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Invite Friends Blog Girish VS From the Editor's Desk The debate on growth focuses only on interest rates - we need lower rates to improve growth. RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan has faced flak for not bringing down the rates. And his successor, Urjit Patel is cast of the same mold. The industry argues - lower rates will lead to higher growth. I do not quite understand this statement. Probably I am not an economist. I sincerely believe that we need to focus on two aspects before we start worrying about lower rates. Remember zero or even negative rates has not helped Japan. Growth requires two core metrics - labour productivity - the amount of goods and services produced by one hour of labour. The other is incremental capital-output ratio (ICOR) - the amount of capital needed to generate the next unit of production. More here Advertisers of the day Transjovan Capital (Business Valuation): Are you under-valuing your company? BPGDM 2016: The Best of Global Digital Marketing Conference - 18th Oct @ Hilton Mumbai (Exclusive offer for TradeBriefs subscribers)   Our advertisers help fund the daily operations of TradeBriefs. We request you to accept our promotional emails (B2B Decision-Makers, B2C Decision-Makers, TradeBriefs Premium).   Entertainment Marion Cotillard says no role in Brad Pitt-Angelina Jolie divorce, confirms pregnancy Marion Cotillard said she has no role in Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt divorce and confirmed her pregnancy. She has wished Brangelina peace. Event: BOGDM 2016 (Exclusive offer for TradeBriefs subscribers) Get inspired by witnessing in-depth analysis of 25+ best digital marketing campaigns. Use the special discount code 'TRADE' on registration and get INR 1000 off the tickets!Register Now     Entertainment Angelina Jolie is a lunatic: Chelsea Handler Chelsea Handler is no stranger to making outrageous comments on everything. But her remarks about Brangelina's separation becomes interesting since she is close friends with Jennifer Aniston. Entertainment Navjot Singh Sindhu not leaving The Kapil Sharma Show, makers say he is yet to give notice The makers of The Kapil Sharma Show have refuted the rumours that politician Navjot Singh Sidhu has quit the comedy show. Entertainment Shah Rukh Khan needs girls’ hugs and boys’ leather jacket to beat Amsterdam chill, see pic Shah Rukh Khan's demand from his fans: He wants 'a hug for warmth' from girls and 'leather jacket' from boys, to beat Amsterdam chill. Entertainment Kareena Kapoor is setting trends during pregnancy: Soha Ali Khan Kareena Kapoor Khan has always been a trendsetter. This makes her sister-in-law Soha Ali Khan happy and proud. Entertainment Shivaay’s song Darkhaast: You have never seen Ajay Devgn so passionate before, watch video Shivaay's song Darkhaast: Ajay Devgn, Erica Kaar-starrer do give away are the film's breathtaking locales. The film has been shot beautifully and the song is the proof. Sports India vs New Zealand: India rocked on milestone day Relentless New Zealand bowlers reduce hosts to 291 for nine at stumps on Day One of India’s 500th Test match. Sports India to host New Zealand in next Asia-Oceania Davis Cup tie India are back in the Asia-Oceania zone after being whitewashed by five-time champions Spain in the World Group play-off tie. Sports Los Angeles adds 3 venues to bid for 2024 Olympics Long Beach's arena, convention center, waterfront and pier would comprise one of four main sports clusters scattered around the Los Angeles. Sports India vs New Zealand: R Ashwin is India’s highest run-scorer in Tests in 2016 The first day of India's 500th Test match was peppered with a few interesting facts and figures. Retail Amazon's Great Indian Festival to take on Flipkart's Big Billion Day Amazon will host the Great Indian Festival from 1 to 5 October, which coincides with the Flipkart’s Big Billion Day sale being held from 2-6 October Retail Coca-Cola University to train 3.5 lakh people in retail and food services MUMBAI: Coca-Cola University (CCU), which runs skill training programs for traditional trade (kirana store) retailers, plans to train 350,000 people by December 2017 in grocery and convenience store retailing and food services. Retail Future Group eyes more loss-making chains in the southern region Wants to enhance its distribution in the FMCG business Retail India Retail Forum: Raymond to enter ethnic wear, footwear categories The company is in the process of revamping its existing 1,000 Raymond Shop stores to Raymond Store of the Future Telecom Is the iPhone 7 the most disappointing Apple phone yet? Apple is spending $36.89 more on making iPhone 7 than it did with the iPhone 6S. However, Apple is still managing to get better margins than Samsung. Telecom Digital finance to add $700 billion to India's GDP, create 21 million ... Delivering financial services by mobile phone could benefit billions of people by spurring inclusive growth that adds $3.7 trillion to the GDP of emerging economies within a decade. Telecom Mobile App to keep eye on road hogs Alarmed by a spurt in road accidents, the state transport department is all set to launch a mobile application to crack the whip on road hogs. Once launched, anyone can click photographs of road rule violators by using the App and send the pictures to the department for action. Telecom Lens on Uri man who sold mobile SIMs to troops Days after the dastardly terror attack in Uri, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) officials are investigating 11 local shopkeepers, including a mobile phone retailer who sold SIM cards to the soldiers of 6 Bihar regiment. Finance ICICI Bank to funnel overseas capital to boost domestic focus Domestic business at ICICI Bank, especially retail, has been growing by about 17-18% every year, even as the international business stagnated Finance IT merger of SBI, associates to conclude by end-December The IT infrastructure of the associates is run from the SBI data-centre, so merging the software processes shouldn't be a challenge and neither will it cost much. Finance Edelweiss Group to acquire Ambit Alpha Fund The Ambit Alpha Fund acquisition will bolster Edelweiss’s Rs35,000 crore global assets management business Finance Bharat Financial Inclusion launches up to $113 million share sale Bharat Financial Inclusion, formerly named SKS Microfinance, is selling the shares in a price range of Rs740 to Rs770 apiece Politics Donald Trump’s attempt to make America Great Again didn’t work in Atlantic City     Late on the afternoon of 31 August 2016, I walked towards the semi-deserted driveway of the Trump Taj Mahal Casino Hotel in Atlantic City, a resort town in coastal New Jersey, in the United States of America. One of the few cars that entered the driveway was quickly accosted by a woman in … Continue reading Donald Trump’s attempt to make America Great Again didn’t work in Atlantic City Politics The Morning Wrap: 500 Million Yahoo Accounts Hacked; Manmohan Singh To Teach Economics At Panjab University Our selection of interesting news and opinion from the day's newspapers. Politics Pakistani F-16 Planes Fly Over Islamabad At Night As Atmosphere Remains Tense On Both Sides Of Border The Indian army upgraded its "operational readiness" along the LoC. Politics Mahatma Gandhi's Legacy Needs Scrutiny, Remember This Before You Put Him On A Pedestal Indians have turned Gandhi into St. Gandhi. Franchise Find out the actual facts rather than relying on fallacies related to the franchise system you want to get into Is buying into a franchise worth the investment? Franchise If you do not want to look unprofessional, do not do this A franchise lesson from The Franchise King®. Buying a franchise? Doing this will make you look like an amateur. Logistics GST needs clarity on rate, new emission norms, says German auto major Daimler GST issues are causing "much risk and uncertainty" in the market. Logistics Coal India evaluates GST impact, target overseas coal assets Logistics If you book an Emirates flight after October 3, you will be charged US$ 40 for seat selection Post October 3, Dubai-based airline Emirates will levy a charge for pre-booking seats. Logistics Five rivers in Gujarat being explored for Inland Water Transport DPRs for four rivers and feasibility study for Jawai-Luni river originating from Rajasthan is in progress. Ecommerce Patanjali's Acharya Balkrishna enters Forbes rich list; Flipkart's Bansals out Acharya Balkrishna, who holds 97% stake in Patanjali Ayurved, made his debut on the annual Forbes list of India’s 100 Richest People at 48th position Ecommerce IKEA eyes first time buyers in India, not the global consumer in brand-building campaign Unlike its global peers, the world’s largest furniture retailer, the Sweden-based IKEA is not going to depend on the well travelled Indians to shop in its stores in the country. Ecommerce Taxi aggregators, ecommerce companies must register for GST Ecommerce players such as Flipkart and Amazon will also need to register under GST regime irrespective of value of supply made by them. Ecommerce Niche online fashion retailers take on the big boys of ecommerce As the online shopper in India matures to emerge as a discerning buyer, there is growing opportunity for fashion retailers such as Voonik, Koovs and Yepme. Digital Housing.com’s CMO Nikhil Rungta quits to join Intuit India as MD Housing.com's chief marketing officer (CMO), Nikhil Rungta has quit the Mumbai-based startup to join Intuit India as its managing director. Rungta had joined housing.com, run by Locon Solutions Pvt. Ltd., from Reliance Jio in November last year. Rungta has previously worked at Google, Ye Digital Apple buys Indian machine-learning startup Tuplejump Apple has acquired Indian machine-learning startup Tuplejump Software Pvt Ltd as it seeks to expand its expertise in artificial intelligence.... Digital Redcliffe Capital's Dheeraj Jain to launch $50 million early-stage fund; to invest in AI, IoT startups Dheeraj Jain, managing partner at London-based investment firm Redcliffe Capital, is set to launch a $50 million early-stage fund to invest in technology startups in India and overseas. Christened ‘Redcliffe Capital Early Stage Fund 1’, it will focus on Series A investments in areas such as a Digital Amazon Internet Services eyes govt contracts in cloud services Amazon Internet Services is targeting the public cloud services market in India, which is projected to grow 30.4% in 2016 to total $1.26 billion, according to research firm Gartner HR India to renew labour laws overhaul drive to boost jobs Prime Minister Narendra Modi`s government is to make a renewed drive to overhaul labour laws, hoping to create millions of new jobs by making it easier to hire and fire, the labour ministry`s top bureaucrat said on Thursday. Modi made a shake-up of India`s labour market a part of his reform agenda after coming into office in 2014, but opposition from unions and a bruising battle to pass other crucial pieces of economic legislation have stalled those efforts. HR Foreign education for Indian students The Indian education system has traditionally been marks-oriented and with the coercive pressure of burgeoning population of college aspirants, this structure is not going to change but become further deep-rooted. HR India Post Payments Bank seeks applications for top jobs India Post Payments Bank is looking for a managing director and CEO with a recruitment advertisement in newspapers HR Indian millennials optimistic about future job opportunities: Telenor survey (REVISED-- PLS USE THIS ONE) Millennials in India remain optimistic about future job opportunities at a time when robots, automation and artificial intelligence are expected to cut jobs significantly over next five years, said a new survey by Marketing Google launches standalone messaging app Allo; Lowdown Google has unveiled its AI-powered messenger app Google Allo with voice-call support today for iOS and Android users. The app is currently live in selected geographical regions including India, while the company said that it would be rolled out worldwide in the coming days. Allo is designed to s Marketing MobiKwik partners with Truecaller to add new users MobiKwik and Truecaller have partnered to let Truecaller users get an account on MobiKwik just by virtue of being on Truecaller. According to the company statement, the tie up is already accounting for 30% of daily signs ups on the MobiKwik app. MobiKwik claims to have digital payments at 100,00 Marketing ASCI calls out Uber, Goibibo, Paytm, Lenovo others for false advertising The Advertising Standards Council of India’s (ASCI) Consumer Complaints Council (CCC) has upheld complaints (pdf) against 98 out of 159 advertisements brought to it in June 2016. These advertisements belonged to various categories: 39 belonged to the Education category, 25 in the Healthcare & Marketing Raju Narisetti appointed CEO of Gizmodo Media Group Raju Narisetti, senior vice president at News Corp, has been appointed as CEO of Gizmodo Media Group. Gizmodo Media Group was constituted under Univision Communications and will include media properties Gizmodo (technology), Jalopnik (car culture), Jezebel (women's interest), Deadspin (sport Software How securing startup funding in India differs from the US? In order to give budding entrepreneurial ventures a much-needed boost, the government has decided to do away with taxing them for the first three years of their operation. Software Flat PC demand and saturated smartphone market does not concern Lenovo's India Head Lenovo is among the top 5 sellers of PC, smartphones and tablets in India. Software Wipro consumer care closes its 2nd biggest deal : Buys Chinese co This is the 10th acquisition for the consumer care enterprise since 2003 Construction Housing ties up with brokers for selling houses Housing looks for brokers to scale up biz - Tie-ups with brokers will help the platform start selling properties and expand offline reach in smaller cities Construction Dubai realtors hope on Indian buyers to buy properties At a time when Indian developers are finding it tough to lure potential investors, real estate ... Construction Builders want to brand Nashik as real estate hub The Confederation of Real Estate Developers Association of India (Credai) in Nashik has come up with a branding strategy for the city to overcome the slowdown in the real estate sector. Construction 25,000 Construction labourers to get subsidized meals in Ahmedabad AHMEDABAD: The state government has launched a populist measure to provide subsidized meals to 25,000 labourers registered with Gujarat Bandhkam Shramyogi Kalyan Board (GBSKB). 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