Shaktikanta Das, Governor, Reserve Bank of India

RBI's monetary policy meet: Some expectations from the ongoing meet

Though the RBI's raising policy rates in the ongoing monetary policy committee meeting is a "no-brainer", as its Governor Shaktikanta Das said in a recent interview, investors, however, await the actual degree of percentage hike before taking fresh positions and future course of action in the financial markets. Jun 7, 2022
container depot explosive

43 killed, 500 injured in massive B'desh container depot blaze [details]

A massive blaze, followed by a powerful explosion at a private container depot in Bangladesh's Chittagong district has killed a total of 43 people, including seven firefighters, and injured some 500 others of which 10 of them were police personnel, authorities confirmed on Sunday. Jun 5, 2022
IPL 2022

IPL teams commanding higher valuations than global football counterparts

Revenue CAGRs of Manchester United (MANU), Juventus and Borussia Dortmund have been at 1.1 per cent, 4.7 per cent and 4.0 per cent, in the past seven years, with a TTM price-to-sales of 2.4x, 1.7x and 1.1x, respectively. Conversely, IPL teams' revenue CAGR has been more than 10 per cent in the past seven years, commanding a much higher valuation than football counterparts, mainly due to higher revenue growth and stellar viewership. Jun 4, 2022
Elon Musk

Elon Musk plans 10% staff cut at Tesla, freezes hiring

Elon Musk is reportedly planning to axe 10 per cent of Tesla staff, along with freezing hiring amid stalled Twitter deal, global macroeconomic conditions like chip shortage, rising inflation and high interest rates. Jun 4, 2022