Abhineet Kumar &Amp; Kalpana Pathak

Stories by Abhineet Kumar &Amp; Kalpana Pathak

Mukesh eyes the EIH driver's seat

Mukesh eyes the EIH driver's seat

Rediff.com   24 Sep 2010

RIL & Oberois to have equal shares, post-rights.

Bid for a CEO of your choice

Bid for a CEO of your choice

Rediff.com   23 Sep 2010

The programme that began last year has seen the list of CEOs -- who will be put under the hammer -- grow.

Essar to bid for gas blocks in Indonesia

Essar to bid for gas blocks in Indonesia

Rediff.com   15 Sep 2010

London Stock Exchange-listed Essar Energy Plc plans to bid for coal-bed methane (CBM) and shale gas blocks in Indonesia next month.

75 RIL retailers in Guj want to opt out

75 RIL retailers in Guj want to opt out

Rediff.com   26 Aug 2010

Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries is slugging it out with fuel retailers in Gujarat.

Cairn deal will flow only after government nod

Cairn deal will flow only after government nod

Rediff.com   18 Aug 2010

The government has told Cairn Energy that its deal with Anil Agarwal-promoted Vedanta Resources will go through only after a formal proposal to the government is made and all clearances are obtained.

Reliance's June quarter results unlikely to excite

Reliance's June quarter results unlikely to excite

Rediff.com   26 Jul 2010

RIL, with interests in petrochemicals, oil and gas exploration, textiles and retail, will continue to see a slow decline in margins.

ICICI-KKR talks on Firstsource stake hit a hurdle

ICICI-KKR talks on Firstsource stake hit a hurdle

Rediff.com   15 Jul 2010

Firstsource raised $275 million (around Rs 1,265 crore) through foreign currency convertible bonds in 2007 to fund the acquisition of MedAssist.

Massive fuel bills due for major air carriers

Massive fuel bills due for major air carriers

Rediff.com   13 Jul 2010

Analysts say this is a reflection of the high debt that most aviation companies have on their books. "Aviation companies are unable to pay their dues because they are into losses.

IOC, BPCL open to buying Shell retail outlets

IOC, BPCL open to buying Shell retail outlets

Rediff.com   12 Jul 2010

Shell India, the domestic arm of Royal Dutch Shell Plc, had offered for sale 20 of its 80 operational retail outlets and around 20 sites acquired earlier for setting up such outlets.

IOC plans Rs 700-cr power play

IOC plans Rs 700-cr power play

Rediff.com   7 Jul 2010

State-run Indian Oil Corporation plans to set up solar power panels and power plants at its over 18,100 retail outlets across the country at a cost of Rs 500 crore (Rs 5 billion).

New B-schools even 'buy' management students

New B-schools even 'buy' management students

Rediff.com   21 Jun 2010

A few weeks ago, the admission director of a Pune-based B-school received a strange unsolicited phone call from an 'admissions' consultant.

US Gulf moratorium to hit Indian drilling firms

US Gulf moratorium to hit Indian drilling firms

Rediff.com   15 Jun 2010

The six-month moratorium on deep-water drilling in the Gulf of Mexico is likely to delay the deployment of idle rigs by Aban Offshore and impact the day rates for support vessels that companies such as Great Offshore supply.

Gas deal may steal the show at Reliance AGM

Gas deal may steal the show at Reliance AGM

Rediff.com   15 Jun 2010

Reliance Industries' annual general meeting on Friday will be unique in many ways. It's the first AGM after the Supreme Court judgment on K-G gas, the first after the truce between Mukesh and Anil Ambani and the first after the company's big-bang return to telecom.

Government reopens ONGC sale deals

Government reopens ONGC sale deals

Rediff.com   15 Jun 2010

The Supreme Court decision upholding the government right to decide on sale of natural gas has prompted the latter to exercise control over gas sales from Oil and Natural Gas Corporation's C-series field, off the Daman coast.

B-schools outsource placements to HR firms

B-schools outsource placements to HR firms

Rediff.com   10 Jun 2010

A large number of management schools in the country have begun outsourcing the process of student placements to human resource consultants. Traditionally, B-schools have an in-house placement team, headed by a faculty member. Several B-schools, on condition of anonymity, confirmed they had hired HR consultancies to find jobs for their students. Many of them also plan to have the agencies help out with placing their students as interns with companies.

RIL may pay Rs 9,000 cr to RNRL: Experts

RIL may pay Rs 9,000 cr to RNRL: Experts

Rediff.com   25 May 2010

Within 24 hours of the brothers Ambani deciding on a ceasefire, the stock market and Reliance pundits are out with their calculators to figure out the financial implication of ending the non-compete terms five years in advance and the loss that Anil Ambani's Reliance Natural Resources Limited would incur post the Supreme Court verdict.

 'Europe's problems will have a global impact'

'Europe's problems will have a global impact'

Rediff.com   21 May 2010

Rohit Chatterji, the new managing director and head of investment banking at J P Morgan, is cautious about the European crisis turning from a liquidity issue to a solvency crisis.

'Blacklisted' varsities still a hit among students

'Blacklisted' varsities still a hit among students

Rediff.com   21 May 2010

Uncertainty may shroud their deemed status with the apex court yet to deliver its final verdict. However, admissions to nearly 50 per cent of deemed universities blacklisted by the Ministry of Human Resources and Development (MHRD) are on in full swing.

Baltic rises, but leaves shipping stocks dry

Baltic rises, but leaves shipping stocks dry

Rediff.com   18 May 2010

While the stock markets across the world have fallen on the back of the credit crisis in Greece and its contagion effect, shipping rates for dry bulk carriers have firmed up since the development.

Analjit Singh plans to set up medical college

Analjit Singh plans to set up medical college

Rediff.com   10 May 2010

Max India founder and chairman Analjit Singh is in talks with four foreign universities to set up a medical college in the country.