The pick-up in credit demand in coming months looks uncertain.
It will improve the purchasing power of many buyers, but high interest payout will be a deterrent.
The Reserve Bank of India is widely expected to reduce the repo rate for the first time in nine months when it announces its third quarter policy review.
Say will take up the issue with the HUL management.
Economists advise against it, citing international experiences; business leaders say RBI should allow move for inclusive growth.
Birla takes over as chairman after his group increased its stake to 51 per cent in November 2012 from the earlier 50 per cent.
The move comes after RBS failed to close a deal involving sale of its India retail assets to Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation.
Reliance Industries Holdings will now directly own stakes in Reliance Ports & Terminals, Reliance Gas and Transportation and Reliance Utilities and Power.
Hardcastle Restaurants to pay royalty of 8% of net sales by 2020, against the current 3%.
Average salary of the 100 best-paid directors is 1% of their companies' net profit.
As the country's HNI population is on a rise, the segment is hard to ignore for domestic banks.
Tagged as a sleepy, regional lender till a few years earlier, the bank's stock was not much talked about in the investors' community.
Temasek is exiting by selling its 10 per cent stake while Network Digital Distribution Services will pare part of its 30 per cent stake.
Siva Group had mandated JM Financial to hunt for a buyer, but investors shied away from the Indian telecom industry.
Tata AIA Life Insurance has 13 people at the senior vice-president level.
The rising spends on credit cards, increase in sale of third-party products and surge in consumer loan demand have allowed banks to limit the impact of slowdown in corporate fee income.
Company proposes to in-source manufacturing and build healthy portfolios of national and regional brands.
The Aditya Birla group, led by Kumar Mangalam Birla, has taken charge of its mutual fund joint venture with Sun Life Financial of Canada by buying 1 per cent stake from the latter.
Talks in final stages, but both sides deny move.
Actis was earlier negotiating with other private equity players, but changed its strategy after the government opened retail sector to foreign companies.
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