group targets 10 owned office towers across major cities by 2028

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Having built a distinct mark as one of India's prominent diversified financial services groups, Motilal Oswal Group is now stepping up its focus on physical infrastructure. At a time when co-working spaces are booming and companies are pursuing asset-light, flexible office models, the group is investing heavily in owned office towers.

06.02 / 00:41

markets COST UPS IPO Booking band testing Aye Finance to test IPO market even as non-bank peers prefer to wait

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Aye Finance Ltd is headed for a public market debut at a valuation below its last funding round, becoming the first non-bank lender to test the appetite after months of sector-wide delays. The venture capital-backed microlender has set a price band of ₹122-129 per share for its initial public offering (IPO), valuing the company at approximately ₹3,200 crore at the upper end.

05.02 / 08:01

COST Digital Citizens Manufacturing wellness rights Why RBI should permit a kill-switch for phones bought on loans: It will aid credit expansion

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. After saying that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is evaluating whether to bring back the policy of allowing loan-financed phones on which repayments are interrupted to be locked as a method of enforcing credit discipline, the central bank has not moved on the subject.

05.02 / 02:15

markets COST Boeing Research Trade rowing Europe set to hold rates with ECB, BOE following the Fed. Weak dollar’s a factor

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Europe’s most important central banks are likely to hold interest rates steady on Thursday. Just like the Federal Reserve, policymakers across the Atlantic are in wait-and-see mode.

05.02 / 02:15

COST UPS Gap Trade show Mint Quick Edit | India-China trade swelled in 2025: Will this remain a largely one-way story?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. For all the talk about either restraining or rebalancing trade with China, India’s dealings with it are rising. In 2025, trade reached a record $155.6 billion, up 12%, according to Chinese ambassador Xu Feihong.

05.02 / 00:39

markets COST trends show performer Latin Tata Motors' $4.4 billion Iveco move faces fresh concerns

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI : Italian automaker Iveco's two reductions in its cash flow outlook within six months have reignited concerns over Tata Motors Ltd’s biggest acquisition, as analysts caution the Italian business's volatile show may leave the Indian parent vulnerable to global headwinds.

05.02 / 00:07

markets COST Citi Mobile Highways country International EV charger benchmark costs halved, fast chargers gain policy focus

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI: India has more than halved the benchmark prices of public electric vehicle (EV) chargers and enhanced their charging capacity, in a move aimed at expanding green mobility and enabling longer driving ranges across the country, two people aware of the matter said. EV charging point operators said that this sharp reduction in the benchmark cost could also lower subsidy claims.

04.02 / 10:59

COST UPS Booking trends track Bajaj Finance is sacrificing immediate profits for long-term safety. Will it succeed?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Bajaj Finance Ltd’s consolidated profit after tax for the December quarter (Q3FY26) is up 23% year-on-year to ₹5,317 crore if accelerated provisions for expected credit loss (ECL) and exceptional charges due to the new labour codes are kept aside. While these charges are categorized as one-offs, a portion of them could indeed be recurring.

04.02 / 08:55

COST UPS Target Manufacturing Trade guidelines Power Grid’s sharp project execution ramp-up, guidance upgrade recharges stock

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Power Grid Corp. of India Ltd shares gained 13% over the last four trading sessions, as investors cheered a sharp ramp-up in project execution during the December quarter (Q3FY26) and an upward revision in capital expenditure (capex) and capitalization targets.

04.02 / 08:27

COST UPS Provident Google country travelers International How Indians keep overpaying abroad even after buying ‘zero forex’ cards

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Earlier this year, I was in Dubai—a city Indians now treat like the third long weekend of every quarter. I was travelling with a friend who had proudly picked up a “zero forex" travel card just before the trip.

04.02 / 06:35

markets COST UPS Citi security show Updates Update India’s reform agenda: Freeing up urban land should be treated as an economic imperative

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India recently notified the long-awaited modifications of its labour laws, streamlining outdated and punitive regulations that had raised the cost of doing business and discouraged scale. As states begin to operationalize the new codes, there is optimism that simpler rules will encourage the formation of new firms, investment and formalization.

04.02 / 01:51

markets COST UPS Target BLOCK Three stocks to watch as crude oil prices increase

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Crude oil prices have been rallying in the last few days, putting oil and gas companies in focus. A key reason for the recent crude price surge is escalating geopolitical risk, particularly around Iran and the possibility of conflict.

04.02 / 01:21

COST UPS Citi security Strategy country reports D2C brands go offline, powering a mall leasing boom

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Bengaluru: Direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands are emerging as one of the biggest drivers of mall leasing in India, as customer acquisition costs rise online and the need for physical visibility pushes them offline. Direct-to-consumer brands accounted for 27% of India’s total retail leasing in 2025, up from 25% in 2024, according to a report by Coldwell Banker Richard Ellis (CBRE), the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm.

04.02 / 01:21

COST UPS Man SpaceX social reports Elon Musk’s mega-merger makes little business sense

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Sprawling conglomerates fell out of fashion long ago in America. Elon Musk is giving them new life.

04.02 / 00:21

markets COST UPS Manufacturing Hyundai GST cuts lifted Indian automakers out of slump. Now they face a commodity storm

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI : For Indian automakers, a surge in sales after the September tax cut has been eclipsed by a new concern: soaring raw material costs. Many are contemplating price increases at the risk of suppressing demand.

03.02 / 17:15

markets COST Manufacturing security Sustainability Trade Interviews ‘Slower FY27 customs revenue growth reflects India’s push for competitiveness, trade liberalisation’

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI : The moderation in customs duty revenue growth projected for fiscal year 2027 (FY27) in the Union budget is due to lowering customs duty on raw materials and inputs to make Indian businesses more competitive, the chairperson of India’s Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC), Vivek Chaturvedi, told Mint in an interview. Also contributing is trade liberalisation being pursued under free trade agreements (FTAs), which will secure greater external market access for Indian businesses, according to Chaturvedi.

03.02 / 12:27

COST UPS Provident ETF Trade Experts Mint Explainer: What’s causing gold prices to fall, and what should you do now?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. After a blistering rally over the past year, gold prices are starting to see sharp corrections. Since touching its all-time high on 28 January, gold has fallen 12.2% to $4,923.88 per troy ounce (as of 1.18 pm IST on 3 February).

03.02 / 12:27

markets COST UPS Trade show country Near-zero to 50% to 18%: The tariff shock reshaping India-US trade

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: Until President Donald Trump’s return to the White House on 20 January 2025, US tariffs were largely a non-issue for Indian exporters. That low-tariff environment ended in April 2025, when Washington imposed sweeping reciprocal duties, sending the US trade-weighted average tariff into double digits for the first time in decades.

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