Forty years on, ironically, the managerial attention to new businesses has meant almost 40 per cent of revenues now come from the non-tobacco business.
CEOs fear any change in status of the mines will mean disruption in production, loss of investment and increased production cost for user industries.
Hindalco has done very well with Rs 900 crore (Rs 9 billion) of ebidta in June quarter.
With the stock market entering a bull phase, many believe the Singals can bring in the much-needed equity capital and reduce their debt.
State Bank of India's push among fellow bankers to appoint an external agency to run debt-heavy Bhushan Steel might not be smooth sailing.
BofA-ML mandated to find buyer for 27.5% stake in media group's holding firm
The group plans Rs 30,000-cr oil refinery with IOC; buys Lanco's Udupi power plant for Rs 6,000 cr
Firm terms lenders' move to appoint monitoring agency 'unwarranted'.
Sale at acquisition price may have been prompted by slow coal traffic and fall in prices.
Pursuit of raw material had landed Bhushan Steel in the coal block allocation scam.
Fixed deposits can fetch 9-9.5% interest versus 3.5% to be received by Cairn, say institutions.
The company will wait for sizeable user base for better valuation.
Provisioning for bad investments, finance costs shoot up in FY14.
Budget 2014-15 has done away with the tax sunset clause of March 2014.
The company will use the proceeds to part-repay its debt, which stands at Rs 34,000 crore (Rs 340 billion) even after the recent qualified institutional placement of its shares. An RCom board committee recently approved the sale of these assets.
In January this year, Tata Sons invested an additional Rs 2,500 crore (Rs 25 billion) in Tata Teleservices which was used to repay loans of the wireless telephony company.
The company had appointed a three-member committee of directors to implement the changes.
Since April 1, promoters of Jaiprakash Associates have released more than 225 million Jaiprakash Power Ventures shares (valued at Rs 425 crore) pledged with lenders.
The latest results suggest Tata Steel Europe may have lost pricing power, though production and turnover are up.
The agreement says UB Group and Adventz will have the right of first refusal over each other's shares.