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McDonald's CEO fired over 'consensual relationship' with employee

McDonald's CEO fired over 'consensual relationship' with employee

Rediff.com4 Nov 2019

The company said that Steve Easterbrook had "violated company policy and demonstrated poor judgement involving in a recent consensual relationship with an employee".

Sebi to relax norms for re-classification process

Sebi to relax norms for re-classification process

Rediff.com24 Nov 2020

Maximum promoter holding to be eligible for reclassification to be raised from 10% to 15%; waiting time to be brought down to one month from three.

Why Yes Bank audit committee chief quit

Why Yes Bank audit committee chief quit

Rediff.com13 Jan 2020

Uttam Prakash Agarwal alleged that Citax and Braich offers were incomplete and did not include firm commitment as to the price, size, timings, confirmation from the banks about availability of the funds.

Govt proposes phase-wise pre-packed insolvency process

Govt proposes phase-wise pre-packed insolvency process

Rediff.com18 Jan 2021

A draft proposal by the sub-committee of the insolvency law committee has recommended that the corporate debtor (CD) may initiate the prepack since it may prove difficult to implement if creditors are allowed to do so without the willingness of the promoter.

CCD company plans to offload debt

CCD company plans to offload debt

Rediff.com3 Aug 2019

Sical Logistics' board of directors, which met to consider approval of the June quarter financial results, asked the management to come out with recommendations for the same.

Explained: Why shareholders are angry at promoter-directors' remuneration

Explained: Why shareholders are angry at promoter-directors' remuneration

Rediff.com23 Sep 2021

Earlier this month, Sobha Kapoor and Ekta Kapoor, part of the promoter group of Balaji Telefilms, faced shareholder ire when they failed to obtain the requisite votes on resolutions proposing pay increases for them. In recent months, several promoter-directors, including Siddharth Lal of Eicher Motors and Pawan Munjal of Hero MotoCorp, have faced similar situations. Clearly, large institutional shareholders - and public shareholders - are not taking kindly to promoter-directors upping their remuneration takeaways at a time when the prospects of business recovery are clouded by the anticipated third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.

L&T board members take pay cut of up to 53%

L&T board members take pay cut of up to 53%

Rediff.com21 Jul 2020

Chairman A M Naik said H2 of 2020-21 will herald better economic and business activity in terms of tendering, good liquidity, as well as revival of labour and supply chains.

Shastri to tell his life story; Jay Shah to attend ICC meet

Shastri to tell his life story; Jay Shah to attend ICC meet

Rediff.com10 Jan 2021

Team India coach Ravi Shastri will come out with a book this summer where he will walk down the memory lane

How the new Companies Act will affect Tata Sons, Bharti Telecom

How the new Companies Act will affect Tata Sons, Bharti Telecom

Rediff.com22 Feb 2021

Companies such as Tata Sons and Bharti Telecom, which are unlisted but have listed subsidiaries, may soon have to file periodic financial statements with the registrar of companies under the new provision of the Companies Act. The provision requires greater financial disclosures by a certain category of unlisted companies.

Flight review

Flight review

Rediff.com2 Apr 2021

Besides Mohit Chadda and a potentially great concept, Flight has barely anything that is worthy of a watch, feels Prateek Sur.

SC slams NCLAT for 'tinkering' with power in Tata-Mistry case

SC slams NCLAT for 'tinkering' with power in Tata-Mistry case

Rediff.com27 Mar 2021

The NCLAT, in its December 18, 2019 order, had restrained the company, its board of directors and shareholders from exercising the power under the article against minority members except in exceptional circumstances and in the interest of company. A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde dealt with this issue in its 282-page verdict which set aside the NCLAT's order that had restored Cyrus Mistry as the executive chairman of the USD 100 billion salt-to-software conglomerate.

SP group can't call Ratan Tata a shadow director: SC

SP group can't call Ratan Tata a shadow director: SC

Rediff.com27 Mar 2021

The Supreme Court in its order said it was not open for SP group companies to call Ratan Tata a "shadow director" when the board of which Cyrus Mistry was chairman had nominated him as chairman emeritus of the USD 100 billion salt-to-software Tata group.

Ishaat Hussain replaces Cyrus Mistry as TCS chairman

Ishaat Hussain replaces Cyrus Mistry as TCS chairman

Rediff.com10 Nov 2016

Hussain shall hold office as the chairman of the company until a new chairman is appointed in his place

Despite Modi's digital drive, cash is still the king

Despite Modi's digital drive, cash is still the king

Rediff.com27 May 2021

The Reserve Bank of India on Thursday said banknotes in circulation witnessed higher than average increase during 2020-21, on account of precautionary holding of cash by people due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and its prolonged continuance. The value and volume of banknotes in circulation increased by 16.8 per cent and 7.2 per cent, respectively, during 2020-21, as against an increase of 14.7 per cent and 6.6 per cent, respectively, witnessed during 2019-20, said the RBI annual report. In value terms, the share of Rs 500 and Rs 2,000 banknotes together accounted for 85.7 per cent of the total value of banknotes in circulation as on March 31, 2021, as against 83.4 per cent as on March 31, 2020.

Carlyle deal: SAT allows PNB Housing Fin to hold EGM

Carlyle deal: SAT allows PNB Housing Fin to hold EGM

Rediff.com21 Jun 2021

Setting aside Sebi's direction, the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) on Monday allowed PNB Housing Finance to go ahead with the shareholders' meeting on Tuesday to consider the proposed Rs 4,000 crore-investment by private equity firm Carlyle and others in the mortgage firm. However, results of the shareholders' voting will not be disclosed till further directions from the tribunal. The ruling comes hours after PNB Housing Finance informed stock exchanges that it has appealed against Sebi's direction on June 18 wherein it was asked to defer consideration of the proposed capital infusion proposal till a valuation of the company's shares is done by a registered independent valuer.

HDFC Bank beats Street; Q4 net rises 23%

HDFC Bank beats Street; Q4 net rises 23%

Rediff.com20 Apr 2019

Total income for the quarter ended March 31, 2019, stood at Rs 31,204.5 crore, up by 22.1 per cent from Rs 25,549.7 crore for the quarter ended on March 31, 2018,

Hasmukh Adhia nominated as RBI director

Hasmukh Adhia nominated as RBI director

Rediff.com17 Nov 2014

His nomination is effective from November 11, 2014, RBI said on Monday.

Murthy-Amazon tax dispute draws in son-in-law Sunak

Murthy-Amazon tax dispute draws in son-in-law Sunak

Rediff.com14 Jun 2021

"Reaching an international agreement on how large digital companies are taxed has been a priority for the chancellor since he took office," said a spokesperson for his UK treasury office. "The chancellor's consistent position has been that it matters where tax is paid, and any agreement must ensure digital businesses pay tax in the UK that reflects their economic activities. That is what our taxpayers would expect and is the right thing," the spokesperson said.

Air India to send certain employees on leave without pay

Air India to send certain employees on leave without pay

Rediff.com16 Jul 2020

Employees can be sent on LWP for six months or for a period of two years extendable up to five years, depending upon the following factors - suitability, efficiency, competence, quality of performance, health of the employee, instance of non-availability of the employee for duty in the past as a result of ill health or otherwise and redundancy.

PIX: West Indies cricketers resume training amid COVID-19 crisis

PIX: West Indies cricketers resume training amid COVID-19 crisis

Rediff.com26 May 2020

Away from nets for a long period due to the COVID-19 lockdown, the players including Kraigg Brathwaite, Shai Hope, Kemar Roach, Shane Dowrich, Shamarh Brooks and Raymon Reifer trained at the Kensington Oval behind closed doors

SC on Mistry role: 'Person who sets own house on fire'

SC on Mistry role: 'Person who sets own house on fire'

Rediff.com27 Mar 2021

The Supreme Court has said that Cyrus Mistry's removal as executive chairman of Tata group was justified as a "a person who tries to set his own house on fire for not getting what he perceives as legitimately due to him, does not deserve to continue as part of any decision-making body".

Bank board picks Dinesh Khara as new SBI chairman

Bank board picks Dinesh Khara as new SBI chairman

Rediff.com29 Aug 2020

Khara will replace SBI Chairman Rajnish Kumar, whose three-year term comes to an end on October 7.

Infosys settles ex-CFO severance payment row

Infosys settles ex-CFO severance payment row

Rediff.com2 Mar 2020

The fee of Rs 6 lakh consists Rs 1.5 lakh in respect of each application for each alleged offence by the company and Rs 25,000 by each of the current and former key managerial personnel for each alleged offence.

HDFC Bank to get a new boss soon

HDFC Bank to get a new boss soon

Rediff.com18 Apr 2020

A media report in the run up to the board meet had mentioned the names of Sashidhar Jagdishan, Kaizad Bharucha and Sunil Garg as the ones who had made the cut. Jagdishan and Bharucha are internal candidates, while Garg is working with American banking major Citigroup.

With Rs 4,470 cr war-chest Amazon gets ready to take on Flipkart

With Rs 4,470 cr war-chest Amazon gets ready to take on Flipkart

Rediff.com30 Oct 2019

Amazon's fresh investment in its India entities come at a time when the Seattle-based firm has faced losses in several of its business entities in India, such as seller services, wholesale, transportation services and digital payments, for the 2018-19 financial year.

Why Airtel has delayed announcing Q2 results

Why Airtel has delayed announcing Q2 results

Rediff.com29 Oct 2019

Airtel, Vodafone-Idea and other telecom operators may have to pay the government a whopping Rs 1.42 lakh crore following the Supreme Court order last week that sent shock waves through an industry already grappling with billions of dollars in debt and an intense tariff war to retain customers.

West Indies to temporarily halve salaries of players, staff

West Indies to temporarily halve salaries of players, staff

Rediff.com30 May 2020

Cricket West Indies (CWI) said on Friday it will halve salaries for staff and players for up to six months as it struggles to deal with the "debilitating economic challenges" caused by the coronavirus pandemic. CWI said it had delayed the 50% salary cut for staff, players, umpires and coaches, to take effect from July 1, as long as possible and hoped the temporary measure would not last more than three to six months.

Reliance to conclude Aramco deal this year: Ambani

Reliance to conclude Aramco deal this year: Ambani

Rediff.com24 Jun 2021

Saudi Aramco chairman and head of the Kingdom's cash-rich wealth fund PIF Yasir Othman Al-Rumayyan will join the board of Reliance Industries Ltd as an independent director in a precursor to a $15 billion deal. Reliance chairman and Asia's richest man Mukesh Ambani, who had two years back disclosed the talks to sell a 20 per cent stake in the company's oil-to-chemical unit to Saudi Aramco, announced the appointment of Al-Rumayyan at the company's annual meeting of shareholders. Harvard educated Al-Rumayyan, 51, will replace Yogendra P Trivedi, 92, who has expressed a desire to retire, Ambani said. On the sale of a 20 per cent stake in the O2C business, he said the deal is likely to conclude this year.

Will Ganguly replace Manohar as ICC chairman?

Will Ganguly replace Manohar as ICC chairman?

Rediff.com27 May 2020

International Cricket Council (ICC) chairman Shashank Manohar is to step down when his term ends this year, the governing body said on Wednesday. The ICC is set to discuss the process to elect its new chief at its board meeting on Thursday with media reports saying that the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) chief Colin Graves is favourite to fill the post.

Meet Vijaya Gadde, who spearheaded ban on Trump's Twitter account

Meet Vijaya Gadde, who spearheaded ban on Trump's Twitter account

Rediff.com12 Jan 2021

Hyderabad-born Gadde, 45, is Twitter's legal, public policy and trust and safety lead.

Who will succeed Aditya Puri as HDFC Bank's chief?

Who will succeed Aditya Puri as HDFC Bank's chief?

Rediff.com28 Nov 2019

HDFC Bank is on a global search to find a successor to the founding-chief executive Aditya Puri, as he would turn 70 next year.

RIL cuts employees' pay by 10-50%; Ambani to forgo entire salary

RIL cuts employees' pay by 10-50%; Ambani to forgo entire salary

Rediff.com30 Apr 2020

Reliance's hydrocarbon business was adversely impacted due to reduction in demand for refined products and petrochemicals.

Tata Sons now has majority stake in AirAsia

Tata Sons now has majority stake in AirAsia

Rediff.com29 Dec 2020

Tata Sons will increase its stake in budget carrier AirAsia India (AAI) to 83.67 per cent by acquiring an additional 32.67 per cent for $37.66 million from AirAsia Investment Ltd (AAIL), according to a regulatory filing. Currently, AAIL, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Malaysia-based AirAsia, holds 49 per cent stake in the Bengaluru-based AirAsia India. In a regulatory filing to stock exchange Bursa Malaysia, AirAsia said, "The board of directors of AirAsia wishes to announce that its wholly-owned subsidiary AAIL and Tata Sons Pvt Ltd, India, on December 29, entered into a share purchase agreement."

Maruti Suzuki Q4 net dips 4.6% to Rs 1,795.6 crore

Maruti Suzuki Q4 net dips 4.6% to Rs 1,795.6 crore

Rediff.com25 Apr 2019

The quarter was marked by adverse foreign exchange rates and commodity prices, higher depreciation and higher sales promotion expenses.

Infosys Board starts search for Shibulal's successor

Infosys Board starts search for Shibulal's successor

Rediff.com11 Apr 2014

Infosys said the nominations committee will shortlist and evaluate an internal slate of candidates with the assistance of Development Dimensions International, a company specialising in corporate executive evaluations.

NSE board okays IPO via offer for sale

NSE board okays IPO via offer for sale

Rediff.com7 Oct 2016

Issues Rs 358 crore interim dividend, 1:10 bonus and 10:1 split

TCS announces Rs 16,000 crore buyback plan

TCS announces Rs 16,000 crore buyback plan

Rediff.com7 Oct 2020

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on Wednesday announced a mega-Rs 16,000 crore buyback plan at Rs 3,000 per equity share. In 2017 and 2018 too, TCS had undertaken buyback offers of similar sizes.

Yes Bank fraud: ED arrests 2 former Cox and Kings executives

Yes Bank fraud: ED arrests 2 former Cox and Kings executives

Rediff.com6 Oct 2020

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday arrested the former CFO and internal auditor of the Cox and Kings Group in connection with its money laundering probe in the Yes Bank alleged loan default case. The agency said ex-chief financial officer Anil Khandelwal and internal auditor Naresh Jain were arrested under the provision of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act

Financial services firms may raise record Rs 1.2 trn via QIPs

Financial services firms may raise record Rs 1.2 trn via QIPs

Rediff.com19 Jul 2019

In the past few months, 45 companies have signalled their intent to raise money through the institutional placement route.

Buzz: Karunaratne reveals SL's new-look Test jersey

Buzz: Karunaratne reveals SL's new-look Test jersey

Rediff.com23 Dec 2020

Uncapped left-arm spinner Zafar Gohar has joined the test squad from the Pakistan A team currently in Hamilton.