State Bank of India Chairman O P Bhatt says the bank did differ with the Reserve Bank of India's views on a host of issues, but it was unfair to blame the country's largest bank for taking care of the interests of the aam aadmi (common man).
The finance ministry seems to be gung ho about economic growth next financial year. It may peg this at nine per cent for 2011-12 in the Economic Survey, likely to be tabled in Parliament on February 25, even as the Reserve bank of India (RBI) hinted at a lower figure.
After being on the defensive for the last two years, global bankers are making their presence felt in Davos.
Top business leaders see a host of potential dangers facing the world economy - ranging from asset bubbles in emerging market countries to soaring world commodity prices and huge levels of state debt in Europe.
As the debate on revealing names of those who had stashed money abroad was hotting up, a Parliamentary panel grilled finance ministry officials on why the confidentiality clause was put in tax treaties in the first place.
Amid decelerating manufacturing growth, the Reserve Bank wants the government to come out with measures in the Budget to give a boost to the sector, which can employ surplus labour from agriculture.
Most banks follow lax selection and due diligence procedures as long as relationship managers bring in the money.
Future Capital Holdings has had a troubled past, but Vice-Chairman & Managing Director V Vaidyanathan has an ambitious gameplan. Can he pull it off?
Tom Bernardin, chairman and CEO of Leo Burnett Worldwide says a creative agency is about creating acts, not ads, which transform the way people think, feel and ultimately behave.
A Towers Watson survey shows that there are few differences among companies on a critical metric that determines employee satisfaction
Revenue and profitability are more important to the Idea Cellular boss than the ranking of the company.
Check out your score fast, as working smart and hard does not mean you have to keep a 60 miles per hour life.
Coal India wants to organise PAN cards and demat accounts for each of its 400,000 staff ahead of its IPO.
Coimbatore Krishnarao Prahalad spoke in a measured baritone and asked for feedback on his latest book -- The New Age of Innovation -- which was launched in India in April 2008, almost a month before its scheduled distribution in the United States. The University of Michigan professor listened intently, almost like a student eager to know whether he had gone wrong anywhere.
The executive suites of most major companies still remain largely boys' clubs, but things are improving.
A McKinsey survey shows very few firms focus on building the capability that adds the most value to performance.
HR audit, Strategic Training Unit, leadership development - SBI is doing all that it takes to be an employer of choice.
Leading HR experts say a coach can bring in the edge that is vital to make the transition from just another boss to the boss.
Axis Bank's chief talks of her stress-busters and brushes over the 'Chanda-Shikha' stories.
India Inc is hiring once again, but caution is still the watchword, says Shyamal Majumdar.
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