BIZ-WEF-INDIA Union ministers, CMs to join over 100 CEOs at WEF's 50th Annual Meeting in Davos New Delhi: Union ministers Piyush Goyal and Mansukh Mandaviya as well as three chief ministers -- Amarinder Singh, Kamal Nath and B S Yeddyurappa -- will join over 100 Indian CEOs in the Swiss ski resort town of Davos next month for the WEF's 50th annual meeting, which will be attended by thousands of rich and powerful from across the globe.
BIZ-YEAR-FPI FPIs open fund floodgates for Indian markets; Net inflow crosses Rs 1 trn in 2019 New Delhi: Ignoring negative sentiments around falling GDP growth rate and some policy roadblocks, foreign portfolio investors seem to have flocked to the Indian capital market in a big way in 2019 with a net inflow of over Rs 1.3 lakh crore, including Rs 97,250 crore in equities -- the highest in last six years.
BIZ-YEAR-JOBS Headcount expansion loses currency, companies to promote up-skilling in 2020: Experts New Delhi: After taking a big hit from falling rate of economic growth in 2019, the job market may remain muted in the new year as well in terms of workforce expansion and salary hikes as more and more companies are expected to prefer up-skilling of existing staff rather than hiring new ones, experts feel.
BIZ-PROJECTS-COST OVERRUN 377 infra projects show cost overruns of Rs 3.94 lakh crore New Delhi: As many as 377 infrastructure projects, each worth Rs 150 crore or more, have been hit by cost overruns of more than Rs 3.94 lakh crore owing to delays and other reasons, according to a report. MKJ MKJ