Alibaba Group sells 3% stake in Paytm for Rs 1,031 crore

According to block deal data on the NSE, Alibaba.com sold 19.2 million shares at ₹536.95 apiece. While Morgan Stanley Asia bought 5.5 million shares, Ghisallo Master Fund acquired 4.98 million shares. The rest of the buyers were not known.

Bullard favours getting rates above 5% ‘as soon as possible’

Fed officials are mulling a further moderation in the pace of rate hikes following a slowing in US inflation. Consumer prices rose 6.5% in the 12 months through December, marking the slowest inflation rate in more than a year, Labor Department data showed. Excluding food and energy, the so-called core CPI rose 0.3% last month […]