Instead, increases in foreign-direct-investment levels; and reforms to make labour, land and capital more mobile.
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.
Investors remain cautious ahead of F&O expiry.
Tendering the shares in an open offer will lead to higher taxation.
Auto stocks Hero MotoCorp and Mahindra & Mahindra gained 1-2 per cent on the back of strong sales in the month of September.
It's difficult to understand if GDP growth has actually improved.
The South African government and large pharmaceutical companies are in combat mode regarding the proposed national policy on intellectual property that hopes to improve access to medicines for the poorer sections of the population.
In the near term, the key driver will still be the government's fiscal spending.
'We have 200 million families. Parents have the responsibility to make their children righteous -- where there is righteousness in the heart, there is beauty in the character.' 'Only three people can give a good citizen before s/he turns 17. Father, mother, the spiritual environment and the primary school teacher.' President A P J Kalam on India becoming a developed country by 2020-2022, the heroes he admired; how 90 per cent of India's space programme is intended for the people and the individual's potential to become unique.
Corporate legal cases kept India Inc on its toes in 2014 as high stake matters on coal, telecom and mining came up in the Supreme Court, which also sent Sahara Group chief Subrata Roy to jail.
Taking a dig at UPA government's ambitious food security programme, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has said that the Centre was under the impression that merely bringing in the Bill would lead to food reaching the needy.
'When George Bush Senior decided in 1992 that India and the United States must start talking in this-now-changed world, who would have thought that 10, 15 years down the road, we will start looking at each other as strategic partners?'
Short-term gains are always unpredictable.
Domestic and foreign companies pour in a slew of investments in Gujarat.
Overseas education consultant NNS Chandra shares advice on how to pick the right international education.
The long-term growth perspective or potential for India is one of the highest in the Asia Pacific region.
The market breadth ended weak on the BSE with 2,086 shares declining and 893 shares advancing.
Impact of the slowdown is most visible among promoter/owner-CEOs
He, however, acknowledged that Russia and some other countries were behind the hacking of Democratic Party computers.
As investors try to second-guess the US Fed, corporate and election results could have a bearing on market direction
Sheela Bhatt, who is travelling with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on his two-nation visit, analyses the outcome of crucial talks between the PM and his Chinese counterpart in Beijing.
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Revenue yield on every rupee of investment fell to Rs 1.06 in FY13 from Rs 1.20 in FY08.
In a live chat on rediff.com held on Friday, July 11, well-known equity specialist Devang Mehta discussed what effect the Budget will have on the stock markets -- from how NOT to lose money in the markets to which are the safest stocks.
The two countries also asked all nations to stop cross-border movement of terrorists and asserted that a decisive collective response from the international community without 'double standards and selectivity' was required to combat the threat of terrorism.
Sree Sreenivasan recalls his encounters with the pioneer of sound who passed away on Friday and gives a sense of how many lives he touched -- in big and small ways.
Drug maker Cipla always fought a lone battle to make drugs affordable in India.
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Investors often forget that the movements in indices such as the Sensex reflects the performance of its constituent stocks; nothing else.
A majority of India's billionaires gained wealth in the last one year in spite of the stock market decline.
Overseas education consultant NNS Chandra has answers to all your queries related to pursuing an education abroad.
For the philanthropy, we wanted also to have big impact, a kind of a new dimension.
Compared to their Indian peers, MNCs have higher return ratios.
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