Sales expansion also down 4.4%
Higher crude oil prices also translate into better corporate earnings for India's top companies
Have a Plan B in place if the tide turns against you.
A national cyber crime and coordination centre meant to fend off such attacks is still awaiting approval
The amount is around a fifth of the cumulative investment in fixed assets by these companies.
Some big ones hoard cash unduly and others borrow to keep up payments to shareholders
Investors often forget that the movements in indices such as the Sensex reflects the performance of its constituent stocks; nothing else.
A full-blown recovery remained elusive for India Inc in the July-September quarter, even as it overcame the challenge of achieving profitable growth.
With mutual funds, promoters turning net-buyers, foreign investors may have to bid up prices to raise holdings.
The analysis covers BSE 200 Index's 171 companies for which data on the compensation to the boards of directors for FY14 and FY13 are available.
India Inc gets about Rs 67,000 crore worth of fresh orders in the Sept quarter, a rise of 45% sequentially.
Essentially, the focus will be on cracking big deals.
China has cast a long shadow on India's economy.
Impact of the slowdown is most visible among promoter/owner-CEOs
That resulted in a 50-basis point improvement in operating profit margins on a sequential basis.
The Ebitda margin, too, was lower than the expected 29.1 per cent.
The company agrees to discussions for long-product division with Swiss group Klesch.
Firms generated free cash flows in 2013-14, for the first time since the 2008 Lehman crisis
Mid- and small-cap funds dominate the list, opening up opportunity for investors to make contra bets in large-cap funds
Many say Tata Motors has perhaps paid the price for being too ambitious.