HDFC Bank share climbs 1% on stock split buzz
NEW DELHI: Shares of HDFC Bank - the country’s most valued private lender by market value- climbed over 1 per cent in morning trade on Tuesday as reports suggested that the board of the bank will consider a proposal to split the face value of its shares.

The board of HDFC Bank will consider a proposal to split the face value of its shares on May

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Jim Rogers says Modi must do some big things if he gets a second term
Mumbai: Investment guru Jim Rogers is not invested in India currently, as the market trends upward. He believes it is about time India opened up all its markets – including currency and agriculture.

“I invested in India before Mr Modi was elected. I owned the Indian shares, but then after few weeks seeing that he did not do much, I sold Indian

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US-China trade talks, IIP numbers, earnings among 7 factors steering stock market in the week ahead
NEW DELHI: A host of triggers are likely to help benchmark indices move out of rangebound trading next week. While quarterly earnings will drive stock-specific actions, economic data such as March factory output and manufacturing growth prints, fifth phase of elections and progress of US-China trade talks will be keenly followed.

Oil prices,

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Share market update: IT shares rise; Tata Elxsi gains over 2%
NEW DELHI: IT shares were trading in the positive zone in Tuesday's morning session.

Shares of Tata Elxsi (up 2.25 per cent), Infosys (up 1.09 per cent), Infibeam Avenues (up 0.57 per cent) and NIIT Technologies (up 0.40 per cent) were the top gainers in the index.

Tata Consultancy Services (up 0.39 per cent), Wipro (up 0.28 per cent) and Oracle

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Share market update: 8 stocks hit 52-week highs on NSE
NEW DELHI: Around 8 stocks rose to touch their 52-week highs on NSE in Monday's session.

Among the stocks that touched their 52-week highs were 63 moons technologies, Aavas Financiers, Balaxi Ventures and Fine Organic Industries.

ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund, DSP LIQUID ETF and PVR also featured among the stocks that touched their 52-week highs on

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Berkshire's Apple win may atone for missing Google, says Munger
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Share market update: PSU Bank shares gain; Syndicate Bank rises 2%
NEW DELHI: Shares of PSU banks were trading with gains in Tuesday's morning session.

Shares of Syndicate Bank (up 2.61 per cent), Central Bank of India (up 1.36 per cent), Allahabad Bank (up 0.97 per cent) and State Bank of India (up 0.87 per cent) were the top performers in the index.

Oriental Bank of Commerce (up 0.84 per cent), Bank of Baroda

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YES Bank declines 5% on Icra downgrade
NEW DELHI: Shares of YES Bank slumped almost 5 per cent in morning trade on Monday and looked on course to break their two-day winning run after the domestic rating agency Icra downgraded the bank's long-term bond ratings and guided for a negative outlook.

Icra downgraded the ratings on six instruments totaling borrowings over Rs 33,000 crore by

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Buffett slams private equity for inflated returns, debt reliance
Warren Buffett, who has long slammed the hedge fund industry for charging high fees, escalated his criticism of private-equity firms that have been raising record sums of money in recent years.

“We have seen a number of proposals from private equity funds where the returns are really not calculated in a manner that I would regard as honest,” B

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Sensex climbs over 150 pts, Nifty above 11,650; Asian markets take a breather
NEW DELHI: Domestic equities opened on a positive note on Tuesday, tracking cues from Asian peers that showed signs of recovery, a day after suffering strong losses on renewed worry over US-China trade war.Markets across China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Korea and Taiwan rose up to 0.8 per cent after Monday's slide. Japan's Nikkei was an exception,

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Share market update: Realty shares slip; Indiabulls Real Estate slumps 4%
NEW DELHI: Realty shares were trading in the negative zone in Monday's morning session.

Shares of Indiabulls Real Estate (down 4.29 per cent), DLF (down 1.60 per cent), Prestige Estates Projects (down 1.26 per cent) and Brigade Enterprises (down 1.07 per cent) were trading lower.

Phoenix Mills (down 0.30 per cent), Sunteck Realty (down 0.29 per

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Woodstock for Capitalists: Wit and wisdom of Warren Buffett
NEW YORK: Warren Buffett, the 88-year-old chairman and chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway Inc , is taking hours of questions from investors and journalists at the conglomerate's annual shareholder meeting on Saturday.

Catch all the big announcements made in Berkshire conference at Omaha

Buffett's marathon Q-A session is part of what

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Share market update: Auto shares in the green; TVS Motor up 2%
NEW DELHI: Auto shares were trading in the green in Tuesday's morning session.

Shares of TVS Motor Company (up 2.16 per cent), Amara Raja Batteries (up 0.85 per cent), Tata Motors (up 0.78 per cent) and Hero MotoCorp (up 0.74 per cent) were the top gainers in the index.

Bharat Forge (up 0.73 per cent), Bajaj Auto (up 0.58 per cent), Maruti Suzuki

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HUL falls post Q4 numbers; brokerages mixed
NEW DELHI: Shares of Hindustan Unilever (HUL) fell over 1 per cent in morning trade on Monday, following lesser-than-expected March quarter numbers.

The company reported a 14 per cent YoY rise in net profit at Rs 1,538 crore for the March quarter, which was below Rs 1,617 crore profit estimated by analysts in an ET Now poll.

Brokerages have given

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Buffett says Berkshire followed same value investing principle on Amazon
Amazon.com Inc shares surged over 3 per cent on Wall Street on Friday after reports that Berkshire Hathaway purchased shares of the internet retailing giant for the first time after ignoring it for years.

Sharing his views on the investment, the company’s 88-year-old Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Warren Buffett said people making the

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Trump tweets rattle global markets, but D-Street breathes easy
New Delhi: Two Tweets from US President Donald Trump have left financial markets trembling again!

A surprise threat from Trump to impose fresh tariffs on China just when a large Chinese delegation was readying to head to the US for trade talks sent stocks and crude oil prices tumbling on Monday morning.

But Indian market was an exception, as a

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Share market update: Nifty Pharma index down; Lupin falls 1%
NEW DELHI: Pharma shares were trading mixed in Monday's morning session with their sectoral index trading lower.

Shares of Cadila Healthcare (up 1.17 per cent), Glenmark Pharmaceuticals (up 0.46 per cent), Divi's Laboratories (up 0.42 per cent) and Aurobindo Pharma (up 0.37 per cent) were the top performers in the index.

Lupin (down 1.36 per

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Saving money is not necessarily the first thing to do in life: Buffett
Legendary investor Warren Buffett who once famously said, “I always knew I was going to be rich. I don’t think I ever doubted it for a minute,” on Saturday said saving money is not necessarily the first thing to do in life.

Answering a question from a 17-year-old on delayed gratification, Buffett said: “You don’t save by not going to a movie. T

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Share market update: Bank shares down; YES Bank falls over 4%
NEW DELHI: Bank shares were trading with losses in Monday's morning session.

Shares of YES Bank (down 4.04 per cent), IndusInd Bank (down 1.42 per cent), Bank of Baroda (down 1.09 per cent) and HDFC Bank (down 0.95 per cent) were the worst performers in the index.

ICICI Bank (down 0.82 per cent), Axis Bank (down 0.77 per cent), State Bank of India

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Expert Take: Breakout above 11,860 can take the Nifty higher
By Rohit Singre Senior Technical Analyst, LKP SecuritiesWhere we are: Index closed a week at 11,725 with mild loss of 30 points and formed hanging man kind of candle pattern on weekly chart suggesting indecision in the markets. Its seems bulls have taken pause at the moment as index is unable to give decisive close above its lifetime high on

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A buyback should leave existing shareholders better off: Buffett
Legendary investor Warren Buffet says when Berkshire goes for share repurchases, it sees to it that shareholders who do not sell their shares are better off after the repurchase.

“In share repurchases, it is not about how much you are spending. We will repurchase stock when we feel it is trading below an intrinsic value. We want to be sure the p

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IHF slips 3% on change in merger agreement with LVB
NEW DELHI: Shares of Indiabulls Housing Finance (IHF) declined nearly 3 per cent in morning trade on Monday after the company announced changes in merger with Lakshmi Vilas Bank.

An ET report suggested, IHF and its subsidiary Indiabulls Commercial Credit (ICC) will be merged into Lakshmi Vilas Bank (LVB) after a change in the merger agreement

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Share market update: IT shares mixed; Infibeam Avenues dips 1%
NEW DELHI: IT shares were trading on a mixed note in Monday's morning session.

Shares of Wipro (up 0.76 per cent), Tech Mahindra (up 0.53 per cent), Tata Consultancy Services (up 0.32 per cent) and Mindtree (up 0.15 per cent) were the top gainers in the index.

Infibeam Avenues (down 0.92 per cent), Oracle Financial Services Software (down 0.88

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Share market update: FMCG shares trade lower; HUL down 2%
NEW DELHI: FMCG shares were trading lower in Monday's morning session.

Shares of Marico (down 2.60 per cent), Hindustan Unilever (down 1.98 per cent), Jubilant Foodworks (down 1.70 per cent) and GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare (down 1.37 per cent) were trading lower.

United Breweries (down 1.01 per cent), ITC (down 0.97 per cent), Dabur India

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Share market update: PSU Bank shares dip; Indian Bank down 2%
NEW DELHI: Shares of PSU banks were trading with losses in Monday's morning session.

Shares of Indian Bank (down 2.03 per cent), Canara Bank (down 1.40 per cent), Bank of India (down 1.23 per cent) and Oriental Bank of Commerce (down 1.08 per cent) were the top losers in the index.

Syndicate Bank (down 1.07 per cent), Allahabad Bank (down 1.06

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Warren Buffett says Wells Fargo made 'big mistakes'
Billionaire Warren Buffett, whose Berkshire Hathaway Inc is Wells Fargo - Co's largest shareholder, on Saturday signaled no shift in his support for the bank despite several scandals it has faced.

"Wells made some big mistakes," Buffett said. "When you find a problem, you have to do something about it. I think that's probably where they made a

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Share market update: Metal shares decline; JSPL slips over 3%
NEW DELHI: Most metal shares were trading in the negative zone in Monday's morning session.

Shares of Jindal Steel - Power (down 3.25 per cent), Hindalco Industries (down 2.88 per cent), Steel Authority of India (SAIL) (down 2.81 per cent) and JSW Steel (down 2.38 per cent) were trading lower.

Jindal Stainless (Hisar) (down 1.57 per cent),

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Sensex tanks 450 pts: Trump's comments 4 other factors dragging market lower
NEW DELHI: Benchmark indices took a beating on Monday as hopes of a US-China trade deal were dashed by US President Donald Trump’s fresh threat to China on likely tariff hikes. The comments, at this crucial stage, is all set delay progress, as China is unlikely to send its delegates to Washington scheduled for later this week. This along will a h

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Berkshire Hathaway investors worry about life after Buffett
Thousands of BerkshireHathaway shareholders return to Omaha every year to learn from Warren Buffett and celebrate the company he built through acquisitions and investments.

But with the 88-year-old Buffett and 95-year-old Charlie Munger leading the company, it's hard for shareholders not to wonder how much longer the revered investors will be

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