Private sector lender ICICI Bank on Wednesday reported 2.7 per cent decline in its standalone net profit to Rs 1,604.91 crore for the third quarter ended December 2018. The bank had registered Rs 1,650 crore net profit in the corresponding October-December quarter of 2017-18
The BSE sensex ended marginally lower by 1.25 points and the NSE Nifty closed with a negligible loss of 0.4 point. Heavyweights ICICI Bank and Tata Steel — both rising over 5 per cent saved the day for the sensex. Also, mixed trading pattern in global shares as US-China trade talks kicked off earlier in the day made domestic investors even more cautious.
Iran's economy has been hobbled by banking sanctions that effectively stop foreign companies from doing business in the country. But transactions in bitcoin, difficult to trace, could allow Iranians to make international payments while bypassing the US restrictions on banks.
The Japanese business daily quoted Ghosn as saying he had "no doubt" that the charges of financial misconduct against him were caused by "plot and treason" at the Japanese automaker.
Chinese tech giant Huawei overtook Apple to become the second-largest smartphone seller in the world in 2018. It remains a privately held company, and little is known about its reclusive founder Ren Zhengfei, a former Chinese army engineer who rarely speaks to the media.
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