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RCom shares zoom 10% after payment to Ericsson

19Mar By PriyankaNo Comments

Market

RCom shares zoom 10% after payment to Ericsson

Shares of Reliance Communications zoomed 10 per cent Tuesday after the company cleared dues of a Swedish service provider at the eleventh hour. The scrip jumped 10 per cent to Rs 4.40, its upper circuit limit, on the BSE. At the NSE, shares rose sharply by 10 per cent to Rs 4.40. Embattled billionaire Anil Ambani Monday warded off a possible jail term as RCom cleared dues of a Swedish service provider at the eleventh hour with money received from elder brother Mukesh and his wife Nita, whom he thanked for standing by him in trying times and extending "timely support".Anil's heavily debt-laden Reliance Communications made a Rs 550 crore payment, including interest, to Ericsson just a day before the expiry of the deadline set by the Supreme Court of India to clear dues or face a th...

Lyft beats bigger rival Uber, File for $2 billion IPO

18Mar By PriyankaNo Comments

Market

Lyft beats bigger rival Uber, File for $2 billion IPO

USA based online cab aggregator platform Lyft beat bigger rival Uber Technologies in filing for an IPO. JPMorgan Chase & Co, Credit Suisse and Jefferies managing Lyft's IPO. Founded in 2012, the San Francisco based company currently valued at about $15 billion. The cab sharing platform was founded by John Zimmer and Logan Green. However, Lyft did not specify the number of shares in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Lyft company is planning for the roadshow to fetch the interest of investors due to escalating trade tensions between the United States and China, which causes turmoil in the financial markets. Investors main concern is the recent stock market weakness that could result in reduced interest in their road shows or fail to fetch them a reas...

18Mar By PriyankaNo Comments

INDIA

ED probing if Amazon, Flipkart violated Indian foreign exchange law

New Delhi: Investigation has been initiated against e-commerce giants Amazon and Flipkart for alleged violation of foreign exchange law, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) Monday informed the Delhi High Court. A bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice A J Bhambhani noted the submissions of the ED that a case has been registered under provisions of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) against the two companies and disposed of a PIL which has alleged that the e-commerce giants were violating foreign direct investment (FDI) norms. The court had earlier sought response of the central government, Amazon and Flipkart to the plea which has sought a probe into the alleged FDI violations. The ED, in its reply filed through central government standing counsel Amit Mahajan, ha...

Investment Father of Indian Startups “Lee Fixel” is Leaving Tiger Global

15Mar By PriyankaNo Comments

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Investment Father of Indian Startups “Lee Fixel” is Leaving Tiger Global

Lee Fixel, one of the most famous low flying name of Tiger Global is leaving the company, according to a letter sent to clients on Thursday seen by Reuters. In the letter, it's written that Lee Fixel a partner and head of the $13 billion private equity business at Tiger Global Management LLC, plans to leave the firm on June 30. Scott Shleifer and Chase Coleman will continue as co-portfolio managers of Tiger Global’s private equity business, with Shleifer to take over as its head, according to the letter. Fixel, who joined Tiger Global in 2006, will invest his own money and “may start an investment firm in the future,” Tiger Global wrote in the letter. “We are grateful for Lee’s innumerable contributions,” the letter said. “Lee has been a driving force behind the expansion of ...

Tesla Y Model Launched, Starting Price is $39000

15Mar By PriyankaNo Comments

Automobile

Tesla Y Model Launched, Starting Price is $39000

Elon musk led Tesla Motors unveiled its newest vehicle, the Model Y, an SUV that the automaker hopes will win over consumers looking for an all-electric alternative in the most popular segment of the auto market. Tesla launched 4 segments of model Y with a starting price of $39,000 USD, following with the other price band at $47,000 USD, $51,000 USD and $60,000 USD, respectively. CEO Elon Musk introduced the Model Y on Thursday night at a gathering of customers, employees and media. The Model Y may be Tesla's most important product yet as it attempts to expand into the mainstream and generate enough cash to repay massive debts that threaten to topple the Palo Alto, California, company. Tesla got a huge boost toward ensuring its survival with the 2017 debut of its Model...

Ebix offers $336 Million to acquire Yatra.com

13Mar By PriyankaNo Comments

ACQUISITION

Ebix offers $336 Million to acquire Yatra.com

US-based software firm Ebix Inc Monday said it has offered to acquire Yatra Online Inc, the parent company of online travel firm Yatra.com, for $336 million (over Rs 2,345 crore). The company has sent a letter to the Board of Yatra Online, Inc outlining offer to acquire 100 per cent of the outstanding stock of Yatra Online for $7 per share on a debt-free basis, Ebix Inc said in a statement. Gurugram-based Yatra.com is a major player in the online travel sector and provides services including domestic and international air ticketing, hotel bookings, homestays, holiday packages, bus ticketing, rail ticketing, activities and ancillary services. Ebix intends to merge Yatra Online in the company's Indian EbixCash subsidiary set up, it added."The Ebix offer, based on approximately 48 mill...

Volkswagen to cut 7,000 jobs for 5.9 billion euros annual savings

13Mar By PriyankaNo Comments

Automobile

Volkswagen to cut 7,000 jobs for 5.9 billion euros annual savings

Germany based automobile brand Volkswagen said it will cut down its workforce by up to 7,000 staff, raise productivity and eke out 5.9 billion euros worth of annual savings at its core Volkswagen brand by 2023 in a bid to raise Volkswagen’s operating margin to 6 percent. The Wolfsburg, Germany-based carmaker Volkswagen has ruled out compulsory layoffs until 2025, but early retirement will help to reduce its workforce between 5,000 and 7,000 positions, the carmaker said. “The measures from the earnings improvement programme will enable our brand to achieve a competitive return level of six percent in 2022,” Arno Antlitz, Volkswagen brand’s board member for controlling, said in a statement. The cuts will be realized through voluntary staff turnover and partial retirement, while tem...

Tesla Selling Shares to raise Money for Car Delivery Trailers

12Mar By PriyankaNo Comments

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Tesla Selling Shares to raise Money for Car Delivery Trailers

Tesla selling $13 million worth of stock to buy trucks and trailers that will transport its electric vehicles to customers. After online only order this is the second big announcement from Tesla to improve its delivery services. In new security filing on Monday, Tesla issued $13.8 million worth in stock. Tesla offers 49,967 shares at a maximum price of $277.05 a share as of February 12 to buy the trailers. Tesla’s statement within the securities filing: As part of Tesla’s ongoing logistics strategy to increase its vehicle transport capacity, reduce vehicle transportation time, and improve the timeliness of scheduled deliveries, Tesla agreed to issue shares of Tesla’s common stock in connection with its acquisition of certain car-hauling trucks and trailers from Central Valley ...

Airbnb acquires last minute hotel booking platform HotelTonight

8Mar By PriyankaNo Comments

ACQUISITION

Airbnb acquires last minute hotel booking platform HotelTonight

Airbnb, world's leading online room booking platform acquires last minute hotel booking platform HotelTonight. Working with the incredible team at HotelTonight, we will offer guests an unparalleled last-minute travel experience that provides unique, memorable hospitality on every trip, on any schedule, at any time.Brian Chesky, Airbnb Co-Founder, CEO and Head of Community Airbnb is an end-to-end travel platform that combines where you stay, what you do, and how you get there, all in one place. As per their data, more than 400,000 companies are using Airbnb to help manage their travel, and same-day bookings are now growing 2x year over year. HotelTonight is a hotel-booking service focused on making last-minute trips easy and fun, offering guests seamless, on-demand booking for bo...

7Mar By PriyankaNo Comments

FUNDING

MovingNow Raises Angel Funding From a set of Individuals

Logistics Tech company MovingNow raises angel funding from a set of investors. This was led by a couple of big-ticket individual investments from NRIs giving them the honour of receiving FDI in the angel round. MovingNow has introduced a unique pricing algorithm for their B2C business which they have filed for a patent that makes it simple for the users to place moving orders on the website. While B2B business is conducted on the mobile application on Demand/Supply mechanism. Most of the funds would be utilized to expand into new geographies in India. This would result in hiring additional staff and improve upon technology to correlate with the growing bandwidth. Founding CEO of MovingNow Manish Datta says, "Logistics must be simple. We at MovingNow, inspired by the optimism of the ...

Spotify Register 1 million users in India in less than a week launch

6Mar By PriyankaNo Comments

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Spotify Register 1 million users in India in less than a week launch

World’s leading paid music streaming service Spotify register more than 1 million unique users in India across its free and premium tiers in less than a week launch. As we mentioned that Spotify launched in India on Tuesday, stepping into a price-sensitive market crowded by well-funded players such as Reliance Industries’ JioSaavn and Apple’s Apple Music. The Swedish company is offering a free version that will run with ads, alongside a premium ad-free variant that will charge users 119 Indian rupees ($1.68) per month. India, with a population of 1.3 billion and more than 400 million smartphone users, is a potentially huge market for the Swedish company. According to media reports, Tencent-backed Gaana leads the Indian streaming market with over 80 million monthly users. S...

Tesla Closing its Retail Stores, Focus on Online Sales Only

3Mar By PriyankaNo Comments

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Tesla Closing its Retail Stores, Focus on Online Sales Only

World's leading electric automobile maker Tesla said it was closing "many" of its 378 retail stores around the world as it shifts to an online-only sales model. The decision was surprised many of them including Tesla's Fan. The announcement came after another round of layoffs at the electric automaker like affected some 7% of its workforce in January in a bid to cut costs following its production ramp for the Model 3. Tesla did not respond to questions from Pixr8 News on how many stores will be closing. "Shifting all sales online, combined with other ongoing cost efficiencies, will enable us to lower all vehicle prices by about 6% on average, allowing us to achieve the $35,000 Model 3 price point earlier than we expected," the company said in a blog post. "Over the next few m...