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Investors give up rights for shares in startups Institutional investors began buying common stock—generally owned by employees of startups—often directly from workers or from platforms that sell employee shares Gorilla warfare: The impact of the shifting desi e-commerce landscape Flipkart, Snapdeal, Amazon and Paytm--are duking it out to become the regional leader in a field where the final outcome is far from certain. No interviews: PSBs to strengthen exam for clerical posts The decision to change the recruitment process follows Prime Minister Narendra Modi's directive that there was no need for holding interviews for lower level posts. Private equity: Industry builds on a path-breaking year In the past year, the strident growth in entrepreneurship has definitely fired the imagination of policymakers, too SBI, State Bank of Travancore sell Kohinoor arm's loans to Edelweiss ARC Edelweiss ARC, which acquired loans of Rs. 250 cr extended to Kohinoor CTNL, will now explore new options to fund co's project. India Inc's Merger and Acquisition deal tally dips 31% to $23 bn in 2015 Corporate India's shopping spree witnessed a significant decline last year with deals worth USD 23 billion, which was down 31 per cent over 2014, says a report. Credible investor to get board seat in IDBI bank makeover The government has approved the banks proposal to raise Rs 3,771 crore through QIP, which translates into a more than 20% stake to new investors. India's e-commerce industry likely to touch $38 billion mark in 2016 India's e-commerce market was worth about USD 3.8 billion in 2009, it went up to USD 17 billion in 2014 and to USD 23 billion in 2015. Foreign investors lap up fresh stock of government bonds Bids worth double the amount on offer were put in by FPIs willing to pay a premium as high as 82 basis points IRB Infra bags Rs10,050 cr project to build country’s longest tunnel Project’s construction period is seven years and the concession period is 22 years Wharton organizing global India-focussed summit : Red-hot startup economy to be the focus Wharton India Economic Forum to focus on startup economy this year - Wharton had kicked up a lot of dust in 2013 when it cancelled the then Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi's keynote address at the India Economic forum. The telecom industry is set for a tech revolution The interplay of government initiatives such as Digital India and the roll-out of 4G LTE services will create a platform for exponential growth Airtel, Vodafone, Idea and Reliance Jio's 4G push to help advertising sector grow 15% in 2016 Online retailers have used radio extensively in their ad campaigns and have aggressively advertised on the medium to gain market, Jani notes. Microsoft's latest operating system Windows 10 see faster adoption : Running on 200 million devices Microsoft Corp's latest operating system, Windows 10, is running on 200 million devices in what the company said was the fastest adoption rate of any of its operating systems. KSIC plans to expand reach of Mysore Silk saris To expand the reach of the famed Mysore Silk saris, the Karnataka Silk Industries Corporation (KSIC) has proposed to open new outlets within and outside the State this year.Keeping in view the rising Is "Free Basics" The Right Strategy For Facebook? Since this limits internet access and provides an advantage to the sites which can be accessed for free, activists in India have been opposing this service stating that it is a threat to net neutrality. Apart from India, Facebook has partnered with telecom carriers to offer Report on quantum of black money under examination: Finance Ministry Final reports of NIPFP, NCAER and NIFM were received on December 30, 2013, July 18, 2014 and August 21, 2014, respectively, the Ministry said. WhatsApp accepts the outage as people suffered on New Year World's largest messaging service WhatsApp reportedly went down on the new year's eve. Several users faced trouble in sending messages through WhatsApp fro Telcom companies' 4G push to help advertising sector grow 15% in 2016: Study Telcom companies' 4G push to help advertising sector grow 15% in 2016: Study - As per an Internet and Mobile Association of India study, as much as 60% of subscribers in the country access the net through mobile phones. It is expected to reach 315 million by 2017. Facebook's Free Basics campaign backfires as TRAI asks supporters to avoid using set template for comments Facebook’s aggressive Free Basics campaign backfired with the telecom regulator TRAI asking respondents to its ‘Net Neutrality’ consultation paper to comment on specific issues rather than following a template provided by the social media giant. IT hardware vendors seek sops under ‘Make in India’ Bigger domestic firms such as Wipro and HCL have shut down their computer hardware manufacturing facilities in India. India's TCS joins auction for Dell's $5bn worth Perot Systems Perot generated about $2.6 billion in annual revenue when it was acquired by Dell in 2009, according to company reports. PNB launches enhances portfolio of digital banking solutions Punjab National Bank launches host of digital banking solutions, green PIN facility - Green PIN facility was also launched under which customer can obtain duplicate PIN for debit card instantly through SMS request, it said. The top 'Jedi Master' investors of Indian startups in 2015 YourStory presents the Top 10 investors of Indian startups in 2015 Biggest appetite: Kolkata beats Delhi in online food ordering as per Zomato survey The fallacy of big discounts is a lesson that not just Zomato learned; TinyOwl and Foodpanda, also clued in, have scaled back their operations. Grasim Industries mergers with Aditya Birla Chemicals Grasim Industries mergers with Aditya Birla Chemicals - Post the merger, Grasim, the leader in chlor-alkali manufacturing in India, will see its installed capacity increase to 8,04,000 TPA from 4,53,000 TPA Paytm acquires Shifu for $8 million Paytm will be able to offer a highly intuitive and personalized experience to users by integrating Shifu’s technology and behavioural modelling Will the plan to restructure IDBI Bank succeed? One of the hurdles to the transformation of IDBI Bank will be the large amount of stressed assets that IDBI Bank has on its books TradeBriefs Publications are read by over 10,00,000 Industry Executives About Us  |  Advertise Privacy Policy    Unsubscribe You are receiving this mail because of your subscription with TradeBriefs. Our mailing address is GF 25/39, West Patel Nagar, New Delhi 110008, India