Some big ones hoard cash unduly and others borrow to keep up payments to shareholders
The month also saw Adani Power acquiring the 600-Mw Korba West thermal power plant from the Gautam Thapar-led Avantha group for Rs 4,200 crore (Rs 42 billion).
Investors often forget that the movements in indices such as the Sensex reflects the performance of its constituent stocks; nothing else.
Falling jet fuel prices, stable rupee signal lower losses
In the domestic market, the Tata Group has lost ground in the passenger car business.
A full-blown recovery remained elusive for India Inc in the July-September quarter, even as it overcame the challenge of achieving profitable growth.
With mutual funds, promoters turning net-buyers, foreign investors may have to bid up prices to raise holdings.
The analysis covers BSE 200 Index's 171 companies for which data on the compensation to the boards of directors for FY14 and FY13 are available.
India Inc gets about Rs 67,000 crore worth of fresh orders in the Sept quarter, a rise of 45% sequentially.
China has cast a long shadow on India's economy.
Impact of the slowdown is most visible among promoter/owner-CEOs
That resulted in a 50-basis point improvement in operating profit margins on a sequential basis.
Given the stability of the rupee over the last 10 months, many companies have been tempted not to hedge their foreign currency risk.
Firms generated free cash flows in 2013-14, for the first time since the 2008 Lehman crisis
Mid- and small-cap funds dominate the list, opening up opportunity for investors to make contra bets in large-cap funds
Many say Tata Motors has perhaps paid the price for being too ambitious.
The nomination of cluster heads for defence, infrastructure and finance business is awaited.
Their share in overall market capitalisation of BSE stocks has risen to a four-year high
The government plans to take India into the top 50 ranks in ease of doing business in the next two years with efforts such as shifting all applications for industrial licenses online.