Kausik Datta &Amp; Kalpana Pathak In Mumbai

Stories by Kausik Datta &Amp; Kalpana Pathak In Mumbai

Sobha promoter in billionaire club

Sobha promoter in billionaire club

Rediff.com   21 Dec 2006

P N C Menon, chairman of Sobha Developers, joined the billionaire club today, with the market value of his shares in his newly listed company touching Rs 6,135 crore

Reliance Life closes in on $1 bn US buy

Reliance Life closes in on $1 bn US buy

Rediff.com   21 Dec 2006

Mukesh Ambani-promoted biotech venture Reliance Life Sciences is close to acquiring a US company for nearly $1 billion (Rs 4,500 crore).

Foreign law schools eyeing India

Foreign law schools eyeing India

Rediff.com   20 Dec 2006

Deans from two international law schools -- Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago and Deakin School of Business and Law, Australia -- recently visited India.

IITs see highest pay packages

IITs see highest pay packages

Rediff.com   18 Dec 2006

Having dominated the summer placement scene at IIMs, companies like McKinsey, Boston Consultancy Group and UBS showed up for the first time for placements at IIT Bombay.

Parsvnath, Carlson plan hospitality foray

Parsvnath, Carlson plan hospitality foray

Rediff.com   16 Dec 2006

MoU for three-star hotels on the cards.

Nimbus to sell 25% for $125 million

Nimbus to sell 25% for $125 million

Rediff.com   15 Dec 2006

Nimbus Communications has agreed to sell a one-fourth stake to an international media giant for $125 million (Rs 562 crore), valuing the company at Rs 2,250 crore

Corus: Rising bids raise fear of Winner's Curse

Corus: Rising bids raise fear of Winner's Curse

Rediff.com   14 Dec 2006

The rising heat in the race between Tata Steel and Brazil's CSN to acquire Anglo-Dutch steelmaker Corus

Ruias eye war chest for Hutch

Ruias eye war chest for Hutch

Rediff.com   14 Dec 2006

Egypt minister to discuss Orascom.

Tata likely to fight back on Corus

Tata likely to fight back on Corus

Rediff.com   13 Dec 2006

Company may up bid further: Analysts.

No room: Luxury hotels booked till March!

No room: Luxury hotels booked till March!

Rediff.com   11 Dec 2006

Analysts say hotel room rates in India are among the highest in the Asia Pacific, rising by 20 per cent annually.

Idea plans to raise Rs 2,500 cr through IPO

Idea plans to raise Rs 2,500 cr through IPO

Rediff.com   6 Dec 2006

The company will go in for a pre-IPO private placement of 15 per cent of the shares to be offered through the issue.

Videocon plans to log on to PC market

Videocon plans to log on to PC market

Rediff.com   6 Dec 2006

Videocon Industries Chairman and Managing Director Venugopal Dhoot told Business Standard the company had already started production of PCs -- 3,000 a month -- at its Taratola facility in Kolkata.

Green light for Vedanta refinery

Green light for Vedanta refinery

Rediff.com   4 Dec 2006

The Vedanta group's Rs 3,600-crore (Rs 36 billion) alumina refinery in Orissa's Kalahandi district is likely to clear the final hurdle soon.

Barclays plans credit card foray

Barclays plans credit card foray

Rediff.com   2 Dec 2006

Barclays Plc, UK's third-largest bank by assets, plans to enter the emerging credit card market in India.

India set for budget hotel boom

India set for budget hotel boom

Rediff.com   2 Dec 2006

India is set to add 10,000 budget hotel rooms in the next two years in response to the burgeoning demand for low-cost accommodation across the country.

Foreign universities awaiting govt nod

Foreign universities awaiting govt nod

Rediff.com   29 Nov 2006

As many as 40 international universities have sought land from the Maharashtra government in the Mumbai-Pune-Nashik belt for the purpose.

Corus pension trustees meet CSN this week

Corus pension trustees meet CSN this week

Rediff.com   27 Nov 2006

The battle for Corus is expected to take a decisive shift this week, with the pension trustees of the Anglo-Dutch steel company expected to meet the representatives of Brazil's CSN to understand its commitment to the workers' pension.

Tata readies to knock out CSN

Tata readies to knock out CSN

Rediff.com   24 Nov 2006

Tata Steel is bracing to deliver what investment bankers say will be a knockout punch to its competitor, Brazil's Companhia Siderurgica Nacional

Why Mittal won't set up plant in Jharkhand

Why Mittal won't set up plant in Jharkhand

Rediff.com   22 Nov 2006

Company says no project in Jharkhand without allotment of SAIL-owned Chiria mines.

Sarovar Hotels to check in Gulf

Sarovar Hotels to check in Gulf

Rediff.com   20 Nov 2006

Sarovar Hotels, a multi-brand hotel management company in India, is foraying into the West Asia, for which it has signed deals for three-star and four-star hotels in Dubai and Muscat.