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Wow! Momo, Domino’s want to own their destiny, reduce reliance on food delivery apps
With cost pressures mounting, QSR brands are betting on loyalty programs, dine-in menus and their own apps to survive and belatedly improve their stocks’ prospects.
13 Jul 2025
Does a for-profit motive hurt education?
A popular argument is that we must be wary of private equity investment in education because these funds operate with a profit motive that results in high fees and poor outcomes. This is selective hypocrisy complicated by a lack of choice.
12 Jul 2025
Has IndiGrid cracked the green finance code?
Blending capital from investors with varying risk appetite to fund green projects has emerged as a reliable model for the KKR-backed InvIT—its latest for India's largest battery energy storage project being an example.
11 Jul 2025
Out to list, Pine Labs is a hardware business pretending to be a fintech
Its core POS machine business is small and growing slowly, and the company has done little else to justify its high valuation.
10 Jul 2025
Golden Visa snafu leaves Indian media red-faced
No, the UAE is not offering cheap lifetime residency to Indians, as the government has now confirmed. Separately, Gulf startups and VCs are up in arms against a Sequoia Capital partner.
09 Jul 2025
Can a universal bank licence revive Jana Small Finance Bank’s stock?
Turning into a full-service bank could help the Bengaluru-based niche lender unlock its share value, but the transition will come with its own set of challenges.
08 Jul 2025
Wakefit built a Rs 1,000-crore mattress brand. Now it wants to do a full-stack
A pioneer in the online D2C mattress market, the startup is eyeing the public markets on the strength of its expanded home and furnishings presence. Will its next decade be as good as the one behind it?
07 Jul 2025
After Jane Street, SEBI to examine Millennium, Citadel trades
Jane Street’s alleged manipulation should not overshadow the fact that there is a lot more to the affair. Besides the US trading firm, NSE also needs to answer questions.
06 Jul 2025
Tables have turned, Zerodha is the incumbent now
JioBlackRock’s entry into the stockbroking business means the pioneer versus late mover storyline will play out all over again. This time around, though, the challenge will most likely change Zerodha even if the earlier ones did not.
05 Jul 2025
Will it? Will it not? An India-US trade deal has no easy pathways ahead
Whatever be the outcome, the India-US trade deal's impact on economic growth and sovereignty cannot be separated.
04 Jul 2025