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METRO ahead in store race

With new outlet in Bengaluru, it would be one ahead of rival Walmart's 21

Truck rentals fall 2% on drop in cargo and diesel prices

The fall in rentals comes on top of the 1.5 per cent drop in the first week of August after a similar drop in diesel prices on August 1

Contractual biz in logistics goes up as firms gear up for GST

Rising business also partly helping commercial vehicle sales

Brexit: Impact on Indian businesses

Meet the men behind GST

The much-vaunted GST will reform India's complex indirect tax system, while maintaining balance between the Centre and states. We bring you the key figures in its evolution.

As inflows fall, churn begins

PE and VC firms have seen a churn in the past few months while PE inflows shrank 48% to $7.54 billion for the six months ended June 2016

How ShopClues fought the big boys in e-tail

It has focused on unstructured categories that offer higher margins, capital efficiency, and has stayed away from a pricing war

Rocket Internet writes down valuation of Global Fashion Group by two-third

Fashion retailer Jabong.com is part of this group; writedown could help bidders for Jabong

Start-up shutdowns spook investors

While the media gaze has been on start-ups in trouble, investors who funded them have mostly escaped attention

Airtel tops transparency chart in corporate reporting

Tata companies perform well; major firms in emerging markets do badly

Meru cuts discounts, uses technology to take on Uber, Ola

It is cutting back on discounts and infusing technology in its back-end services to crimp costs and turn profitable before others

Riding on exits, Motilal Oswal PE eyes third fund

The PE firm is finalising dates for roadshows for the third fund and has inducted four operating partners to guide the investee companies

Start-ups getting less money

However, seed-stage deals have shrunk less this year than VC rounds

We look beyond margins: Vivek Chand Sehgal

Interview with Chairman, Motherson Sumi Systems

Lenskart: Growing a category by improving access

Innovations like home check-ups and trials have helped Lenskart disturb the eyewear business

Pharma, health care sectors deliver 5-17 times returns to PE investors

Private equity (PE) major KKR India, which had bought 38 per cent stake for Rs 1,400 crore, could make 2.27 times its invested capital if the deal is valued at $1.25 billion

Mauritius tax treaty impact: PEs look for clarity on preference share implication

Fund-raising could become tough after capital gains tax kicks in from April 2017

Sajjan Jindal struggles with earlier bailout for elder brother

Even as he bails out brother Naveen, Sajjan Jindal struggles with his US assets, which he acquired to bail out his elder brother

Jobless growth

Rocket Internet's fashion biz valuation erodes 68%

Latest fund-raising values the fashion group at €1 bn, down from €3.1 bn in July 2015