Wonder why corporate India is showering dividends?
JSW Steel, Tata Steel, Steel Authority of India, Bhushan Steel, Essar Steel, Jindal Steel & Power, and Rashtriya Ispat Nigam are among the top producers of the alloy in the domestic market
An increasing number of young classical musicians are dabbling in fusion music, discovers Aditi Divekar.
Traders blame demonetisation for subdued demand in retail segment
Equity markets in Pakistan and Bangladesh are tiny compared to the market capitalisation of the Indian equity market.
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.
Corporate indebtedness is now twice what it was before the global financial crisis; banks' bad loans ratio is 3.5 times higher.
Small- and mid-size companies where Cyrus was the chairman did better on bourses than large Tata group companies
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
There was virtually no incremental equity investment by Tata Sons during Mistry's first two years
Nifty 50 firms' net profit estimated to grow by a modest 3.1% in Q2, reports Krishna Kant.
Its rich valuation with a PE of 62 times raises downside risk for investors
The combined pay for India Inc's top management was up 30 per cent in FY16, growing at the fastest pace in nine years
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.
Together, they controlled nearly Rs 26 lakh crore of assets at the end of FY16.
In India, bond yields have fallen nearly 70 basis points in the last one year.
Ten of top 15 companies in 1991 were PSUs; now, there are only six. Their revenue share has also fallen from 86% to 45%
Tata Steel (then Tata Iron and Steel), the most valuable index company in 1991, is now the least valuable.
Government-owned companies are more generous in rewarding their shareholders with dividends.
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