Most economists say the impact on inflation could be substantial, considering that steel prices rose by over 9 per cent in the past year.
Pantaloon Retail Ltd, the country's largest retail company, and Future Value Retail Ltd, recently carved out from Pantaloon as a 100 per cent subsidiary, plan to issue non-convertible debentures worth Rs 750 crore in the next three-four months, according to sources.
Almost one and a half year after tying up with Reliance Brands, a unit of Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries, Diesel opened its first store in Mumbai in April this year.
There are a number of factors that helped India remain relatively unscathed. Some of them are to do with RBI and some of them are to do with the Indian economy.
For bank borrowers, it might soon pay to be well-behaved. Banks are considering the introduction of a behaviour-based dynamic lending system once the base rate mechanism is in place from July.
For developers who came out of a prolonged slowdown of 2008-09, the fund raising spree could be dangerous, say consultants.
A number of public sector banks will have to stock up on core capital, if the Reserve Bank of India decides to ask banks to leave out hybrid instruments while computing Tier-I capital adequacy, as indicated by RBI last week.
Faced with stiff competition from rivals and in a hurry to draw footfalls, hypermarkets are indulging in intense price war.
Three large property deals have already been finalised this year in Mumbai.
Kishore Biyani's Future Group is getting its act together on supplying its private labels outside the group's 1,000-odd outlets, even as Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Retail has already marched ahead by starting to sell some of its private brands to kiranawalas (independent stores).
The devil is in the detail for the real estate sector. Though the Budget gave sops to home buyers in the form of tax savings and interest rate subvention, it quietly brought back service tax on lease rentals in the Finance Bill.
Housing finance companies (HFCs), which rely heavily on banks for funds, have said that loans taken by them should be exempted from the proposed base rate system.
Rustomjee Business School, promoted by realtor Boman Irani, stands tall on S V Road in Mumbai's Dahisar area. Just a year ago, it was the site of an equally impressive Mega Mart promoted by Vishal Retail.
Axis Bank's chief talks of her stress-busters and brushes over the 'Chanda-Shikha' stories.
Several cities see a fall of up to 36% in sales, even as Mumbai region continues to grow.
The deal size could be in excess of Rs 2,000 crore, though this could not be verified. Sivasankaran had invested close to Rs 1,800 crore in 2007 to take a 41 per cent stake in Aamby Valley. The Sahara Group is the majority investor, with a 51 per cent stake.
Small-town India is warming up to foreign banks, finally.
The last date for receiving EoIs is February 28, after which a new reserve price will be announced.
But, will help Indian funds get more deals
Apartment prices at Planet Godrej, a premium residential property developed by Godrej Properties in the tony Mahalaxmi area of Mumbai, had come down to as low as Rs 17,000 to Rs 18,000 a sq ft in the property market slowdown last year.
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