COST Financial News

20.01 / 11:05

markets COST UPS performer reports Can the silver rally continue to mask Hindustan Zinc’s production problem?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Hindustan Zinc Ltd (HZL) shares have gained over 4% since the company reported a notable improvement in its financials for the December quarter (Q3FY26) on Monday. Consolidated revenue and Ebitda grew by 27% and 35% year-on-year to ₹11,000 crore and ₹6,054 crore, respectively.

20.01 / 10:25

markets COST UPS show strain PNB looks to cheaper deposits to defend margins after rate cuts bite

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. MUMBAI: Punjab National Bank, or PNB, is preparing the ground for further deposit rate cuts as pressure on margins intensifies, betting that cheaper deposits are now the best way to protect profitability as earlier policy rate cuts have already pushed lending yields lower. The state-owned lender cut deposit rates by about 20 basis points (bps) across tenures effective 1 January 2026 and sees scope to go further, managing director and chief executive Ashok Chandra said.

20.01 / 09:39

COST UPS Digital Deloitte wellness President reports Greenko founders-backed AM Green to invest $25 billion for 1 GW AI data centre in Uttar Pradesh

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: AM Green Group, owned by Greenko founders Anil Kumar Chalamalasetty and Mahesh Kolli, plan to set up a 1 gigawatt data centre in Uttar Pradesh with an investment of about $25 billion, said four people aware of the developments. The company has signed an agreement with the InvestUP, the investment-focussed agency of the government of Uttar Pradesh.

20.01 / 09:07

COST Progressive Manufacturing Trade stage track Cables and wires save the day for Havells in Q3

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Havells India Ltd’s consolidated revenue for the December quarter (Q3FY26) grew 14% year-on-year to ₹5,588 crore, but net profit growth was slower at 8% to ₹300 crore. An exceptional charge of ₹45 crore related to labour law adjustments hit earnings.

20.01 / 08:39

COST economy Trade country reports International America should not push other countries to adopt the dollar

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. When DONALD TRUMP returned to the White House there was widespread fear that his administration would seek to undermine the international role of the dollar. Today that seems like a distant memory.

20.01 / 07:05

markets COST Maxim Trade country cover social Carbon pricing is not a silver bullet but faith endures in this market approach to climate action

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Market failure is a prickly idea in economics. It exists in theory, is acknowledged in textbooks and is occasionally invoked in policy debates, but it sits uneasily with the profession’s deeper instincts.

20.01 / 05:51

markets COST FIVE CEO PepsiCo 2020 strain Tailoring a turnaround: Satyaki Ghosh takes the helm at a struggling Raymond

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. MUMBAI : Raymond Lifestyle is turning to fresh leadership to navigate a darkening retail landscape, appointing Satyaki Ghosh as CEO—the fourth executive to hold the mantle in just five years. Ghosh, who most recently led Grasim Industries’ Cellulosic Fashion Yarn division, takes over the branded apparel company with immediate effect, bringing a resume that includes stints at L’Oreal, Spencer’s Retail, and PepsiCo.

20.01 / 05:51

markets COST Sustainability Election Food Japan’s long-term bond yields surge as looming election triggers fiscal worries

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Japan’s long-term government bond yields surged to multi-year highs Tuesday, spurred by fears that an upcoming election could lead to a consumption-tax rate cut that might worsen the country’s public finances. A key focus of the campaigning will be a potential cut to Japan’s consumption tax, as both ruling and opposition parties seek to win over voters with measures to alleviate the burden of rising living costs.

20.01 / 02:33

COST economy Research Trade President reports Schools Americans are the ones paying for tariffs, study finds

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. U.S. tariffs functioned as a consumption tax on Americans, the report said.

20.01 / 02:33

markets COST UPS Provident Digital country shock Donald Trump’s Greenland tariffs are no great blow to Europe

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. EUROPEANS ARE no longer shocked by the threat of tariffs. They know President Donald Trump regards them as a fee for access to the American market, as leverage for American access to their own and as punishment for perceived slights.

20.01 / 00:37

COST UPS Gap Bill Cycling reports Decades-long reforms: How India's discoms returned to profits but have ₹7 trn of cumulative debt to deal with

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: India's power distribution sector which has been reeling under high debt and operational losses for several years returned to profits in fiscal 2025. In FY25, distribution utility companies, collectively called discoms, reported a net profit of ₹2,701 crore compared to a loss of ₹25,553 crore in the year before, according to data recently released by the power ministry.

20.01 / 00:37

markets COST Manufacturing Boxing Research Cycling Lab-to-fab in weeks: Why Fundamentum led Whizzo's $15 million raise

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Fundamentum Partnership has led a $15 million Series A funding round in Whizzo, a Bengaluru-headquartered materials science startup that develops and makes specialised fabrics for industries such as packaging, agriculture, infrastructure and protective workwear.

20.01 / 00:37

markets COST UPS Manufacturing ICE China makes a move on lithium; will Indian EV makers suffer?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. KOCHI : A quiet policy shift in Beijing is threatening to push up electric vehicle (EV) prices in India, just as the EV industry's tax edge over combustion engines begins to fade. China has decided to slash an export tax rebate on lithium-ion batteries from 9% to 6% from 1 April and phase it out in a year.

19.01 / 15:25

markets COST ETF Trade track Silver hits record overseas, but India trades at ₹10,000 discount as demand cools

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. MUMBAI: Even as silver surged to a record high of $93.22, or ₹9,412, an ounce (31.10 grams) in overseas markets, the Indian physical market saw the white metal trading at a discount of ₹10,000 per kg to the landed cost, as demand slowed at historic price levels, trade participants said.

19.01 / 10:47

markets COST security Align Enterprise wellness testing Mortgage-backed securities: Why India shouldn't fear their debut as a leap into the unknown

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India’s financial ecosystem quietly crossed an important threshold in May 2025 with the launch and public listing of India’s first Mortgage-backed Pass-Through Certificates (PTCs), issued by LIC Housing Finance and structured by RMBS Development Company Ltd, on the National Stock Exchange (NSE). The transaction was modest in size but significant in meaning.

19.01 / 09:59

COST Digital Platform show audience information guidelines New rules, new ads: Micro-drama platforms say privacy first

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Micro-drama platforms, despite being relatively young in India, are moving away from surveillance-like targeting in favour of consent-driven, contextual advertising to comply with the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023.

19.01 / 07:41

markets COST Target economy Trade country consequences Sanctions have become a default tool of hard diplomacy: What this implies for middle powers like India

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. When a series of commercial vessels were recently impounded under newly tightened sanction enforcement, the ripple effects were felt far beyond the intended target. Ships that had been quietly moving sanctioned cargo or operating in regulatory grey zones were abruptly removed from circulation.

19.01 / 07:41

markets COST UPS Platform Qualcomm band reports Shadowfox vs Delhivery: Fast growth, early profits—and a concentration risk investors can’t ignore

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Shadowfox is scaling rapidly, improving margins, and entering the market at a sharp discount to listed peer Delhivery. But its investment case is complicated by heavy client concentration.

19.01 / 06:49

COST Highways track reports Updates Let India’s road-quality overhaul become the template for all infrastructure projects

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Public fury over India’s crumbling roads is no longer white noise; it’s a national reckoning. With nearly 35% of rural roads and 25% of urban roads in need of urgent repair, and 177,177 lives lost to road accidents in 2024, the outrage is justified.

19.01 / 06:49

markets COST Career Experts Commentary Japan’s record bond yields signal a shift every investor should care about

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. For as long as most working professionals can remember, money has cost nothing. Not literally nothing, of course, but close enough that the difference didn't matter.

19.01 / 05:53

markets COST security Strategy Sustainability Cycling performer Why rebalancing and SIPs matter more than perfect entry points

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Indian equity markets have been among the world’s best performers for several years, and investors have benefited from this sustained bull run. However, those who stuck to a disciplined asset-allocation strategy and rebalanced their portfolios periodically have generated superior long-term returns compared with investors who relied mainly on stock selection or market timing.

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