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Grapevine: ShopClues swings axe on 50% staff; IFC, others mull Azure Power stake sale
Gurugram-based online retailer ShopClues has let go about 50% of its workforce, downsizing from about 400 to around 200 employees,...
Finance
IFC plans to arrange $103 mn loan for Visakha Container Terminal
International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bank's private-sector investment arm, plans to arrange a loan worth $103 million (Rs 710.7 ......
Manufacturing
IFC-backed Polycab India gets strong response in IPO, subscribed 51 times
Electrical goods manufacturer Polycab India Ltd received a thumping response to its maiden public offer with high demand amid...
Manufacturing
IFC-backed Polycab India's IPO covered 1.93 times on second day
Electrical goods manufacturer Polycab India Ltd’s initial public offering (IPO) continued to attract demand on the second...
Manufacturing
Polycab IPO gets strong demand on first day after PE firms, SWF come as anchor investors
Electrical products maker Polycab India Ltd has attracted a number of marquee private equity firms and a sovereign wealth fund...
Finance
IFC proposes to invest in Signature Global's affordable housing project
International Finance Corporation (IFC) has proposed to finance an affordable housing project of North India-based developer Signature...
Consumer
TPG Growth-backed Dodla Dairy to get debt funding from IFC
International Finance Corporation, the private-sector investment arm of the World Bank, plans to make a debt investment of up...
Finance
Former PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi in the running to become World Bank chief
The White House is considering former PepsiCo Inc (PEP.O) Chief Executive Indra Nooyi, Treasury Department official David Malpass...
Finance
World Bank's Kim to join PE firm Global Infrastructure Partners
World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim will join Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), a private equity fund that invests in...
Consumer
IFC plans co-investment with Lighthouse in footwear maker Aqualite
International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private-sector investment arm of the World Bank, plans to co-invest with India-focused...