Defying economic slowdown, family businesses in India are thriving, as 74 per cent of firms have witnessed growth in sales in the last fiscal, says a survey by consultancy firm PwC.

PwC calls the fam

Exports declined by 9.74 per cent year-on-year to USD 22.3 billion in August due to the global economic slowdown.

During April-August, the shipment dipped by 5.96 per cent to USD 119.97 billion from

Exports declined by 9.74 per cent year-on-year to USD 22.3 billion in August due to the global economic slowdown.

During April-August, the shipment dipped by 5.96 per cent to USD 119.97 billion from

The exports target of USD 360 billion for the current fiscal is unlikely to be achieved due to the global demand slowdown, a survey said on Sunday.

The country's exporting community is not optimistic

A slowdown in China's economy is perceived as the biggest risk to Asia's economic growth, a survey of regional power brokers released on Wednesday said.

While there were also worries about the weakne

India's exports in July contracted 14.8 per cent, steepest fall in three years, to USD 22.4 billion, mainly due to the demand slowdown in the US and Europe.

Reflecting slowdown in the economy, im

India's economic growth may have slowed to a near-decade low, but you wouldn't know it from the pace at which Britain's Costa Coffee and many other consumer-focused companies are expanding.

"The last

Even as overall growth in the G20 slowed in the fourth quarter of 2011, growth increased strongly in India and Indonesia, modestly in the United States, but slowed somewhat in China, according to the

A few months ago economists were all but certain the U.S. economy would slow sharply at the start of this year, with many warning that recession risks were growing.

That pessimism has been shaken off