Raghu Mohan &Amp;Amp; Dev Chatterjee

Stories by Raghu Mohan &Amp;Amp; Dev Chatterjee

Dharavi makeover: Builders spot goldmine, but...

Dharavi makeover: Builders spot goldmine, but...

Rediff.com   25 Jun 2007

When Mumbai-born architect Mukesh Mehta first waded into Dharavi a decade ago, he went in as - in his own words - a mercenary looking to make money

Bad home loans have banks on toes

Bad home loans have banks on toes

Rediff.com   22 Jun 2007

Defaults due to rising rates resulted in the move.

Larsen ESOPs' issue settled out of court

Larsen ESOPs' issue settled out of court

Rediff.com   16 Jun 2007

Two former directors on the Larsen & Toubro board have returned the employee stock option shares to the company following an out-of-court settlement reached this week with two government-owned financial institutions.

Non-compete clauses don't really work

Non-compete clauses don't really work

Rediff.com   7 Jun 2007

India Inc's bid to stop people from joining rivals has not found favour with the judiciary.

Daewoo land sale gets stuck in legal wrangles

Daewoo land sale gets stuck in legal wrangles

Rediff.com   31 May 2007

The sale of Daewoo assets in Surajpur to Crosslinks, a company floated by former Hyundai executive B V R Subbu and Spicejet promoter Ajay Singh, has hit a legal quagmire with a slew of new players staking a claim for the 205-acre land.

Britannia's Tiger row may end soon

Britannia's Tiger row may end soon

Rediff.com   19 May 2007

Royalty terms with Danone for brand on the cards.

More M&As  on the radar, says Tata Steel MD

More M&As on the radar, says Tata Steel MD

Rediff.com   18 May 2007

An interview with Tata Steel Managing Director B Muthuraman

FIs remove 2 L&T nominee directors

FIs remove 2 L&T nominee directors

Rediff.com   11 May 2007

In a communication to L&T, the financial institutions on Thursday said they were withdrawing the nominations of Sinha and Deshmukh from the board with immediate effect.

LIC drags L&T to court in Esop row

LIC drags L&T to court in Esop row

Rediff.com   10 May 2007

The Larsen and Toubro employee stock option controversy is becoming a major face-off between the financial institutions and the construction major.

Court stays LIC nominee's L&T Esops claim

Court stays LIC nominee's L&T Esops claim

Rediff.com   8 May 2007

The judge orally observed that the obtaining of this kind of benefit by any such nominee-director raised an important question of morality and, equally, of law.

Independent directors fight back on Esops

Independent directors fight back on Esops

Rediff.com   7 May 2007

Financial institutions are facing a Herculean task in convincing their nominee directors not to exercise the employee stock options granted to them

FIs oppose Esops to independent directors

FIs oppose Esops to independent directors

Rediff.com   5 May 2007

The move opens a debate on the role of independent directors nominated by institutions.

Birla Retail all set to drop Trinethra brand

Birla Retail all set to drop Trinethra brand

Rediff.com   3 May 2007

Sources said the company would rope in private equity players in the next round of financing within a year. After reaching a particular scale, the company would also come out with an initial public offer, they added.

Firms hedge imports fearing rupee fall

Firms hedge imports fearing rupee fall

Rediff.com   2 May 2007

As they feel that the rupee may depreciate to 43.75 levels over the next six months.

IIMs: India Inc seeks autonomy

IIMs: India Inc seeks autonomy

Rediff.com   26 Apr 2007

With the government considering a new Bill to make the Indian Institutes of Management answerable to Parliament, India Inc leaders say the time has now come to grant complete autonomy to these institutes.

Danone to return Tiger brand to Britannia

Danone to return Tiger brand to Britannia

Rediff.com   20 Apr 2007

Dispute over competing investments may carry on.

RBI may clamp down on ECBs for real estate

RBI may clamp down on ECBs for real estate

Rediff.com   18 Apr 2007

The clampdown will be part of a package from the central bank to make end-use norms for external commercial borrowing (ECB) funds more stringent for various sectors.

Court lifts freeze on Bajaj board meetings

Court lifts freeze on Bajaj board meetings

Rediff.com   14 Apr 2007

The Bombay high court has lifted the Company Law Board's indefinite stay on all board meetings of Bajaj group holding companies.

RIL's Mahamumbai SEZ may be split into two

RIL's Mahamumbai SEZ may be split into two

Rediff.com   12 Apr 2007

Sources close to the development said RIL, which was planning two adjacent economic zones in the coastal district of Raigarh in Maharashtra, is looking to set up three special purpose vehicles (SPVs) to develop the various components of the project.

Developers to lobby PM on SEZs

Developers to lobby PM on SEZs

Rediff.com   10 Apr 2007

As the president of Assocham, Dhoot has asked Confederation of Indian Industry and Ficci to join him in requesting the prime minister to reconsider the move to ban states from acquiring land.