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In Dave Eggers’ 2021 novel The Every, a giant search engine company acquires an e-commerce behemoth. Delaney Wells, the lead character, plans a vigilante action against the company by getting a job with it. Her college thesis, written with a view to charm her way into the company, argued that it was immaterial that it was a monopoly if consumers were fine with it.

ABB India Ltd’s shares have risen over 7% in the past four trading sessions, led by better order inflow prospects and early signs of demand improvement.In the December quarter (Q4CY25) earnings call, the management said that demand is rebuilding after a slack in early 2025, supported by traction in emerging industries such as data centres and electronics, favourable macro environment led by the government’s capital expenditure, and a gradual pick up in private-sector investments. This bodes well for 2026.

NEW DELHI: Global investors have a positive outlook on India because of a stable, enabling environment and a pro-business approach in emerging sectors such as artificial intelligence data centres and processing of rare earths and critical minerals, the Asian Development Bank said.The multilateral bank’s private sector investment operations in India, a key part of its global investment portfolio, will continue to go up in sectors including renewable energy and financing of micro, small and medium enterprises, Isabel Chatterton, ADB’s director general of private sector operations department, said in an interview. Microfinance, agriculture, skilling and affordable housing too are areas that ADB finances.A fifth of ADB’s global investments is in India.

investment horizon is limited.For instance, a systematic investment plan (SIP) in the Nifty 50 started in January 2012 delivered a five-year return of about 9% per annum, but a seven-year return of roughly 12% per annum. Over longer holding periods, these fluctuations tend to smooth out. The same SIP has generated annual average returns of around 14% over 10–15-year periods.

. Employees get an AI competency score from one to five—scoring a five if they create systems that improve the workflow of others. He has also created a new award: Whoever comes up with the most effective AI-driven process wins a vacation stipend worth several thousand dollars.He won’t consider hiring candidates without AI fluency.

When discussing Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) and penny stocks, it’s a classic case of ‘big money’ playing a very different game than the average retail investor.While LIC is famous for its blue-chip holdings, it actually maintains a long tail of low-priced stocks. However, low-priced stocks are sometimes not active buys but holdings that have eroded over years.Here are three penny stocks that LIC holds.

Stock market recap: The Indian equity benchmarks faced significant selling pressure on Tuesday, with Nifty 50 plunging 288.35 points (1.12%) to settle at 25,424.65, and BSE Sensex plummeting 1,068.74 points (1.28%) to 82,225.92.The session saw a "tech bloodbath" as Nifty IT crashed 4.74% to a 30-month low. This rout was triggered by deepening AI disruption fears following Anthropic’s launch of tools capable of automating legacy COBOL systems—a core service area for Indian IT majors.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Lately economists have been vigorously debating the health of America’s labour market. Some argue that the jobs market is weakening, portending a downturn and requiring further interest-rate cuts from the Federal Reserve.

Carlsberg AG, the Danish brewer, recently said it plans to list its India business on the domestic bourses. The move comes at a time when India’s beer market is benefiting from favourable regulatory shifts, growing retail access, and a potential cyclical recovery after a weak season. Yet, the market remains structurally spirits-dominated, intensely competitive, and heavily dependent on state-level excise policies.What explains the timing of the IPO, and how big are the opportunity and the risk? Mint explains.Chief executive Jacob Aarup-Andersen said in a February earnings call that the company is assessing an initial public offering (IPO) in India to “create shareholder value”.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. CIE Automotive India Ltd’s shares are up about 7% since its December quarter (Q4CY25) results last week, as growth momentum continued to gather pace. Consolidated revenue increased by 13% year-on-year, clocking the best growth in many quarters, to ₹2,393 crore on the back of a good show from the India business and a favourable exchange rate in Europe.

India’s justice system is groaning under a crushing backlog. Nearly 48 million cases are pending in lower courts, while the Supreme Court alone has close to 90,000 unresolved matters. This does not include matters before tribunals and administrative bodies.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. On 11 February, the Reserve Bank of India released draft guidelines that seek to make banks more accountable for the financial products they sell to individuals. The guidelines aim to prevent banks from mis-selling various financial products, especially life insurance plans that double up as investments.

Mint.The growth ambition comes as India’s premium personal care and wellness market intensifies, drawing aggressive FMCG majors, venture-backed startups and global brands. Cipla Health is betting that its pharmaceutical lineage and scientific credibility can help it scale brands into large consumer franchises.“We don't have as many large consumer health brands in India at the moment,” Puri said.

Mint first reported that IndiaRF has mandated Rothschild to help scout for buyers for the portfolio company that is seeking a valuation of about $1 billion.The stake sale underscores rising investor appetite for scaled API platforms with export-heavy books, especially as India’s pharma supply chain strengthens its position in regulated markets and private equity firms seek pre-IPO opportunities in defensible healthcare assets.“The exact amount of the ongoing fundraise is contingent to an acquisition that Synthimed is evaluating,” a third person said. “If the acquisition goes as planned, the round may potentially become larger with a primary capital infusion.

Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) is looking to replicate its mobile data tariff strategy in smart eyewear — betting on aggressive pricing and scale to bring artificial intelligence (AI)-powered glasses to a wider audience, analysts and industry executives in the know said.JioFrames AI smart glasses, unveiled last year at RIL's annual general meeting, are expected to hit the market in the next 2-3 months, an industry executive said, adding that prices are likely to be significantly lower than the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses that are available in the market. Analysts expect Jio Platforms to price its smart glasses below ₹10,000, roughly a third of the starting price of the Gen 1 variant offered by market leader Ray-Ban Meta, which sells at around ₹30,000.Smart glasses combine traditional eyewear with built-in speakers, microphones and AI features, allowing users to listen to music, take calls, capture photos and access digital assistance without pulling out a phone.The market for smart glasses has started heating up, with companies such as Lenskart and AI platform Sarvam also looking to launch these products.

India’s long-held ambition to become a serious shipbuilding nation on par with giants such as China, South Korea, and Japan may finally get off the starting blocks in the second half of 2026, at a time when the Asian shipyards are packed with orders, with waiting periods stretching into several years.In the first instance of a global shipbuilding giant investing directly in core shipbuilding infrastructure in India, state-run Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) and South Korea’s HD Korea Shipbuilding and Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE)—part of the HD Hyundai Group—are in final stages of forming a joint venture to set up a $500-million manufacturing facility in Kochi, with both partners contributing equally.CSL’s chairman and managing director, Jose V.J. said a CSL team would visit South Korea this month to finalise the deal.

New Delhi: How much chicory is in your coffee? If you’re not sure or don’t care, you will get to know starting in July, when the percentage of chicory will be displayed quite prominently on coffee powder packs.India’s apex food regulator wants to ensure that customers are aware of the volume of chicory in their preferred brew, according to two government officials and a document reviewed by Mint.In a major overhaul for beverage labelling, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has finalized a new mandate requiring ‘prominent declarations’ on the front of the pack so that blended coffee is not mistaken for 100% pure coffee. Also, the font sizes of these declarations must be proportionate to the logo dimensions, with a 1 July enforcement date.Chicory is a popular additive that provides a darker colour and an earthy taste to the beverage.

fintechs to market its mutual fund products.The company's move comes after a muted debut of its first equity scheme, the Jio BlackRock Flexicap Fund.Launched in October 2025, the Jio BlackRock Flexicap Fund's assets under management (AUM) stood at ₹2,613 crore at the end of January, compared with ₹2,808 crore of the Abakkus Flexicap Fund, launched in December 2025."For a name like Jio BlackRock, it should have seen a higher uptick in its flexicap fund. Trying to go purely direct in India, especially for a new AMC, might be difficult," said Srikanth Meenakshi, co-founder of mutual fund research platform Primeinevstor.In a 6 Septemberinterview with Mint, its chief executive, Sid Swaminathan, said people were becoming increasingly comfortable managing their finances digitally on their phones, and its partnership with Jio, which has access to that ecosystem, gave it a clear understanding that this is the direction it wants to pursue.

India’s plastic bottles industry faces a ₹10,000 crore quandary: investments in a costlier, recyclable, food-grade material risk turning dud as regulatory uncertainty has slowed adoption by beverage makers.India drafted rules in February 2022to make it mandatory for beverage-grade bottles to contain at least 30% recycled polyethylene terephthalate (r-PET). It’s a kind of material that can be fully recycled.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. President Donald Trump’s new 15% global tariff is causing uncertainty and confusion among investors and international lawmakers alike. Trump announced the move Sunday, up from a 10% rate, after the Supreme Court struck down levies the administration imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act Friday.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. A mock job advertisement that has done the rounds recently calls for a “killswitch engineer" for OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT. The description requires the successful applicant to stand by servers all day and unplug them “if this thing turns on us".