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Top of the Morning

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Top of the Morning is a daily podcast hosted by Nelson John, in which we bring you all the action from the global markets and the business world to kick-start your day on a well-informed note. This is a Mint production, brought to you by HT Smartcast

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00:04:28

How much lower can the rupee go?

Top of the Morning ·

2024/10/17

Welcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Thursday, October 17, 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started.Indian stock markets declined for the second straight session on Wednesday, with the benchmark Sensex shedding 319 points, or 0.39 per cent, and the Nifty 50 slipping 86 points, or 0.34 per cent.In the past three months, several films have been re-released in theatres, driving higher footfalls and

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00:04:00

The escalating India-Canada rift explained

Top of the Morning ·

2024/10/16

Welcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Wednesday, October 16, 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started.The Sensex fell 153 points, or 0.19 per cent, while the Nifty 50 closed 71 points, or 0.28 per cent, lower.The country's biggest listed company presented its quarterly earnings report yesterday. Investors didn't like it too much: Reliance Industries' share price dropped by 2 percent on Tuesday. Its oils

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00:04:38

How Surya Kumar Yadav’s endorsement fee is touching...

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2024/10/15

Welcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Tuesday, October 15, 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started. Thanks to gains in shares of select banking and IT heavyweights, including HDFC Bank and Infosys, Indian stock market benchmarks- the Sensex and the Nifty 50- resumed their upward march on Monday. The Sensex rose 0.73 per cent, while the Nifty 50 settled 10.66 per cent, higher. Vinay Dube, previously at

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00:04:14

How Zomato’s District could be a blockbuster

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2024/10/14

Welcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Monday, October 14, 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started. The upcoming festive period is usually a fruitful time for India's retail industry. As the sales increase, so does the advertising. However, companies are scaling back on traditional media spending. Instead, the industry is spending much more on digital ads, as well as those on e-commerce platforms

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00:04:31

Farewell, RNT

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2024/10/11

Welcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Friday, October 11, 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started. A stalwart of India’s corporate world passed away on Wednesday night. We'll bring you some stories on his legacy and work over the decades. After retiring as the chair of Tata Sons in 2012, Ratan Tata shifted his focus to supporting startups through his investment vehicle, RNT Associates. By 2019, he was

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00:04:07

Is your real estate agent a social media influencer?

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2024/10/10

Welcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Thursday, October 10, 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started. Yesterday, the Reserve Bank of India left key policy rates unchanged, maintaining the repo rate at 6.5 percent. The RBI’s decision comes amid rate cuts by central banks worldwide, notably the US Federal Reserve, Bank of Japan, and Bank of England. The RBI remains wary of inflation, and thus doesn't want

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00:04:20

Goodbye zero brokerage fee apps

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2024/10/09

Welcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Wednesday, October 9, 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started. Do you use a zero-brokerage app? That won't last too long. Soon, brokers such as Zerodha, Groww and AngelOne have to overhaul their business, as the market regulator has barred them from pocketing exchange fee waivers. It will force these brokers to raise their fees to make money. Dipti Sharma writes

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00:04:17

What's in store for IT stocks?

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2024/10/08

Welcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Tuesday, October 8, 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started. Over the previous quarter, the Nifty IT index rose around 14%, while the Nifty50 increased by around half that number. Harsha Jethmalani writes that this happened after the US Federal Reserve cut its interest rates by half a percent. That spurred BFSI clients to increase their IT spending. However, this

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00:04:24

How will your portfolio react to a World War 3?

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2024/10/07

Welcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Monday, October 7, 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started. Last week was a bit of a disaster for the markets: the Nifty fell 5% over the previous four trading sessions. This selling-heavy trend was in contrast to a bullish market from the prior week, which saw Nifty hitting a record high. Ram Sahgal writes that foreign investors sold heavily, booking profits

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00:04:21

Bloodbath on D-street as hot money races to China

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2024/10/04

Welcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Friday, October 4, 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started. The festive season usually brings a buzz to India's stock markets, but this year it's been anything but cheerful. Over July and August, investors saw their wealth shrink by a whopping Rs 11 trillion due to a record exodus of foreign investors, a bounce in Chinese stocks, and brewing tensions in the Middle

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00:04:02

What’s next in the Israel-Iran conflict

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2024/10/03

Welcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Thursday, October 3, 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started. We might be on the verge of world war three, as Iran's recent airstrikes on Israel underscore Tehran's readiness to confront any perceived threat. Shweta Singh explains why the situation could escalate, and how the US is involved in the mess. Shweta also explains the implications of this development on

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00:04:15

GST: Anti-profiteering regime to end soon

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2024/10/02

Welcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Wednesday, October 2, 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started. The Indian stock market closed the volatile trading session on a flat note on Tuesday, October 1, amid mixed global signals and uncertain economic indicators. The Nifty 50 closed the session 0.05% lower while the Sensex ended with a slight decline of 0.04%.. The Goods and Services Tax has undergone a

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00:04:10

What way will Haryana vote this time?

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2024/10/01

Welcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Tuesday, October 1, 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started.Nearly 300 stocks, including JSW Steel and NTPC, reached one-year highs on the BSE, despite the Sensex and Nifty 50 dropping over one per cent amid weak global cues.Last week, the government of China infused 143 billion dollars into its economy to try and revive it out of a slump. This led the Chinese

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00:04:09

Stockbrokers raise alarm against fake WhatsApp groups

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2024/09/30

Welcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Monday, September 30, 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started.WhatsApp groups are full of people pretending to be legitimate advisors offering stock market advice. These groups promise unrealistic returns and insider information, and have caught the attention of market regulators. Stockbrokers are also raising alarms to such practices. The scams have not only duped

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00:03:58

Another telecom revolution brewing?

Top of the Morning ·

2024/09/27

Welcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Friday, September 27, 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started.Online brokerage firm Zerodha generated over ₹8,000 crore in revenue last fiscal year, with profits reaching ₹4,700 crore, according to founder Nithin Kamath. However, Kamath cautioned that the coming year might not be as bright, with a significant revenue drop on the horizon. Recent regulatory changes,

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00:03:44

How much will it cost to watch Coldplay in Abu Dhabi?

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2024/09/26

Welcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Thursday, September 26, 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started.Were you one of the thousands of Coldplay fans stuck to their screens, trying to score a ticket? The rush for Coldplay tickets turned intense on September 22, with 13 million fans chasing just 150,000 spots for their Navi Mumbai concert next January. The original ticket price was 6,450 rupees, but now

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00:04:29

Why does LTIMindtree continue to struggle?

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2024/09/25

Welcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Wednesday, September 25, 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started.Anura Dissanayake became Sri Lanka's new president this week. Leading a socialist alliance, he won on the back of an anti-corruption campaign. We invited Shweta Singh, an associate professor in the department of international relations at the South Asian University, to explain the implication of his

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00:04:09

Cheaper diamonds are here

Top of the Morning ·

2024/09/24

Welcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Tuesday, September 24, 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started.Banks are finding creative ways to attract new customers amid a deposit crunch. Smaller banks in particular are spicing up their offerings to stand out. They're partnering with fintechs and rolling out products such as standalone fixed deposits and secured loan-linked deposits. Anshika Kayastha reports

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00:04:11

Time to work from Dubai?

Top of the Morning ·

2024/09/23

Welcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Monday, September 23, 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started.Aswath Damodaran is known as the "dean of valuation". In a free-wheeling conversation with Abhishek Mukherjee, Damodaran talks about how he assesses companies — especially family-run ones, as well as the current dynamics of the Indian stock market, and how to read the corporate life cycle. Retail

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00:03:39

Adani readies $7 billion war chest

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2024/09/20

Welcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Friday, September 20, 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started. On Thursday, Indian equity markets hit another record high following the US Federal Reserve's decision to cut interest rates by 50 basis points—double the expected 25-point reduction. Harsha Jethmalani notes that Indian markets are anticipating further rate cuts ahead. While the European Central Bank

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