Business updates

Business updates

2026 Tata Punch launched at starting price of ₹5.59 lakh, gets six variants

The 2026 Tata Punch is available in six variants—Smart, Pure, Pure+, Adventure, Accomplished and Accomplished + S—with prices ranging from ₹5.59-8.99 lakh.>

Behind the Unraveling of Apple’s Credit-Card Partnership With Goldman Sachs

After more than two years of negotiations, one of the biggest credit-card deals of all time will see Goldman replaced by JPMorgan on the Apple credit card.>

India bonds fall after Bloomberg holds off including them in global bond index

Bloomberg Index Services defers inclusion of India government bonds and says would update the review by mid-2026.>

Apple opts for Google Gemini to power Siri in multi-billion dollar AI deal

The Apple-Google Gemini deal for AI technology and Siri chatbot is seen as a big win for Alphabet over Sam Altman's OpenAI and ChatGPT in the global AI race.>

India, Germany finalise 19 pacts including defence industrial co-op roadmap

PM Modi told a media interaction that the growing cooperation in defence and security between India and Germany was a symbol of “our mutual trust and shared vision”>

BSE, NSE announce market holiday on Jan 15 due to voting for BMC elections

The stock exchanges have announced a market holiday on 15 January on account of voting for BMC elections.>

India's inflation rate stays low at 1.33%, leaves room for another RBI repo rate cut

India's benign inflation and high GDP growth prompted the RBI to cut repo rate by 25 basis points last month.>

TCS Q3 results: Profit down 11.7% but revenue up 2%, ₹57 dividend declared

TCS Q3 results 2025-26: Revenue of Tata Consultancy Services rose 2% sequentially to ₹67,087 crore, even as net profit fell 11.7% to ₹10,720 crore.>

Heineken CEO Dolf van den Brink steps down as slumping beer sales hurt brewer

Heineken has warned that annual profit would be lower than expected due to weaker growth in beer sales—an industry-wide phenomenon amidst shifting tastes.>

Deutsche Bank’s $2.5 bn India assets draw final bids from Kotak, Federal Bank

Kotak Mahindra Bank and Federal Bank stand to potentially gain from Deutsche Bank's India clientele across home loans, business loans and wealth management.>

Credits : HTimes