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The head of South Africa's flagship Black economic empowerment programme plans to introduce additional incentives and potential fines to improve corporate participation and curb exploitation of the system meant to tackle the country's gross inequalit

Maharashtra will set up a Rs.200 crore fund to invest in deep tech startups from the state, which are preferably led by women. The principal secretary for employment, entrepreneurship and innovation department, Manisha Verma also said the state is mulling to launch a seed fund for startups, but did not share details of the same. 

Apple's shareholders have approved a proposal urging the iPhone maker to undergo an independent audit assessing its treatment of female and minority employees, delivering a rare rebuke to a management team that runs the world's most valuable company.

Mr Abheek Barua, Chief Economist, HDFC Bank, said in a report that the upcoming budget is unlikely to mark a departure from past budgets. There may not be any major fiscal stimulus to ramp up growth as the finance ministry itself has capped government spending in Q4 FY20. And there may only be minor tweeking of tax slabs as a cut in income tax is u...

Domestic equity benchmarks held on to gains led by buying in bluechip stocks like Reliance Industries, ICICI Bank, NTPC, State Bank of India, Bharti Airtel and Power Grid. The S&P BSE Sensex rose as much as 334 points or 0.91 per cent to hit intraday high of 37,005.41 and the NSE Nifty 50 Index climbed 1.10 per cent or 122 points to 11,157.65. Mean...

In the beginning of every fiscal year, employees are asked for details like their investment in ELSS, insurance policies, house rent, home loan, education loan etc. by their employer to arrive at the annual tax liability of an employee.

The Central Board of Trustees of the EPF, at a meeting on March 31, deliberated the new pattern of investment notified by Finance Ministry and recommended it for the EPFO, Labour and Employment Minister Bandaru Dattatreya said during Question Hour in Rajya Sabha.

US employment returned to its pre-recession peak in May, with a solid pace of hiring that offered confirmation the economy has snapped back from a winter slump. Nonfarm payrolls increased 217,000 last month, the Labor Department said on Friday.

The dollar fell broadly and the S&P 500 equities index was flat after a closely watched Labor Department report showed U.S. employers in December hired the fewest number of workers in almost three years.

Return ratios, particularly the return on capital employed, grew at a healthy pace of 62 per cent over the last year

If you missed our coverage, here are the top 10 stories of the day

Companies like TCS provide information technology services to other companies around the world. The growth in profit and revenue is dependent on new contracts the company gets and the pricing of such contracts. TCS employs over 210,000 employees. Wage inflation is a critical issue as a result. The company spent Rs 3,100 crore a third of its revenue...

The Dow Jones average rose 61.91 points, or 0.51%. It has risen 409 points over the past three days.

The head of South Africa's flagship Black economic empowerment programme plans to introduce additional incentives and potential fines to improve corporate participation and curb exploitation of the system meant to tackle the country's gross inequalit

Maharashtra will set up a Rs.200 crore fund to invest in deep tech startups from the state, which are preferably led by women. The principal secretary for employment, entrepreneurship and innovation department, Manisha Verma also said the state is mulling to launch a seed fund for startups, but did not share details of the same. 

Apple's shareholders have approved a proposal urging the iPhone maker to undergo an independent audit assessing its treatment of female and minority employees, delivering a rare rebuke to a management team that runs the world's most valuable company.

Mr Abheek Barua, Chief Economist, HDFC Bank, said in a report that the upcoming budget is unlikely to mark a departure from past budgets. There may not be any major fiscal stimulus to ramp up growth as the finance ministry itself has capped government spending in Q4 FY20. And there may only be minor tweeking of tax slabs as a cut in income tax is u...

Domestic equity benchmarks held on to gains led by buying in bluechip stocks like Reliance Industries, ICICI Bank, NTPC, State Bank of India, Bharti Airtel and Power Grid. The S&P BSE Sensex rose as much as 334 points or 0.91 per cent to hit intraday high of 37,005.41 and the NSE Nifty 50 Index climbed 1.10 per cent or 122 points to 11,157.65. Mean...

In the beginning of every fiscal year, employees are asked for details like their investment in ELSS, insurance policies, house rent, home loan, education loan etc. by their employer to arrive at the annual tax liability of an employee.

The Central Board of Trustees of the EPF, at a meeting on March 31, deliberated the new pattern of investment notified by Finance Ministry and recommended it for the EPFO, Labour and Employment Minister Bandaru Dattatreya said during Question Hour in Rajya Sabha.

US employment returned to its pre-recession peak in May, with a solid pace of hiring that offered confirmation the economy has snapped back from a winter slump. Nonfarm payrolls increased 217,000 last month, the Labor Department said on Friday.

The dollar fell broadly and the S&P 500 equities index was flat after a closely watched Labor Department report showed U.S. employers in December hired the fewest number of workers in almost three years.

Return ratios, particularly the return on capital employed, grew at a healthy pace of 62 per cent over the last year

If you missed our coverage, here are the top 10 stories of the day

Companies like TCS provide information technology services to other companies around the world. The growth in profit and revenue is dependent on new contracts the company gets and the pricing of such contracts. TCS employs over 210,000 employees. Wage inflation is a critical issue as a result. The company spent Rs 3,100 crore a third of its revenue...

The Dow Jones average rose 61.91 points, or 0.51%. It has risen 409 points over the past three days.