Today’s Business Headlines-8th March 2017-Tentaran.com
Here are the Business Headlines as on 8th March 2017:
Economic Times
• Re 1 candy Pulse hits Rs 300 cr sales in 2 years, MNCs feel the heat
• Aadhaar made must for free LPG connections too
• Blame GST if your glucose biscuit packets feel lighter from July
• US moves to ease H-1B spouses from jobs
• PepsiCo expands nutrition portfolio, launching Quaker Nutri Foods & Tropicana Essentials
• Parle adds fizz to Frooti, signs up Alia Bhatt to endorse new drink
• Panasonic India likely to break even this fiscal: Manish Sharma
• Parliament panel may act against home secretary Rajiv Mehrishi for skipping meet
Business Standard
• I-T heat on 4,000 firms for unusual cash deposits
• 70% TN retailers stop selling Coke, Pepsi drinks
• Funds to be ready for govt schemes from April 1: Arun Jaitley
• Govt may allow groundnut, sesame seed oil bulk exports
• Blackstone, GIC, Brookfield hold more ground in office space segment
• India going big on refining capacity; may overtake Russia in capacity
• 25% dabba traders shift to organised platforms
Mint
• Piramal Realty set to invest Rs. 1,800 cr in new Mumbai project
• Clean energy firm Bhoruka Power in talks to raise $120 mn
• Data shows sharp rise in rural spending on developing land, homes
• India tops Asia-Pacific in bribery: report
• India set to join transnational transport link
Start-up World
• Flipkart’s Bansals out of billionaire club
• At $5 bn, Paytm close to Flipkart in value
• Three Paytm investors sell 4.3% stake to Alibaba
• Start-up AgroStar raises $10mn from Accel India, others
• Not a Snap Deal: Jasper Infotech’s lifeline from SoftBank may cut its valuation by half
• Snap shares tumble 12%, close below IPO price