The largest e-commerce entity of China is setting up its first India office -- an indication that it intends to capture a pie of the growing e-commerce market here. Raghavendra Kamath & Alnoor Peermohamed report.
Looking for a way out, property developers deal in banned notes.
A fourth of the property market is cash-based and this has affected home sales after high value notes were scrapped.
At 9.5% of sales, Zara offers the best revenue share to Mumbai's posh Oberoi mall. This is the highest revenue share offered by any fashion retailer for an anchor position in a mall.
Modi's demonetisation move has hit the real estate market in Delhi and Mumbai
As PM talks of lower lending rates, housing companies prepare to cash in.
The group has tied up with property developer Ireo for an office complex and M3M Group for a residential project in Gurgaon
The reason for Trent's success is rooted in its slow and steady approach to expansion. Unlike others, Trent, led by Noel Tata, ensured that each store was profitable before it went on to the next, says Raghavendra Kamath.
The Cyrus Mistry camp is confident that independent directors will take their cue from their counterparts in Indian Hotels.
Cyrus Mistry had put in place a strategy that would have pulled most of the Tata group's 'legacy hotspots' out of the financial mess from legacy issues and helped turn around the group's finances.
"After sinking in Rs 6,000-7,000 crore in the Nano till date, what is the result?"
"Online portals are also bleeding heavily and have huge accumulated losses. There is pressure from investors to cut down on discounting."
Mistry indeed followed standards of corporate governance so that it should not create any controversies at a later date
The plan was to sell off non-profitable businesses apart from focusing on four verticals: real estate, defence, financial services and retail
Top 100 billionaires see their wealth rise 10%; top 20 account for half of total wealth of top 100.
The sale of Essar Oil was India's biggest deleveraging exercise undertaken by any debt-heavy group
New law could pose challenges of cost escalation, increased paperwork, fear developers.
Younger brother Surendra wants to re-invest his share in real estate and education
At $12-bn valuation, this will be India's largest FDI; deal to be announced on Saturday, says Dev Chatterjee.
Declining interest rates, a near-normal monsoon leading to higher rural incomes and pay hikes for central government employees are key triggers, says Dev Chatterjee.