Nano remains a cautionary tale of misplaced ambitions and a drag on profit.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
Iron-rich noodles and vitamin-rich beverages are some products launched by segment majors
Omkeshwar Singh, head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
Already 15-20 per cent of the workforce, earlier used to be procured from staffing firms and subcontractors, are replaced by freelancers tapped from platforms like Topcoder, GitHub, and Upwork.
Infosys aims to achieve an aspirational goal of $20 billion in topline by 2020.
While the latest, fourth-generation Swift makes no pretence of being a performance car or the last word in luxury, what it does stand for is amply evident, notes Pavan Lall.
In a departure from the past, when IHCL adopted the organic route for entering markets like London and New York, this time around the expansion will be acquisition-led.
Even a rump Air India could not hope to get away with the shoddy service and scrappy fare for which I paid nearly two lakh, complains Sunanda K Datta-Ray.
Essar group, Bhushan Steel and JSW group likely to be impacted by changes
'If Indians are as smart as their counterparts in university, and have equal opportunity, then what is the reason that we cannot produce inventions of quality that are recognised by the world?'
Companies write off investments, shed assets as initial projections go haywire
'We need to confront such people else they will be encouraged to harass more women in the future,' notes HR guru Mayank Rautela.
The S&P BSE Sensex has dipped five per cent, thus far, in CY15.
Top losers in the Sensex pack included M&M, SBI, Yes Bank, Asian Paints, HDFC, Tata Steel and L&T, shedding up to 2.55 per cent. The broader NSE Nifty settled 79.80 points, or 0.72 per cent, down at 10,996.10.
T N Ninan lists a few David-Goliath encounters in the Indian markets, all of which make life interesting, though difficult if you are an investor looking for the next multi-bagger.
The new Kiger has enough in it to draw you away from the hatchback you've been eyeing.
The total market valuation of all BSE-listed firms on Thursday regained the Rs 100-trillion mark as the benchmark Sensex climbed over 600 points after the RBI surprisingly cut interest rate by 25 basis points.
However, on the NSE, both ITC and Infosys had equal weight of 8.77 per cent.
'If you allow Walmart to operate in India, our manufacturing will finish completely.' 'What will happen to Narendra D Modi's dream then? There will be no Make in India.'
The estimated value of these two firms is around Rs 200 crore.
HR Guru Mayank Rautela offers practical advice.
'The velocity of the market correction in September was so fierce that 9 stocks declined for every one that advanced,' reveals Samie Modak.
Publishing companies in India are betting big on real life stories from the world of business to woo readers.
Banking and telecom will see the highest impact of this transition.
While customers in metro cities are still buying cars, quick growth is likely only from upcountry markets, where highways and roads are being built, and discretionary income and aspirations are rising.
In Friday's market rally post the corporate tax cut, the country's top business promoters recouped more than two-thirds of the losses that they suffered in the post-Budget sell-off in equity markets.
The S&P BSE Sensex ended up 129 points at 26,843 and the Nifty50 ended up 39 points at 8,220.
These five stocks, which have lagged the markets over the last two years, have doubled in value since March 23.
Indra Nooyi joins several prominent persons of Indian-origin who have donated generously to US universities.
More than 10% (40 of 498 companies) have lost at least half their market value.
It is advisable to stick to mid-caps with sustainable financial metrics rather than those offering the promise of faster growth.
'The news about the new virus strain in the UK provided them with an opportunity to take money off the table.'
N Chandrasekaran received Rs 2.62 crore (Rs 26.2 million) as perks.
Market leaders in this line of business - New India Assurance and Tata AIG - have begun to reassess the premium on risk exposure of their portfolio in the director's and officer's liability business.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI's) move to ban Mastercard from issuing new cards for not complying with the local data storage guidelines may hit five private banks, a non-bank lender, and a major card-issuing company. The impact is expected to be felt for a few months as these players transition to other card networks. According to Nomura Research, RBL Bank, YES Bank, and Bajaj Finserv are the ones most impacted by the ban as all their credit card schemes are allied to Mastercard. Among others, IndusInd Bank, Axis Bank and ICICI Bank have 35-40 per cent of their credit card schemes tied to Mastercard, the report said.
Shares of RIL surged 4.42 per cent to its all-time closing high of Rs 1,082.20 on BSE.
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