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March 25, 2016 Credit Suisse to axe 2,000 more jobs as revenue slumps
A file photo of the Credit Suisse office in Milan. This year investment banking revenues have been hit by record low interest rates. Photo: Reuters Zurich: A slump in investment banking revenues prompted Credit Suisse on Wednesday to accelerate its restructuring plan and cut a further 800 million Swiss francs ($821 million) of costs. The […]
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NEWS 
March 14, 2016 Microsoft to End PC Gaming as We Know It: Gears of War Developer
Universal Windows Platform (UWP) is a programming application for Windows 10 developers that lets them create a single version of software to run across all Windows devices including PCs, smartphones, tablets, and the Xbox One. The company is slated to unveil more UWP details at its Build event this month. However UWP has also gained […]
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March 11, 2016 Domestic venture capital funds proliferate as HNI interest in start-ups grows
Anil Joshi, co-founder of Unicorn India Ventures, says the number of people who see start-ups as an investment asset class has grown in the last one-and-a-half years. Photo: S. Kumar/Mint Mumbai: Domestic early-stage venture capital (VC) funds are proliferating in an effort to tap increasing demand from rich individuals and investment offices of business families […]
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March 11, 2016 As start-up funding slows, venture capital firms back in the driver’s seat
Even some well-funded start-ups are feeling the heat. Last week, grocery delivery start-up Grofers shut operations in nine cities, citing poor demand. Photo: Ramesh Pathania/Mint Venture capital (VC) firms are again wielding strong control over their portfolio companies, as a funding slowdown helps shift power back to the investors after more than a year when […]
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NEWS 
March 11, 2016 Budget pegs Rs72,394 crore as education outlay for 2016-17
As part of the pending move, all education credentials of students from Class X onwards would be digitized and kept in a demat format. Photo: Priyanka Parashar/Mint New Delhi: The Union budget on Monday allocated Rs.72,394 crore to education in the 2016-17 financial year, an increase of around 5% over the 2015-16 estimate. Of the […]
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ALL DEALS 
March 9, 2016 Ola appoints Raghuvesh Sarup as chief marketing officer
One of the so-called unicorn start-ups in India, Ola has closed over $1.3 billion of external funding so far. Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint Bengaluru: Taxi-hailing service Ola, owned by ANI Technologies Pvt. Ltd, has appointed Raghuvesh Sarup as chief marketing officer (CMO) to strengthen its core leadership team as the company prepares to expand its lead […]
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March 8, 2016 Indian start-ups at risk as investors step back, PM Modi’s fund falls short
Flipkart and Snapdeal have attracted big-name backers like Accel Partners, Temasek Holdings and SoftBank, enthused by growth potential. Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint Mumbai: After pumping billions of dollars into Indian Internet start-ups in the last 24 months, global investors are cutting that flood back to a trickle as dreams of huge online sales are clouded by […]
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HOME & GARDEN 
March 8, 2016 Housing.com appoints co-founder Snehil Buxy as chief product officer
The company that has raised over $100 million in capital from investors like SoftBank, nexus venture partners, changed its business model in November from being a listing portal to focus on only buying and selling of properties. Mumbai: Mumbai-based Locon Solutions Pvt. Ltd that operates the real estate portal Housing.com said on Wednesday that it […]
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March 8, 2016 Power2SME names Nandan Nilekani as strategic investor
Power2SME sources raw materials such as chemicals, additives, inks, paints, metals and polymer commodities for its clients. Bengaluru: Power2SME (BEBB India Pvt. Ltd), a start-up that makes procurement easier for small and medium enterprises (SMEs), announced on Monday that Infosys Ltd co-founder and former Unique Identification Authority of India head Nandan Nilekani has become a […]
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March 2, 2016 Venture debt firms see pick up in demand as equity deals slow
Venture debt firms lend to new economy start-ups which are high-growth companies, asset-light and might have cash burn. Photo: Priyanka Parashar/Mint Mumbai: The slowdown in the availability of equity funding and a downward pressure on valuations in the venture capital ecosystem in the country has emerged as a business opportunity for firms which lend to […]
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March 2, 2016 Budget pegs Rs72,394 crore as education outlay for 2016-17
As part of the pending move, all education credentials of students from Class X onwards would be digitized and kept in a demat format. Photo: Priyanka Parashar/Mint New Delhi: The Union budget on Monday allocated Rs.72,394 crore to education in the 2016-17 financial year, an increase of around 5% over the 2015-16 estimate. Of the […]
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March 1, 2016 As smartphone sales surge, Indian app makers lure venture capital
Photo: Mint Bengaluru: Foreign venture funds are stepping up investments in Indian mobile application makers, betting a surge in smartphone sales in the country will drive demand for home-grown apps, mirroring the trend in world’s biggest mobile phone market China. San Francisco-based incubator and venture capital firm 500 Startups on Tuesday launched a $25 million […]
