BRICS

Others

22 October, 2016

Weekly Deals Tracker: Rosneft buys into Essar Oil; Wipro, HCL acquire US firms

In what is the largest-ever infusion of foreign direct investment into India, Russian government-owned energy major Rosneft acquired a 49% ......

General

14 October, 2016

BRICS Summit: Why you should care about this grouping of five emerging economies?

On Saturday, leaders from five emerging economies—Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa—which make up the ‘BRICS’ block, will meet ......

Manufacturing

08 March, 2016

Indian women participation in labour force shrinking: report

Only 27% of women in India participate in the labour force, according to a report by Harvard University’s Evidence for ......

General

21 July, 2015

BRICS bank launched as alternative to World Bank, IMF

A new USD 100 billion bank floated by BRICS nations, including India, as an alternative to the World Bank and ......

General

11 May, 2015

KV Kamath named first head of BRICS-led New Development Bank

Indian government has named banking sector veteran KV Kamath as its nominee to take over as the first head of ......

General

06 February, 2015

India grows faster than BRICS

Manufacturing activity in the emerging market economies as measured by the HSBC Emerging Markets Index (EMI) slumped for the third ......

General

12 September, 2013

MSCI launches emerging market index excluding BRICs

Stock index compiler MSCI has launched an emerging market index that excludes the large but lagging markets of Brazil, Russia, ......

General

05 September, 2013

BRICS to commit $100B to foreign exchange fund, completion a way off

The BRICS group of emerging economies will contribute $100 billion to a fighting fund to steady currency markets destabilized by ......

Others

24 June, 2013

Golden ratings era ending for emerging markets

A decade of improvement in emerging market credit ratings is coming to an end as higher borrowing costs and commodity ......