Krishna Kant &Amp;Amp; Abhineet Kumar

Stories by Krishna Kant &Amp;Amp; Abhineet Kumar

Move over Swift Dzire, Tata Tigor is here!

Move over Swift Dzire, Tata Tigor is here!

Rediff.com   30 Mar 2017

At Rs 470,000 for the base petrol variant, Tigor is now the cheapest compact sedan in the country

Rs 156,000 crore: Shareholders earned this last year

Rs 156,000 crore: Shareholders earned this last year

Rediff.com   27 Mar 2017

Wonder why corporate India is showering dividends?

How a 4-year-old boutique firm clinched a $12.9-billion deal

How a 4-year-old boutique firm clinched a $12.9-billion deal

Rediff.com   20 Feb 2017

The Essar Oil, Rosneft deal also helped Arpwood Capital, boutique investment bank, co-founded by Rajeev Gupta and Raj Kataria, to grab the second spot in the mergers and acquisitions league table.

Big pharmas' mega plan to beat competition in US

Big pharmas' mega plan to beat competition in US

Rediff.com   20 Feb 2017

Sun Pharmaceutical, which is growing its dermatology and ophthalmic specialty business in the US will spend $460 million on R&D.

2017 begins with a bang for outbound M&A deals

2017 begins with a bang for outbound M&A deals

Rediff.com   31 Jan 2017

Indian companies have made acquisitions of $1 billion so far in January

'I don't see real estate prices coming down'

'I don't see real estate prices coming down'

Rediff.com   27 Jan 2017

Real estate will prosper, small developers won't.

NSE offering will see record private equity exit through IPO

NSE offering will see record private equity exit through IPO

Rediff.com   10 Jan 2017

The National Stock Exchange's proposed IPO to raise Rs 10,000 crore this year is expected to see the largest ever PE exit, of around Rs 5,000 crore.

Deal Street sets $81 billion record as promoters shed taboo

Deal Street sets $81 billion record as promoters shed taboo

Rediff.com   2 Jan 2017

Cross previous high of $72 billion in 2007 as Indian promoters overcome the selling taboo. Abhineet Kumar reports from Mumbai.

Karachi, Dhaka bourses set to beat BSE again

Karachi, Dhaka bourses set to beat BSE again

Rediff.com   23 Dec 2016

Equity markets in Pakistan and Bangladesh are tiny compared to the market capitalisation of the Indian equity market.

Modi govt yet to match UPA's economic record

Modi govt yet to match UPA's economic record

Rediff.com   3 Dec 2016

Experts say it will now be tough for the Modi government to catch up with the UPA's economic record owing to the shock induced by the currency demonetisation.

India Inc more vulnerable to slowdown than in 2008

India Inc more vulnerable to slowdown than in 2008

Rediff.com   28 Nov 2016

Corporate indebtedness is now twice what it was before the global financial crisis; banks' bad loans ratio is 3.5 times higher.

Cash crunch shadow on Sensex earnings

Cash crunch shadow on Sensex earnings

Rediff.com   22 Nov 2016

Cash crunch shadow on Sensex earnings

Smaller Tata companies sparkled under Cyrus

Smaller Tata companies sparkled under Cyrus

Rediff.com   5 Nov 2016

Small- and mid-size companies where Cyrus was the chairman did better on bourses than large Tata group companies

Tata saw faster dividend growth under Mistry

Tata saw faster dividend growth under Mistry

Rediff.com   28 Oct 2016

Dividend pay-out by the group companies grew at a compounded annual rate of 15.7% under Cyrus, sharply up from 2.5% in the previous three years

Equity support to Tata group firms slows

Equity support to Tata group firms slows

Rediff.com   26 Oct 2016

There was virtually no incremental equity investment by Tata Sons during Mistry's first two years

Q2 results may not light up the markets this festive season

Q2 results may not light up the markets this festive season

Rediff.com   10 Oct 2016

Nifty 50 firms' net profit estimated to grow by a modest 3.1% in Q2, reports Krishna Kant.

Shree Cement: Compelling but expensive growth story

Shree Cement: Compelling but expensive growth story

Rediff.com   28 Sep 2016

Its rich valuation with a PE of 62 times raises downside risk for investors

Pay bonanza for India Inc's promoters and top managers

Pay bonanza for India Inc's promoters and top managers

Rediff.com   14 Sep 2016

The combined pay for India Inc's top management was up 30 per cent in FY16, growing at the fastest pace in nine years

Soaring losses may queer Tata Tele's spectrum pitch

Soaring losses may queer Tata Tele's spectrum pitch

Rediff.com   12 Sep 2016

Accumulated sum Rs 31,500 crore in 2015-16

Why Jio may not bring down your mobile bill

Why Jio may not bring down your mobile bill

Rediff.com   2 Sep 2016

A typical consumer will have to opt for Jio's Rs 499 plan, which is a steep 2.5 times more than what the average user pays at present.