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Year End Specials: Super rich get richer in 2017
2017 was a bumper year for Indian billionaires, with Gautam Adani, Mukesh Ambani, and Sunil Mittal seeing a sharp increase in their wealth despite a slowing economy.The wealth, or net worth, of Adani, chairman of the Adani Group, grew nearly 120 per cent during this period, the steepest among the billionaires. His group picked up assets in the power transmission sector in India in 2017, but struggled with funding options for its mega coal mine development project in Australia.The data is based on Bloomberg Billionaires Index and takes into account the closing share prices of December 28. The share prices of the Adani Group companies have risen strongly, with Adani Transmission rising 294 per cent, Adani Enterprises 117 per cent, and Adani Ports 51 per cent. Adani Power, which is currently in talks to sell its majority stake in loss-making Mundra power project to the Gujarat government, also jumped 36 per cent in 2017. Adani's net worth stood at $10.2 billion. In terms of absolute ...
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In 2017, Indian markets clock best returns in three years
In absolute terms, the year closed with the market capitalisation of all BSE-listed companies rising by Rs 45.5 lakh cr to Rs 152 lakh cr
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2017: A year of controversies for Axis Bank
The lender was also rumoured to be a target for a merger, given its vast network of outlets, franchise and rich talent resource
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Year End Specials: Bitcoins, Rohingya crisis, China's power play, and more
A look at major happenings around the globe in 2017
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Year End Specials: Some of our favourite spirits from 2017
If you're looking for some fresh ideas to start off 2018, each bottle on this list is worthy of an unforgettable investigation
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Year End Specials: The business books of 2017 worth reading
Fair warning: These books are not beach reads, but they do make significant contributions to the fields they cover
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Year End Specials: Women and men who made 2017 historically significant
A list dominated by women of people in 2017 who broke the stereotypes
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Year End Specials: Five Hindi movies that earned big in 2017
Salman Khan's latest release Tiger Zinda Hai has taken over the box office with a storm and going strong with Rs 190.62 crore
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In 2017, Virat, Harmanpreet leave an indelible mark on Indian cricket
India has not lost any bilateral ODI series in 2017, winning consecutive eight bilateral series since June 2016
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Best bookshelf of 2017
A list of best books that hit the stands in 2017
Year in Review: Top 5 most popular car launches of 2017
From Jeep Compass to Honda WR-V and Renault Captur, here are picks for the most exciting car launches of the year 2017
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Year in review: Top 10 best and worst performing stocks of 2017
There were at least 79 stocks on the BSE-500 which gained over 100% in 2017
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Sensex logs best annual gain in three years; 227 stocks rally up to 1455%
HEG, Indiabulls Ventures, Sanwaria Consumer, Graphite India, Bhansali Engineering, Rain Industries and Venky's (India) surged between 550% and 1455% in CY17.
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Realty, consumer durable sectors outperform, up over 100% in CY17
While the S&P BSE Consumer Durables index gained 101% during CY17, the S&P BSE Realty index rallied 106% during the same period
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Hurdles Indian IT faced in 2017: Jobless growth, protectionism & automation
Staring at slow business for traditional services and not enough orders in newer digital services, Indian IT firms saw jobless growth for the first time in their history
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WannaCrypt, Petya forced govts, cos to focus on cyber security in 2017
In the first major attack of the year, the world reeled under 'WannaCrypt' that locked files on computers
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Truman to Quest: 7 movies that got 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes in 2017
7 movies which got 100 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes in 2017
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Asia-Pacific M&A volumes slid in 2017 as China tightened capital outflow
The region's outbound deals plunged 46 percent, hurt by China's retreat from global dealmaking compared to the record $218 billion the country did last year
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India's sanitation coverage doubled to 74% since 2014 Swachh Bharat launch
India's sanitation coverage doubled to 74% since Swachh Bharat mission launch
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Textiles, garment industry yet to shrug off GST blues
India's apparel exports declined 39 per cent in value terms in October
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