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Small business will soon be credit-rated on data: Nandan Nilekani
06 Dec 2019
Banks will assess small businesses on the basis of their personal data, which include bank statements, tax returns, and home loan repayment records, for lending purposes, says Infosys chairman and co-founder Nandan Nilekani
US auto union UAW begins nation-wide strike against GM
16 Sep 2019
GM said UAW wages and benefits are expensive compared with competing non-union auto plants in southern US states and also justified plant shutdowns saying market shifts, especially the switchover to electric vehicles, demanded solutions for the Michigan and Ohio assembly plants that are non-productive
Uber Technologies sacks Anthony Levandowski
31 May 2017
L&T ties up with S Korean firm to make howitzers in India
22 Apr 2017
L&T will not only manufacture K9 VAJRA-T in India, with over 50 per cent indigenous content, but also provide through-life support from India
Budget aims at a big boost to `Make in India’
02 Feb 2017
Bank credit to industry grows at minus 0.2% in August
12 Oct 2016
The steady decline in bank credit to industry can be attributed to rising non-recovery of bank loans and pressure on banks to clean their books of non-performing assets
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