London Business School has announced the number of professionals from the media, leisure, sport and entertainment industries has more than doubled for its Executive MBA (Dubai) programme. The School, regarded as one of the world’s leading business schools, hosted its orientation week with new students in London this month, welcoming the next generation of business Read More… »
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» Banks defer foreign fund-raising plans
Volatile markets and poor investor confidence have made Indian banks defer raising funds from foreign markets through medium-term notes (MTN) and instead find alternative routes. Chennai-based Indian Bank, which had plans to raise $1 billion in two tranches during the current financial year though MTNs, has deferred its plans and will wait till the market Read More… »
» Deutsche Bank to boost mortgage
Deutsche Bank plans to nearly double its mortgage book in India to Rs 3,000 crore by the end of next year. The move is in line with the bank’s strategy to maintain its focus on secured assets, following the sale of its credit cards business earlier this year. The mortgage book, which is currently estimated Read More… »
» Uses of credit cards go downward in India
Almost everyone has been a victim of the aggressive cold calls in which banks push their credit cards. With the Indian economy expanding rapidly and the middle class burgeoning, several analysts believed there was no end to the use of plastic money in India. In fact, they had predicted it would only grow. Though, numbers Read More… »
» Kotak Mahindra Bank opens branch in Kozhikode
Kotak Mahindra Bank , one of India’s leading private banks, strengthened its presence in the state of Kerala with the inauguration of its first branch in Kozhikode. This is the Bank’s fourth branch in the state, the other three being in Kottayam, Kochi and Thrivananthapuram and the occasion also marked the launch of Kotak Credit Read More… »
» INDIA: UK attracts more Indian students than the US
In spite of visa restrictions the United Kingdom remains the top foreign destination for Indian students. According to data available for 2010, almost twice the number of Indian students who applied to higher education or Study abroad chose colleges in the UK over the United States. Latest data for entry into college for 2010 show Read More… »
» P Chidambaram disburses Rs10.40 Cr education loan to students
Union home minister P Chidambaram said many students would not have been able to pursue their higher education and remained just ‘plus two unemployed’ had the government not introduced the education loan scheme. Disbursing an education loan to the tune of Rs10.40 crore to 643 students at a loan mela in Karaikudi, he said education Read More… »