Shyamal Majumdar &Amp;Amp; Abhineet Kumar

Stories by Shyamal Majumdar &Amp;Amp; Abhineet Kumar

Global CEOs find India frustrating but irresistible

Global CEOs find India frustrating but irresistible

Rediff.com   23 Sep 2014

The government plans to take India into the top 50 ranks in ease of doing business in the next two years with efforts such as shifting all applications for industrial licenses online.

Inside Ratan Tata's vehicle for investment

Inside Ratan Tata's vehicle for investment

Rediff.com   13 Sep 2014

Far from public glare, company is investing in tech firms and providing consultancy.

Taj hotels' foreign expansion plan back on drawing board

Taj hotels' foreign expansion plan back on drawing board

Rediff.com   12 Sep 2014

The company divests from properties abroad to focus on its key markets.

Under Mistry, Tata Group steps up organic expansion

Under Mistry, Tata Group steps up organic expansion

Rediff.com   11 Sep 2014

This is largely on the back of Tata Steel's expansion at Kalinganagar, as well as JLR's in China and Brazil

Tata Group has written down $2.2 bn under Mistry

Tata Group has written down $2.2 bn under Mistry

Rediff.com   1 Sep 2014

Fourteen per cent of the $16 billion invested by Ratan Tata in M&As abroad has been written off by his successor.

SC verdict on coal blocks worries bankers

SC verdict on coal blocks worries bankers

Rediff.com   26 Aug 2014

These numbers show overall exposure and are not a reflection that all loans are going to be impacted.

Bribery, bad loans and India's nationalised banks

Bribery, bad loans and India's nationalised banks

Rediff.com   15 Aug 2014

The incidence of corruption cases can be checked to a large extent if the suggestions already available with RBI and the government are taken seriously, says Shyamal Majumdar.

Tata Group to invest $35 billion in 3 years

Tata Group to invest $35 billion in 3 years

Rediff.com   30 Jul 2014

Vision 2025 to focus on four clusters; aim is to join the global club of top 25 companies.

We are not obsessed about our debt: Tata Steel MD

We are not obsessed about our debt: Tata Steel MD

Rediff.com   26 Jun 2014

Tata Steel is fine-tuning strategies to enhance revenues.

Tata Group setting up Dubai office to boost growth in West Asia

Tata Group setting up Dubai office to boost growth in West Asia

Rediff.com   13 Jun 2014

After Singapore this is the second such nodal office opened by the new group chairman.

Richest Lok Sabha candidates' club grows threefold

Richest Lok Sabha candidates' club grows threefold

Rediff.com   9 May 2014

Self-proclaimed heir of Rani Rashmoni, lottery baron join businessmen in the list of MP-aspirants with assets worth over Rs 100 cr, reports Abhineet Kumar.

Corporates on their toes as rupee appreciation hits exports

Corporates on their toes as rupee appreciation hits exports

Rediff.com   20 Mar 2014

Recent appreciation has not deterred companies like electric goods maker Havells to set up plant in India.

RIL's treasury on its toes to boost other income

RIL's treasury on its toes to boost other income

Rediff.com   1 Mar 2014

Other income stood at about a quarter of PBIDT in the first 9 months of 2013-14

'Two sectors that could have saved the day for India are in a mess'

'Two sectors that could have saved the day for India are in a mess'

Rediff.com   21 Feb 2014

Naik is passionate about protecting India's manufacturing sector from the onslaught of Chinese imports.

RIL to raise over $1 bn through export credit

RIL to raise over $1 bn through export credit

Rediff.com   20 Feb 2014

This is a part of the company's plan to raise $13 billion debt to fund expansion of its petrochemical production capacity and gasification project for its refining facilities to improve margins.

Piramal weighs options on 5% stake buy in Axis Bank

Piramal weighs options on 5% stake buy in Axis Bank

Rediff.com   27 Jan 2014

Suuti's merchant bankers give proposal; deal value could be Rs 2,800 crore

Merrill Lynch tops Indian M&A league

Merrill Lynch tops Indian M&A league

Rediff.com   13 Dec 2013

Merrill Lynch jumps to first from 7th last year in a smaller market; says its focus is larger deals and clients.

Cheap loans scarce, firms rush for foreign bonds

Cheap loans scarce, firms rush for foreign bonds

Rediff.com   12 Nov 2013

In first half of year, firms raise more than banks on low US treasury rates.

Why powerful business houses want Sebi chairman to quit

Why powerful business houses want Sebi chairman to quit

Rediff.com   4 Nov 2013

The Supreme Court has dismissed many petitions in the past but rarely has the country's apex court accused the petitioners of being "stool pigeons" of powerful corporate lobbies.

Essar Power's Rs 11,000-crore investment awaits approval

Essar Power's Rs 11,000-crore investment awaits approval

Rediff.com   3 Nov 2013

Within a month of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) tabling the coal block allocation report in Parliament in August last year, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed a First Information Report (FIR) against Hyderabad-based Navabharat Power Private Ltd for the coal block allotted to it in Odisha in January 2008.