Engineering conglomerate fended off three corporate raids but emerged stronger.
From selling 14,000 Jeeps in 1973, we slipped to selling just 7,000 vehicles within just three-and-a-half years by 1976.
According to documents accessed by Business Standard, RIL increased its direct stake in Jio to 98.9 per cent as on March this year by pumping more capital into the company.
Riding on a stock market boom since 2009, India Inc's chief executives have been able to salvage a lot of lost pride in their second innings.
Ministers in the Narendra Modi government have been busy making presentations on their 100 days of work. But what these presentations do not mention is that decisions by ministers have been few, with plenty of papers and files moving to the Prime Minister's Office, which is increasingly emerging as a centralised clearance point, even for routine and ordinary issues. Though policy paralysis was a term used freely for the United Progressive Alliance regime, questions are now being raised about pending decisions across ministries and whether at least some ministers have turned redundant.
Carrefour had in July announced it was exiting the India market
Most top industrialists rate PM's first 100 days in office as 'good', primarily due to his intentions, not concrete policy measures.
Modi has often been accused of promoting crony capitalism in Gujarat for his proximity to certain businesses.
CEOs fear any change in status of the mines will mean disruption in production, loss of investment and increased production cost for user industries.
Hindalco has done very well with Rs 900 crore (Rs 9 billion) of ebidta in June quarter.
BofA-ML mandated to find buyer for 27.5% stake in media group's holding firm
The group plans Rs 30,000-cr oil refinery with IOC; buys Lanco's Udupi power plant for Rs 6,000 cr
Crowds expected from Gujarat and other states
Sale at acquisition price may have been prompted by slow coal traffic and fall in prices.
At least a dozen officers from Gujarat are handling key assignments in various important central positions
Fixed deposits can fetch 9-9.5% interest versus 3.5% to be received by Cairn, say institutions.
The company will wait for sizeable user base for better valuation.
After clearance in 2012, single-brand showpiece still to decide on a single location, with first store unlikely before 2017.
Provisioning for bad investments, finance costs shoot up in FY14.
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Arvind Kumar Sharma, a 1988-batch IAS officer and one of the many joint secretaries in PMO, definitely wields some power.
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