February 3, 2017 - Beyonce announces she's expecting twins. Her pregnant pic breaks the internet

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Sports Tata Motors unveils TAMO sub-brand, to showcase luxury sports car next month Tata Motors’s TAMO sub-brand strategy is similar to the ones followed by global car makers, including Suzuki and Volkswagen Sports Atlanta Looks for Respect With Falcons in Super Bowl As Atlanta prepares for the Falcons in the Super Bowl, sports icons from the city like Dominique Wilkins of the Hawks talks about the city's fans. Telecom Telenor India lost 689K mobile subscribers during Q4 2016 Telenor India lost 689,000 mobile subscribers during the quarter ended December 31 2016 (Q4 2016), higher than the 185,000 subscribers that it lost in the previous quarter. The telco reported 44.03 million subscribers for the quarter, down 1.5% Quarter-on-Quarter (QoQ) from 44.72 million subscribers Telecom Developing countries have seen a de-growth in telecom companies Politics Delaware Prison Officer Dead After Inmates Hold Staff Hostage The uprising began midday on Wednesday and lasted overnight. Politics Former Minister Dayanidhi Maran, All Other Accused In Aircel-Maxis Case Discharged The CBI had alleged that Maran had colluded to let Maxis take control of Aircel. Digital Alibaba plans formal entry into India; to lead Rs 1700 crore in fresh funding in Paytm marketplace The deal is expected to lead to a shakeout in the sector, which has witnessed a tough battle between Flipkart, Amazon and Snapdeal. Digital Ride-sharing illegal from today in Karnataka. But, Uber terms UberPOOL as legal The Karnataka transport department has instructed cab aggregators Ola and Uber to halt their ride-sharing services Ola Share and UberPOOL before Friday, terming them illegal. Following a two-hour-long meeting on Monday with officials from Ola and Uber as well as driver representatives, state Retail Amazon seeks govt nod to set up food e-retail venture in India with investment of 500 million This will allow the Seattle-based e-commerce titan to stock locally-produced food items and sell them online, making it the first foreign retailer to enter the segment. Retail Trends which are transforming Indian retail industry Growing at a CAGR of 13%, the Indian retail market is set to double over the next four years and touch US $1.08 trillion by 2020 from the current US $585 billion. Finance RBI allows NRIs to invest in exchange-traded currency derivatives RBI allowed NRIs to access the exchange-traded currency derivatives market to hedge the currency risk arising out of their investments in India Finance Does the 10% dividend tax apply to mutual fund investors as well? There is no change from the perspective of a mutual fund investor. But read on for more details Logistics Budget 2017: Freeing up of IRCTC and IRCON is good news for Indian Railways It's never a good practice for one holding company, in this case the Indian Railways, to occupy every part of the value chain. Logistics Forward thinking finally! Govt wants access to airlines passenger reservation data in advance, prior to departures and arrivals, for security purposes This is for improved surveillance and risk assessment of travellers leaving and entering the country Software How India's cyber security startups gaining traction post demonetization? Between 2011 and 2015, there has been a 300% increase in reported cyber crimes among enterprises. Consequently, it’s unsurprising to see a number of startups targeting this new emerging business need in India. Software Indian IT firms plan to meet Trump officials on visa reform concerns Speculation that Trump may issue an executive order curbing the H-1B programme sent shares in IT companies tumbling this week. HR Missing From India's Budget: Jobs HR Budget 2017: Move To Formalise Economy Will Create More Jobs GST and demonetisation will go a long way in creating jobs, says Manish Sabharwal. Marketing Why is Ogilvy putting toothpaste back into the tube? An analysis of the consolidation in Ogilvy Marketing The budget is giving India a push towards digital revolution: Alibaba Business Mobile Group Kenny Ye, GM-Overseas Business, Alibaba Mobile Business Group lauded the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley for this year's General Budget, saying that it is a 'Budget for the masses'. Ecommerce Ola's valuation marked down 40% by US'sVanguard Group Ola’s valuation markdown by Vanguard Group is the latest indicator of imminent down rounds at many of India’s unicorn start-ups, including Flipkart and Snapdeal Ecommerce Koovs: Putting a fashionable foot forward By positioning itself as a fashion-centric portal, Koovs is creating a niche market for itself in the Indian apparel etailing space Franchise Are your Franchise Field Reps doing these important things? Too often, franchise field rep visits are viewed by franchisees as a check-up to see what they’re doing wrong. But when planned and executed properly, these visits can be a valuable link between the corporate office and your franchisees. Rather than a compliance “audit” field visits should serve as an opportunity for franchisees to get Construction Why Indian Real Estate Attracts Only A Marginal Share of the Global Capital Inflows Out of the more than $ 610 billion global capital inflows into real estate seen in 2016, India got a measly sum of approximately $ 6.6 billion or 1% for which lack of industry depth is to blame. Construction What's new in Budget 2017 for real estate sector? Indian industry stakeholders have hailed the Union Budget 2017-18, especially the measures announced by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley for infrastructure push, affordable housing and expansion of the BharatNet project. Food/FMCG ITC pips HDFC Bank to become third most valued company Consumer goods companies post declines in sales and profits; believe demand will bounce back in 2017 Food/FMCG Hopeful of regaining lost business in rural market: Sunil Duggal, Dabur India In an exclusive chat with ET Now, Sunil Duggal, CEO, Dabur India, says that we will have to wait till April to see strong revival in earnings. 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