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How WhatsApp Business has become a popular tool for micro enterprises
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Buy fish through a chat window — that is the USP of Parthaa Kundu’s venture. Delhi-based Kundu, the founder of Fishappy, home-delivers

The making of a picture-perfect business journey at Canon India
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Since its inception in India in 1997, Canon has become a brand to reckon with in the imaging space. Over a period of time,

SBI’s credit card business aims to raise $1.1 billion via IPO: source
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SBI did not immediately respond to requests for comment. (Image used for representation) SBI has already tapped banks to run the IPO

Shell exits city gas business in India, sells MGL stake in open market
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NEW DELHI: Shell India, the local arm of the Netherlands-based Royal Dutch Shell Plc, on Tuesday exited the city gas business in the country

TikTok’s parent pushes into search business
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When Google pulled out of the China market in 2010, it left local leader Baidu Inc a de facto monopoly in the lucrative internet search business.

Govt mulling splitting GAIL; to sell pipeline business to strategic investor
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The government is considering to split state-run gas utility GAIL (India) Ltd by hiving off its pipeline business into a separate entity and selling

How North-East India is growing business roots
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Arindam Dasgupta, founder, Tamul Plates Image: Surajit Sharma for Forbes India About 100 km from Guwahati lies the tiny district of Barpeta,

Big Tech’s big blow to the news business
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On 11 June, the US Congress’ House Judiciary Committee launched an investigation into the market dominance of Silicon Valley’s biggest firms, starting

ITC shares fall after CLSA cuts target price on concerns over cigarette business
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ITC shares fell 0.4 percent intraday on June 17 after global brokerage house CLSA slashed price target on lower cigarette multiple. “We see

Indian firms should replicate business models at the global level: W. Chan Kim
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MUMBAI: W. Chan Kim is The Boston Consulting Group Bruce D. Henderson chair professor of Strategy and International Management at INSEAD, France, and