Mumbai police chargesheets billionaire-builder Chandru Raheja for cheating, breach of trust; Rahejas call it pressure tactic, say Wadia plea was thrown out by Supreme Court
The Indian Nuclear Energy Pool, meant to insure risks from nuclear reactors, may take longer to be set up. While the idea of forming a pool was mooted earlier this year, it has reached a deadlock owing to differences among the stakeholders on certain clauses.
The fund is to invest in income generating assets such as malls, office complexes among others.
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While private equity giant Blackstone and Pune-based realtor Panchshil Realty had offered Rs 800 crore for the building at Nariman Point, the building's owners -- Viveck Goenka, chairman and managing director of the Indian Express Group, and private equity firm ICICI Venture (which has 49 per cent stake in the property) -- expected the sale to fetch Rs 900 crore, said the executive.
Most insurers aren't comfortable with subscribing to the National Pension System as they see it as competition.
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He started a fund with Rs 800 crore and made several investments.
For FY14, the first full year of the law's implementation, the spend could go up to nearly Rs 8,700 crore (Rs 87 billion), given that India Inc's profitability has grown at a compounded 7.5 per cent annually in the past three years.
Directors that are shareholders will also face more problems.
The insurer plans to hire about 2,00,000 agents this financial year.
More than a decade after it entered the market, Naukri.com, Info Edge (India) Ltd's recruitment services portal, has about 50,000 customers and about 120,000 job listings.
In the last few years, zero per cent financing has become quite attractive as consumers aspire to buy the latest products, especially in categories such as mobile phones and television sets.
While one of them is on the verge of opening, three others are expected to come up in the next three years.
The rupee, which has depreciated about 23 per cent since May, has increased the loss ratios for the travel insurance segment.
While there has been a rise in obesity reduction surgeries, it may still take time before health insurance cover is made available for these.
Earlier, its attempts to monetise properties, including the 22-storeyed Air India building in Nariman Point, saw lukewarm response.
With Big Bazaar Direct, the company franchisees will visit customers to take orders and the products would be delivered in three to seven days.
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Consultants say those selling imported consumer durables, apparel, food products, furniture, etc, are the ones hit the hardest.
HDFC Life, which posted a consolidated net profit of Rs 281.83 crore (Rs 2.81 billion) for the quarter ended June compared with Rs 11.92 crore (Rs 119.2 million) in corresponding period last year (according to HDFC's first quarter results), has diversified its distribution mix.
Recovery in US gives extra boost to IT/ITeS office deals in Bangalore and the National Capital Region.
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A stumbling economy, a falling currency and high inflation, plus weak consumer demand, mean more and more become excess baggage.
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