The Essar group, Jindal Steel and Power, Monnet Ispat, Bhushan Steel and the Avantha group have been asked to close deals by March-end.
Aneesh Phadnis and Veena Mani find out what the manufacturers and the hospitals have to say.
Offers 12.60% in revenue share to Cidco, while only other bidder GMR offered 10.44%.
Industry fears tougher US stance on IP after President Donald Trump asserted that foreign countries must pay a fair share for drug development costs. Aneesh Phadnis reports.
Collection dived to 75-80% in November-December from 99% after demonetisation.
Competition is intense and with the blurring of differences in service proposition and fares, it becomes imperative that airlines use their on-time performance for messaging and brand building.
Air India on Thursday increased the fuel surcharge component in fares on several routes.
Axis Bank's loan portfolio quality deteriorated, with gross NPAs rising to 5.22% of gross advances.
Banks lend 60,000 cr in 8 weeks since Nov 8; Y-o-Y credit expansion slows further.
Apart from IT and pharma, the lead spenders in travel are construction, automobile and metals and mining companies and together these sectors accounted for 82 per cent of business travel spend in India in 2015, up from 78 per cent in 2013.
Going by the pace, almost 80 per cent of the demonetised currency is expected to be replaced by end-February.
With passengers flying Indian skies getting more and more unruly, day by day, airlines are forced to stock rope and handcuffs on board and use them as they did the other day on a Dubai-Delhi flight.
The upgrade, said Icra, takes into account the "robust internal accrual generation, leading to low reliance on debt, as well as gearing levels, and strong debt protection metrics".
In his press conference on Wednesday, Trump targeted drug-makers and vowed to bring back production in the US.
A teaser loan is one where the lender offers a slightly lower rate in the initial years and then charges higher rates in later years.
Demonetisation impact: Money lenders make a comeback.
Banks have reported that banknotes worth Rs 592,613 crore have been issued to the public.
'Nobody will wait now. Everyone will come to deposit their old notes. The confidence is shaken.'
There is not much bank employees can do, but some words of encouragement from the management would have helped. Stretched working hours and the tense atmosphere is taking a toll on their health.
'We feel EMI holidays should pick up now.' How travel companies are trying to win customers after demonetisation.
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