After years of losing money on two of the group's biggest bets - global steel business and domestic passenger cars - there are strong signs of a revival in both businesses.
The problem is actually acute in the diamond jewellery industry where there is no uniform criteria of inventory valuation unlike gold, whose prices are uniform and widely quoted.
The code says the process is intended to balance the interests of all stakeholders and the resolution plan is also required to make a statement as to how it has dealt with these interests.
The benchmark Sensex companies' underlying earnings per share are down 3 per cent (on a cumulative basis) since January 2015, against 25 per cent rise in the index value during the period
Crude oil prices have more than doubled, pushing up India's import bill and raising fears of a higher current account and fiscal deficit. This will impact corporate earnings.
Of the 23 Indian billionaires mentioned in the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, only one saw a reduction in net worth, with the companies owned by most of them outperforming the Nifty 50 index by a big margin.
Companies announce Rs 768 bn worth investments in Dec quarter versus Rs 1.15 trn in Sep quarter
M-Cap of top 10 business groups went up by 46% this year.
CEOs expect populist measures in the Budget, to help the poor and marginalised, who make up for the largest section of voters.
Earnings spread for foreign investors down to 10-year low of 1.1 per cent, from 2 per cent at the beginning of the year and record high of nearly 5 per cent in 2013
China Development Bank takes Reliance Communications to NCLT over loan default
Essar group, Bhushan Steel and JSW group likely to be impacted by changes
The decline is attributed to lower salary growth and a rise in households' financial liabilities.
No new capacity addition is planned for 2018 and capital expenditure plans are on hold
Piramal will join the JSW, Vedanta and Tata groups, which are bidding aggressively for distressed assets, especially in the infrastructure and steel sectors.
Wipro, Steel Authority of India, HDFC Bank, Mahanagar Telephone Nigam, Bharat Heavy Electricals and Reliance Commnications among companies reporting a decline in headcount in FY17.
Mid- and small-cap companies seem to have done better than top-tier companies
The corporate sector took production cuts, conducted inventory management and reduced staff to meet challenges following the govt's note ban decision
'The government is encouraging consumption through fiscal spending in a bid to push up economic growth in the face of a slowdown in corporate investment and exports.'
The combined share of customs and excise duties, service tax, and value-added tax in India's gross domestic product reached an all-time high of 10.5%.
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