Raghuvir Badrinath &Amp; T E Narasimhan

Stories by Raghuvir Badrinath &Amp; T E Narasimhan

'We have restructured for greater agility'

'We have restructured for greater agility'

Rediff.com   7 May 2013

Polaris Financial Technology Ltd , the Chennai-based information technology major which provides products, solutions and services for the financial services sector, has appointed five CEOs, one for for each distinct line of business.

Diageo will have to wait for United Spirits stake

Diageo will have to wait for United Spirits stake

Rediff.com   30 Apr 2013

However, even after finalising the multi-pronged cross-border Rs 11,165-crore deal in November 2012, Diageo's wait for acquiring a decent stake in India's leading whisky maker, United Spirits, seems to be getting longer and longer.

Coffee Day Group readies $100 mn PE fund raise

Coffee Day Group readies $100 mn PE fund raise

Rediff.com   23 Apr 2013

Coffee Day Group, which runs businesses from coffee cafes to wealth management to furniture to logistics, is understood to be readying the stage for a possible $100-million fund raise through the private equity route.

AirAsia plans to take off with two aircraft in Sept

AirAsia plans to take off with two aircraft in Sept

Rediff.com   15 Apr 2013

The airline would hire 100 cabin crew for the aircraft.

TVS Motor, BMW tie up to tap technology, market access

TVS Motor, BMW tie up to tap technology, market access

Rediff.com   9 Apr 2013

To develop a series of motorcycles for the 250-500 cc segment

Tuticorin harbour project to benefit exporters

Tuticorin harbour project to benefit exporters

Rediff.com   4 Mar 2013

At present, traders send their cargoes in a container through a feeder vessel to Colombo, where its gets unloaded and again loaded in the mother vessel.

RedBus eyes $20 mn via PE route

RedBus eyes $20 mn via PE route

Rediff.com   21 Feb 2013

The company, started by three BITS Pilani graduates in 2005, could be planning to aggressively scale up its business to tap the untapped potential that the bus-booking service offers in India.

United Spirits' bet on Whyte & Mackay to pay off

United Spirits' bet on Whyte & Mackay to pay off

Rediff.com   20 Feb 2013

For the first nine months of the current financial year, net sales rose by close to 37 per cent to Rs 1,470 crore (Rs 14.7 billion( over the previous corresponding period, while operating profit increased by another 37 per cent to Rs 322 crore (Rs 3.22 billion).

Hope in Kerala's poison fields

Hope in Kerala's poison fields

Rediff.com   12 Feb 2013

After suffering from severe exposure to endosulfan for decades, the villagers of Kasargod are finally moving on. But the scars remain, T E Narasimhan finds out.

Kamal Haasan's Vishwaroopam to miss release date

Kamal Haasan's Vishwaroopam to miss release date

Rediff.com   9 Jan 2013

The movie was scheduled for January 10, 2013 at 9.30 pm on Airtel DTH.

Mapletree in race for UB Group's Bengaluru assets

Mapletree in race for UB Group's Bengaluru assets

Rediff.com   9 Jan 2013

UB City is the biggest commercial property in Bengaluru.

Paramount Airways might be revived with lawsuit money

Paramount Airways might be revived with lawsuit money

Rediff.com   24 Dec 2012

Lawsuit issue was a dispute over payment, with GE Capital Aviation Services and Celestial Aviation Trading.

How Diageo plans to leverage Mallya's brands

How Diageo plans to leverage Mallya's brands

Rediff.com   26 Nov 2012

The focus will be on moving United Spirits consumers up the value chain.

Sequoia zeroes in on firm selling idli, dosa batter

Sequoia zeroes in on firm selling idli, dosa batter

Rediff.com   21 Nov 2012

Started by an IIM-B graduate - Musthafa P C, during early 2005, Best foods Enterprises manufactures and markets the ID Special food products.

Cognizant's hiring mix changes

Cognizant's hiring mix changes

Rediff.com   12 Nov 2012

The mix of direct college hires and experienced professionals in global information technology major Cognizant Technology has witnessed a change in the recent past.

How the Mallya-Diageo deal was finally ironed out

How the Mallya-Diageo deal was finally ironed out

Rediff.com   12 Nov 2012

Interview with Joint President & CFO, United Spirits Limited.

I didn't sell family silver, I embellished it:Mallya

I didn't sell family silver, I embellished it:Mallya

Rediff.com   10 Nov 2012

Q&A with UB Group chairman Vijay Mallya on Diageo deal

UniverCell plans to launch tablet computer

UniverCell plans to launch tablet computer

Rediff.com   3 Nov 2012

"Plans are in a nascent stage and we will take further steps after the festival season is over"

Apollo talks to Walmart, Walgreen for pharmacy business

Apollo talks to Walmart, Walgreen for pharmacy business

Rediff.com   29 Oct 2012

The group wants to expand its drug store chain.

Tata Coffee to close ranks with Starbucks

Tata Coffee to close ranks with Starbucks

Rediff.com   25 Oct 2012

The Indian partner will be one among the the seven highly specialised global coffee roasteries of the coffee giant.