Santosh Tiwari &Amp; N Sundaresha Subramanian

Package to remove foreign taxation glitches on anvil

Norms for e-commerce likely, arm's-length pricing set for change.

'Large chunk of parallel economy out of tax net'

Three entities entrusted with job submit reports on black money estimation.

Rs 100-cr CSR bill likely for each of top-15 BSE cos

In first year, ONGC spending likely at Rs 405 cr, followed by Reliance Industries' at Rs 377 crore.

'There is a need to put pressure on IPO pricing'

In an interview with Business Standard, Sebi Chairman U K Sinha discusses investment advisory rules and how regulators are coming together to resolve issues.

Investor protection to get a big boost

Class action, whistleblower protection and exit option likely to bring back investor confidence.

GMR's Male sojourn: A sweet deal gone sour?

Did GMR Infra get a sweet deal from former Maldivian president that turned sour as a new government came to power?

Sebi unwilling to reveal names in RIL case

Hardeep was thrown out of board, Ponty quit later

In a filing on March 18, 2012, Wave Industries, a key Chadhaa group company that controls its sugar and distilleries businesses, said Hardeep had vacated the office of director under Section 283.

Penny stocks that became bellwethers

More and more investors these days stay away from the companies who have made it big through political connections.

Mittal for realistic spectrum pricing

He feels that the reserve price set by the government for the 2G spectrum auction was very high.

The curious case of directors who DO NOT direct

19 per cent of the directors don't attend three in four board meetings.

RBI, Sebi propose changes in RGESS investment norms

The regulators have proposed changes in the norms for inclusion of mutual funds in the scheme.

Rigged IPOs: Firms flout Sebi directive

Since 11 months, Sebi has not been able to make these companies deposit the required money in an escrow account.

MP petitions against Bharti Infratel IPO

Bharti Infratel is a provider of telecom towers and related infrastructure and on a consolidated basis, is one of the largest in India, "based on the number of towers that Bharti Infratel owns and operates and the number of towers owned or operated by Indus, that are represented by Bharti Infratel's 42 per cent equity interest in Indus," according to the offer document.

Insiders everywhere, impossible to catch

Sebi Chairman U K Sinha has been demanding tools such as access to phone records from the government

FIIs must disclose more in new Mauritius TRC

The government of Mauritius is likely to issue a new format for the tax residency certificate (TRC) for foreign institutional investors (FIIs), incorporating additional particulars required by the Indian government.

Nationwide Aadhaar-based payment launch on Saturday

210 millionth Aadhaar number to be handed over UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi to also be present.

Now Sebi can approve or reject IPOs on merit

Earlier, the regulator only mandated disclosures and issued observations. It was on an investor to read the disclosures carefully and take an informed decision.

The CURIOUS case of a cheque issued by Vadra's firm

What stops you from writing a cheque for Rs 7.94 crore, if you are sure the payee won't present it for payment? Nothing, really, not even the fact that your bank account has a balance of Rs 1 lakh or less. It is this confidence that seemed to have helped the Robert Vadra-promoted Sky Light Hospitality to write one or more cheques amounting to Rs 7.94 crore and account that as "book overdraft" in its balance sheet for the year ended March 31, 2008.

NIB likely to be toothless in cutting project delays

PM-led body won't have jurisdiction over state-level issues that contribute most to delays.