ET Intelligence Group: UltraTech Cement‘s June 2026 quarter performance was in line with expectations. The country’s largest cement manufacturer by volume delivered its strongest-ever first quarter numbers in terms of volume, revenue, and operating profit before depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA). While near-term performance could be affected by monsoon-related seasonality and higher input costs due to…
New Week. Same Old Story Mon, Jul 20 2026, 3:53 PM While we certainly CAN put short term market movement under a microscope and entertain various potential sources of motivation, it’s just as good to take a few giant steps back and observe the bigger picture trend. When we do, we see…
Most people treat investing like shopping. They ask friends about a specific stock or click on a YouTube video on “top 3 mutual funds”. It might be a great product, but it turns out to be the wrong tool for your life. To go from a confused beginner to a confident investor, it…
Andrew Grantham, senior economist at CIBC in Toronto, attributed the modest acceleration in core inflation excluding food and energy, which reached 1.8% annually, partly to World Cup demand. “We continue to see the Bank of Canada holding its overnight rate steady for the remainder of this year,” Grantham wrote, “even if headline inflation reaccelerates slightly in the…
Shares of fintech operator Paytm gained 2.7% to Rs 1,383 on the BSE on Tuesday after the company reported a 79% year-on-year (YoY) jump in consolidated net profit to Rs 220 crore for the first quarter, compared with Rs 123 crore in the year-ago period. Revenue from operations rose 28% YoY to Rs 2,448 crore…
Would you trust someone with your money if the “interview” for the job was a fifty-page pitch deck and a decade-long commitment? That’s essentially what happens every time someone becomes a limited partner in a venture capital fund. I sat down again with former Wharton professor and venture capitalist David Bell for part two of…
Among U.S. voters between age 18 and 34, the cost of housing is the top political issue, ranking higher than the cost of food or protecting democracy, according to a CNBC survey. CNBC’s All-America Economic Survey for the second quarter of 2026 polled 1,000 registered voters across the nation, and it found the cost of…
The debate about whether technology will disrupt the intermediary market is largely over. The more important question now is how quickly the market can move from interest and experimentation to confident, practical deployment. Technology has always changed the way brokers work, from mobile and email, to websites, aggregator partnerships and workflow automation. What feels different…
Jaiprakash Power Ventures shares rallied as much as 8.4% on Tuesday, hitting an intraday high of Rs 18.32, after the company reported robust earnings for the June quarter (Q1FY27). Strong growth in both revenue and profit, coupled with a return to profitability on a sequential basis, boosted investor sentiment. The company reported consolidated revenue from…
Bisnow/Bianca Barragán A street-level view of Oceanwide Plaza, which has been sitting in limbo for roughly six years The sale of the $1.2B Oceanwide Plaza may finally be able to proceed after a bankruptcy judge told attorneys she intended to approve the plan to sell it off. In a critical turn, attorneys for the city of Los…