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Welcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Tuesday, March 19, 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started: On a day marked by wild gyrations of the Sensex and Nifty, the benchmark indices managed to end Tuesday on a positive note. Both Sensex and Nifty ended the trading session about 0.15 per cent above their...

Welcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Monday, March 18, 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started: Late on Thursday, the State Bank of India released the list of donors from the Electoral Bonds list. Electoral bonds were an anonymous way to donate to political parties, which India’s Supreme Court decla...

Show notes: India's crypto woes persist despite Bitcoin surge  Paytm’s bank is in a state of suspended animation. So, what’s next? Foodhall is shut, but Biyani sisters are not done with gourmet food yet Why ‘regular pay’ is better for life insurance premiums  Is the ice melting? Some startups defy funding slump with successive rounds   Welcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast t...

Welcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Thursday, March 14, 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started: Wednesday witnessed a crash at Dalal Street. Facing headwinds from cautious sentiment in international markets and influenced by expectation of a delayed interest rate cut by the US Federal Reserve, Ind...

At long last, Jet Airways revival in sight Tweaked stock options, coming soon to a job contract near you Petrol pumps cap inventory amid hopes of fuel price cut Startups, SMEs increasingly covet so-called fractional CXOs Netflix needs another midstream change in India. Here’s why   Welcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of bus...

Welcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Tuesday, March 12, 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started:  The Indian stock market slid on Monday, with benchmark indices Nifty and Sensex falling by about 0.8 percent. Smallcap stocks like JM Financial, which faced disciplinary action by Sebi, and IIFL Finance...

Who will win Barbenheimer clash at Oscars? Here’s what history shows. India's chip ambitions are about to get larger  Disney merger in sight, Viacom18 rejigs top roles Spotify bets on independent music to bolster presence in India NexCAR 19 cancer therapy: Conceived at IIT Bombay, delivered in Tata Memorial Welcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major sto...

Don't be startled — you're still listening to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. I'm Devina Sengupta, deputy editor at Mint. I write about careers, workplaces, and higher education. I am your host for this special episode and will be substituting for Nelson John. It's Friday, March 8, 2024. Let's get started: Markets end...

It's Thursday, March 7, 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started: A new day, a new record high for the Indian stock market. Nifty and Sensex both surged by around half a percent each. Sensex crossed the 74,000 mark for the first time. Stocks such as ICICI Bank, SBI, and NTPC also hit lifetime highs.  However, as markets correspondent Ram Sahgal notes, trading remained uneven. Midcap and sma...

Welcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Wednesday, March 6, 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started: Breaking a four day winning streak, Indian markets closed in the red on Tuesday. Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty both suffered some losses during the day but closed slightly above their intraday lows...

Small investors are savvier; look what they did with small-cap stocks  International airlines vie for the Indian globetrotter Tata Motors business divisions come to a fork in the road Should Nvidia employees with stock options sell or stay put? Ask me anything: Inside the race to build desi GPTs Welcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from th...

What a scorcher: Can India sustain this torrid pace of growth?  What the TCS bosses have in mind: A growth spurt in the year ahead  2024 is the year to scale up beyond pilots, advance GenAI projects: IBM's Candy Mint Explainer: Who’s winning the app war – Google or Indian startups?  Struck by Byju’s, General Atlantic’s India ship is in distress. Will it survive?  Welcome to Top of the Morning by M...

It’s Friday, March 1, 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started: Sensex and Nifty remained flat on Thursday. Both market indices marginally increased by around 0.2 percent. Ever had a single malt named Rampur? Or a gin named Ranthambore? They're all made by a distiller named Radico Khaitan. And with a topline of close to 12 thousand crores, it's doing quite well. Radico Khaitan caters to the...

Welcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Thursday, February 29, 2024. Happy Leap day to all our listeners. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started: Bears went loose on the D-street on Wednesday with benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty seeing a crash. Dragged down by the Midcap and Smallcap indices, both Sensex...

Hostile investors likely to skip Byju’s $200-mn rights issue Why women, once ignored, are being treasured in Krishnagiri  Airtel to exit non-core biz for digital growth: Sunil Mittal  GCCs face talent exodus amid rising competition Why Chaayos is adding a stronger dash of premium to its cafes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The crackdown on AIF abuse comes with some collateral damage Mint Primer: Could Indian identifier Svc kill Sweden’s Truecaller? Yulu to re-focus on people mobility after $80 mn expected funding push  Sebi wants to nurture Indian real estate’s ₹4,000 crore baby. But why?  Indian politics is becoming increasingly partisan. We have the data to prove it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megapho...

SBI breathing down ICICI Bank's neck in market-cap race After spurning Zee, Sony sets sights on aha FMCG companies in choppy waters, and there doesn't seem to be any respite soon The two faces of India Inc.'s Q3 growth story Urban Company is eyeing profits and an IPO. But gigsters are angry Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Japan’s Nikkei, after 34 years, finally tops its all-time high ‘You don't need to destroy Google. All you need to destroy is their monopoly.' Why there is no end in sight to the Red Sea crisis New space FDI policy to boost private startups amid flat patch Unacademy moved fast to break things. It ended up with a fracture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mint Primer: Is the market’s PSU narrative overstretched? Fast-food chains push more value meals as in-store footfall remains weak Salary hikes to be lowest in three years. But it's not all bad #5DaysBanking #SavePSB: Young bank activists are fighting a quiet battle Political leaders reach out to digital content creators, podcasters in run-up to elections Learn more about your ad choices. Visit me...

A decade of flip-flops on farmers’ issues despite full-majority government  What you can do to get your employer to deposit PF, TDS  Where to, Dara? Uber faces an off-road adventure  Scrapping your old car may fetch more soon  The onion peel that promises a sugar high Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tested organic food coming on your plate, courtesy govt Why the Ratan Tata biography is not in print yet Mint Primer: Why commercial card spending has been paused Can PPFAS lure investors with its tax-efficient ‘debt’ fund? Beating GDP growth no longer enough for Indian firms: McKinsey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Affluent India is fuelling the equities surge. But that story has gaps Should you invest in Mirae’s latest multi-factor small-cap fund? The news sources that Indians will trust and distrust this poll season  How to develop bike-taxis (beyond issuing clarifications)  Airfares have soared, but summer travellers don't care Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Supreme Court strikes down electoral bonds scheme, associated amendments as unconstitutional Large private lenders join hands informally to stem attrition tide BSNL pan-India 4G launch pushed to Dec, employees’ union seeks Vi network usage From DLF to Lodha and Godrej, builders are testing new cities Why Kashmir’s saffron growers are feeling blue Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.f...

Centre plans skills for loans in financial inclusion schemes What fund managers think of the current PSU rally Who profiteered the most from GST tweaks? CCI has clues Work experience more crucial than ever for new MBA graduates, India’s top B-schools say RBI swipes left on commercial credit cards Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

ED begins preliminary enquiry into Paytm Payment Bank Go Digit IPO gets Irdai go-ahead The political hot potatoes on which urban India disagrees with the BJP  Myntra is selling lipstick and blush. Should Nykaa be worried? Tesla seeks Indian partner for rooftop solar panel venture  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices