Ford India has cut prices of its Figo hatchback and the Asipire sedan to increase sales of its models. Ford India said that it has slashed prices on the two models in the range of Rs 25,000 and Rs 91,000.

The move comes at a time when Maruti Suzuki and Hyundai Motors India have hiked the prices of their models citing an increase in the input costs because of rupee depreciation.

Top stock exchange BSE has reported a 40% increase in its consolidated net profit at Rs 52.72 crore for the first quarter ended June 2016.

BSE, which is currently working towards an initial public offer (IPO), had a net profit of Rs 37.52 crore during the April-June period of 2015-16, latest update available with BSE (formerly known as Bombay Stock Exchange) showed.

The recent surge in international coal prices and pet coke may prove to be a boon for Coal India as it can now expect increased sales, particularly of the higher coal grades, to both the thermal and non-thermal consumers.

Imported coal prices, late June onwards, surged by over 30%. This month, imported coal of 6,000 GCV (gross calorific value) costs about $ 65 or Rs. 4348 a tonne on an average while pet coke surged by 73%. During January, pet coke was priced at $ 53 a tonne which has now increased to $ 92 or Rs. 6153 a tonne.

Air India has finally succeeded in roping-in a private airline to use the maintenance repair overhaul (MRO) facility at the SEZ in Mihan in Nagpur.

An MoU was signed by Air India Engineering Services CEO H R Jagannath and Spicejet vice president Arun Kashyap in the presence of top AI officials here yesterday.

Mahindra & Mahindra on Wednesday reported a 12.35% rise in net profit for the fiscal first quarter, meeting expectations, helped by strong sales of its sport utility vehicles and trucks.

Mahindra's standalone net profit for the April-June quarter rose to 9.55 billion rupees ($143.07 million) from 8.50 billion rupees in the previous year. Analysts, on average, expected the company to report a net profit of 8.83 billion rupees, Thomson Reuters data showed.

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), leading information technology (IT) services provider from India, was on Tuesday ranked 58th most valuable brands in the US, according to a survey, titled 'Top 500 U.S. Brands', by Brand Finance, a brand valuation firm.

The Brand Finance study evaluates the financial value of a company's brand name, intellectual assets and trademark as compared to companies across industries.

To recover dues totalling over Rs 16 crore, capital markets regulator Sebi has ordered attachment of as many as 30 properties of Weird Infrastructure Corporation and its directors.

The company had raised Rs 16.3 crore from investors via issuance of non-convertible debentures (NCDs) without complying with the public issue norms.

BENGALURU: Private sector lender Yes Bank has rolled out adoption benefits for its workforce, in an effort to align organisational objectives with the needs of employees.

Realising that employees need to spend time building an emotional connect with new additions to the family and recognising that many are choosing to adopt children, the organisation has introduced the benefits, which are applicable 1st August onwards.

MUMBAI: State Bank of India has directed five associate banks to clean up their books as a prelude to the proposed merger — the move that has led to Rs 2,018 crore combined losses of associate banks in the first quarter ending June this year.

Senior officials from the State Bank group told ET that the associate banks were told to align the classification of loans with the parent bank, even if it requires them to take a hit on bottomline.

MUMBAI: Rising for the third straight session, the NSE Nifty closed at an over 15-month high of 8,711.35 and the BSE Sensex jumped over 104 points to 28,182.57 on firm global cues coupled with optimistic buying by investors ahead of the RBI policy meet tomorrow.

Sentiment remained upbeat throughout the day on account of positive Asian cues and a higher opening in the European stock markets, tracking record closing on the US bourses on Friday on the back of strong jobs data.

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