Some big ones hoard cash unduly and others borrow to keep up payments to shareholders
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Corporate lawyers say the fine on independent directors will make them more cautious and some will be wary of taking assignments from companies with low corporate governance standards.
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Investors often forget that the movements in indices such as the Sensex reflects the performance of its constituent stocks; nothing else.
Kolkata-based United Bank of India, which had earlier declared Kingfisher Airlines and its four directors, including Mallya as wilful defaulters, on Tuesday identified UBHL, the guarantor of the grounded Kingfisher Airlines, also a wilful defaulter.
Experts say it's not only important to get due-diligence done by an independent firm but it needs to be cross-checked, too.
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.
Bankers say it's a question of survival for debt-heavy companies.
Samvat 2070 was a great year for top Indian conglomerates in the stock markets.
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.
On Reva, Mahindra says electric cars are an innovation that can disrupt the automobile sector.
Revivals nearly double q-o-q to 36 in September, highest in 3 years
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
But earnings of main private holding firm get a booster dose from RIL dividend
Many say Tata Motors has perhaps paid the price for being too ambitious.
