Kalpana Pathak &Amp; Raghavendra Kamath

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Property prices will not come down: Adi Godrej

Property prices will not come down: Adi Godrej

Rediff.com   12 Oct 2011

"I do not think prices can come down because costs are high. We have not seen any decline in prices so far, says Adi Godrej"

HPCL to buy oil & gas block in Africa

HPCL to buy oil & gas block in Africa

Rediff.com   10 Oct 2011

It is in talks with a local player for a discovered asset so that it can have a ready cash flow in one or two years.

Home town banks on hub-and-spoke model

Home town banks on hub-and-spoke model

Rediff.com   23 Sep 2011

When Kishore Biyani- led Future Group opened the 200,000 square feet Home Town store in Mumbai's Vikhroli early last year, it became a symbol of the group's giant-sized ambitions in home solutions.

Retail honchos bat for FDI in multi-brand

Retail honchos bat for FDI in multi-brand

Rediff.com   22 Sep 2011

In India, these global retailers exported goods worth $725 million in 2010. Modern retail constitutes 6.5 per cent of the $435-billion overall Indian retail market.

Realtors prefer sale of offices to lease

Realtors prefer sale of offices to lease

Rediff.com   16 Sep 2011

Residential sales have declined 60-70 per cent in Mumbai due to high property prices and rising interest rates.

Future group eyes stake sale in non-core biz

Future group eyes stake sale in non-core biz

Rediff.com   13 Sep 2011

Ventures in areas such as insurance, financial services and logistics valued at Rs 4,500-5,000 crore ; company in talks with PE giants KKR and JP Morgan.

FDI in retail: Doubts on feasibility of riders

FDI in retail: Doubts on feasibility of riders

Rediff.com   4 Aug 2011

After approving 51 per cent FDI in multi-brand retail, the CoS is said to have suggested stringent conditions for foreign retailers such as minimum investment of $100 million.

New-look GRE braces innovation

New-look GRE braces innovation

Rediff.com   21 Jul 2011

Proposed format to have real-life scenarios that mirror the kind of thinking students need at graduate-level work.

Core Projects may buy Rs 350-cr Andheri property

Core Projects may buy Rs 350-cr Andheri property

Rediff.com   11 Jul 2011

The saga of buying out high-end office space in Mumbai continues. In a latest development, Mumbai-based education company, Core Projects and Technologies, is in talks with the leading plastic goods maker Supreme Industries to buy out the office property developed by the latter in the Andheri area of Mumbai. The deal could be worth Rs 350 crore (Rs 3.5 billion) in value, said sources close to the development.

'Even in a worse situation, we are derisking'

'Even in a worse situation, we are derisking'

Rediff.com   6 Jul 2011

Brotin Banerjee, managing director and CEO of Tata Housing, shares the company's plans and strategy with Raghavendra Kamath.

Indiabulls told to stop work at its IT Park

Indiabulls told to stop work at its IT Park

Rediff.com   22 Jun 2011

MPCB said Indiabulls had started the construction work at the IT Park project in violation of consent to establish and without complying with its directions issued on January 27.

ONGC to sell 30% stake in K-G block

ONGC to sell 30% stake in K-G block

Rediff.com   16 Jun 2011

The company is in talks with BG India and Italian E&P major, ENI.

Retail claim:Biyani joins issue with Mukesh Ambani

Retail claim:Biyani joins issue with Mukesh Ambani

Rediff.com   6 Jun 2011

Reliance Retail, which started in 2006, runs over 1,000 stores across 86 cities.

RIL looks to re-enter cash-&-carry

RIL looks to re-enter cash-&-carry

Rediff.com   6 Jun 2011

RIL had earlier decided not to pursue the cash-and-carry model due to a number of reasons, including a growing unrest towards organised retail.

Kishore Biyani's roadmap for his new venture

Kishore Biyani's roadmap for his new venture

Rediff.com   30 May 2011

Customers want formats which have wide assortment, international products, and so on. Basically, it is an assortment play.

Govt may allow education bodies to float bonds

Govt may allow education bodies to float bonds

Rediff.com   23 May 2011

The move will require modifications in Companies Act.

Reliance working on CBM pricing

Reliance working on CBM pricing

Rediff.com   17 May 2011

Says will also take govt approval

IOC JV avoids Rajat Gupta's NSR

IOC JV avoids Rajat Gupta's NSR

Rediff.com   16 May 2011

Olympus Capital, UTI's PE arm to fund Rs 400 crore.

Essar's realty arm to invest Rs 4,000 crore

Essar's realty arm to invest Rs 4,000 crore

Rediff.com   12 May 2011

Equinox plans to launch 1.4 million sq ft residential project in Bengaluru in the last quarter of calender year 2011 and a one-million housing project in Thane near Mumbai in the next one year.

Piramal shelves plans to sell Indiareit

Piramal shelves plans to sell Indiareit

Rediff.com   29 Apr 2011

Religare, promoted by billionaire brothers Malvinder and Shivinder Mohan Singh, was in talks with Piramal for six to eight months to buy nearly 80 per cent in Indiareit for around Rs 300 crore (Rs 3 billion).