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Airlines can no longer charge you for most seats. They will make you pay anyway

Airlines can no longer charge you for most seats. They will make you pay anyway

The government’s attempt to protect flyers is a case of one hand giveth, the other taketh away

26.03.2026 10

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How Forest Essentials chose ‘anti-growth’ to thrive in beauty

And found a suitor in global major Estée Lauder

14.03.2026 30

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A Dmart playbook that’s making Cult.fit sweat

29.01.2026 40

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India’s alternative funds are under pressure. The rich still love them

09.01.2026 20

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Boeing to Wonderchef: Aequs’ disparate clientele tests its manufacturing edge

10.12.2025 10

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Motilal Oswal’s favourite game is one that can make—or break—the house

01.12.2025 10

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Why Prosus boarded Ixigo’s Ship of Theseus

13.11.2025 10

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PVR Inox wants to run its cinemas like hotels

29.10.2025 50

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Malabar Gold rose to the top with an army of investors. To stay there, it has to leave them behind

14.10.2025 10

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Family office goes from side gig to ‘the’ gig for some uber-rich

25.09.2025 20

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The Jane Street bug in Nuvama’s money machine

03.09.2025 10

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The uber-rich have a new hobby: making wealth managers sweat

13.08.2025 10

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360 One wrote the wealth-management playbook. Now it is learning a hard lesson

29.07.2025 10

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At India’s airports, Adani wants the runway, the lounge, the latte, and the lipstick

09.07.2025 10

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Why Fortis and Manipal are duking it out for this hospital in Pune

27.06.2025 10

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Reliance Trends, Pantaloons, and the shopping spree that never came

11.06.2025 20

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How a Chandigarh retailer became Omega, Rolex’s gateway to crazy rich Indians

29.05.2025 20

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Zara taught Zudio how to outdo Zara

07.05.2025 20

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Angel One got what it wished for. That’s the problem

23.04.2025 10

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Biyani’s retail empire flamed out. His daughters seek redemption in birthing new brands

08.04.2025 10

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Inheritor turns founder: Go Zero, Kapiva defy business-family convention

21.03.2025 10

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Pepsi’s biggest bottler is pouring more cola to fight Reliance’s Campa

27.02.2025 20

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RBI isn’t keen on using AI. So why are lenders upbeat?

10.01.2025 10

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