Aditya Birla Group and Holcim are rapidly increasing capacity in a bid to become the largest player in India's cement industry.
Market-men expect these offers will compete head to head for investors' fund of over Rs 24,000 crore next month.
Ahmedabadbased Suzlon Energy has tied up funds for its Euro1.2 billion (Rs 6,543 crore) bid for the German power company, REpower, even before the last date for raising bid by the rival French giant Areva expires on Thursday.
"We have written to all the companies in which we have nominee-directors, asking them not to give Esops," said LIC managing director D K Mehrotra. He said there were more than 100 companies in which LIC had nominee-directors.
The Sun, the flagship publication of Murdoch's News Corporation, is in talks with Maran's Sun group to launch an English tabloid in the country.
This will be over and above a Rs 3,655-crore domestic rights issue and a Rs 4,350 crore convertible preference share issue the company announced last month.
Agarwal's is a classic story of a small trader becoming metal king. The secret, he says, lies in believing in himself and in the country's potential.
French electrical major Schneider Electricals SA is in advanced stages of negotiations with the Mumbai-based Shah family to acquire Anchor Electricals, the country's leading electrical equipment maker.
They prefer foreign markets owing to comparatively lower margins than Indian exchanges.
Sesa Goa has received a showcause notice from the Jharkhand government asking it why its prospective licence for iron ore mines in the state should not be cancelled.
Reliance Industries, the country's most valuable company, has launched an employee stock option scheme to reward nearly half of its workforce.
Selling garments is a boring job, says Heinz Krogner, Esprit Global Group CEO.
Sources close to the situation said the Tata Steel board is slated to discuss the issue at its meeting on April 17.
Reliance Industries, the country's largest private sector company, has decided to introduce employee stock options by the next quarter
India's ace deal-maker explains what allowed him to represent both Dhirubhai Ambani and Nusli Wadia while being on Essar Shipping's board.
The existing company is expected to continue as the holding arm of its huge real estate assets.
Major shareholders to buy workers' shares in northern gardens.
An interview with Bajaj Hindusthan Limited CEO Kushagra Bajaj.
Shishir Bajaj, the estranged brother of group patriarch Rahul Bajaj, and his son Kushagra have sought a 25 per cent share in the assets controlled by these trusts.
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