The survey confirmed that companies were shifting their focus away from cost control and returning to growth.
Concerned over BSNL's falling revenue and market share, an employee association of the state-owned telecom company has sought a thorough probe into an alleged nexus between senior officials of the PSU and private operators.
With the growing voice of developing countries like India, Brazil and China, the big pharmaceutical firms will not be able to get the WTO's Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights agreement changed to their advantage, Commerce Secretary Rahul Khullar said in New Delhi.
Afghanistan, sitting on vast reserves of iron, copper, cobalt and gold, has invited Indian companies to tap the nearly $1 trillion worth of minerals discovered in the country as the two nations try to enhance and diversify their trade ties.
If you are are shopping for new models of consumer durables at lower price points, you are unlikely to find many options.
Mid-sized Indian IT companies are increasingly adopting the Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds route to raise funds.
The finance ministry introduced the tax for the first time on July 1, 2010. PVR Pictures, in its petition, alleged that copyrights are treated as goods and the transfer of copyrights are treated as sale of goods, which falls within the domain of taxation by states under Article 246, and not the Union.
While oil marketing companies would be free to price their products (only petrol, for now) periodically, they would also be conscious of where to source their products.
Bangladesh has proclaimed an order to redesign the capital city, requiring reclamation of 3,000 acres of land occupied by influential real estate companies, earlier dubbed as "land pirates" by senior government leaders.
The presence of top American companies like Microsoft, Cisco and McKinsey in Bengaluru seem to be motivating terror groups to repeatedly target the IT city as it gives them instant publicity globally and acts to thwart foreign investment there.
The UK India Business Council expects more emphasis to be put on improving bilateral economic ties.
Tata Power said on Wednesday completed acquisition of 30 per cent stakes in Indonesian thermal coal producers -- PT Kaltim Prima Coal and PT Arutmin Indonesia, and other related coal trading companies owned by PT Bumi Resources Tbk.
Belying expectations, petrol prices will not be cut on Friday despite there being a scope for reducing the rates by up to Rs 1.60 a litre.
Although Infosys was given 50 acre at Rajarhat for setting up its first development centre in West Bengal, the firm was insisting on getting special economic zone status, which the state was not keen to consider due to political reasons.
Global financial major Citigroup on Wednesday offloaded shares of 22 domestic companies, including 17 Sensex stocks like Reliance Industries and ICICI Bank, in block deals valued at Rs 231.42 crore (Rs 2.31 billion).
The success of the DLF initial public offer might give more confidence to realty companies.
With competition in the general insurance sector heating up, companies are busy innovating in order to provide value-added services to existing customers.
ICICI Bank will release Rs 100 crore (Rs 1 billion) over 5 years through Fabindia's subsidiary, Artisans Micro Finance.
A number of sugar companies in India are awaiting government approval for loans from the Sugar Development Fund to set up co-generation power units or ethanol plants.
The main concern among industry and market experts is that the governance in these companies needs to be strengthened and the focus on social insurance has to come down.
Ron Somers, president of the US India Business Council said with the US economy emerging from a devastating global recession, it was fortunate for the country to have India as a "vigorous trading partner".
India's IT services industry body National Association for and Services Companies has expressed concern over recent probe by the US against some Indian companies, including country's second largest software exporter Infosys, on allegations of violating visa norms.
Telecom operators may face a penalty of minimum Rs 1000 for each unverified subscriber, Communication and IT Minister Dayanidhi Maran said in New Delhi on Wednesday.
Honda has grown from 15% in FY12 to 27% now; Yamaha has doubled share to 5% in five years.
Developing a deep bench is a human resource issue.
In a rare show of solidarity, more than 20 top American lawmakers turned up for a Capitol Hill reception organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry.
Anil Ambani-led Reliance companies have bagged three awards including the Asia-Pacific Project Sponsor of the Year, announced by Project Finance Magazine of Euromoney Publications on Monday.
Major steel producers, including SAIL and Tata Steel, on Monday agreed to cut prices of TMT bars, galvanised steel and HR coils after the government asked them to contain prices to keep inflation under check.
In order to counter the growing penetration of e-commerce portals, the ICT industry in Gujarat is also mulling initiation of its own portal for selling products.
The growth prospects are particularly high for Indian companies in the speciality and complex generic drugs segment in the US, the report said.
In what could be bad news for the Indian BPO sector, a growing number of Silicon Valley companies are moving offshore businesses to geographically nearer locations in an effort to cut costs and address customer-service complaints.
The congestion at Australia's Newcastle Port is bringing cheers to Indian shipping companies.
After Tata Steel's successful bid to acquire much-larger Anglo-Dutch steelmaker Corus, the trend of small companies acquiring larger firms could soon find its way into the Indian IT space, a new study shows.
The American influential IT and telecom industry sought intervention of the Obama Administration against what they alleged are "discriminatory" Indian policies, which they claimed has resulted in several hundred millions of dollars of losses in the last quarter.
While the number of women in IT cos is rising, the numbers are not impressive. A good majority of the leadership positions are also held by men.
British insurer Llyod's chairman Lord Levene considers India a "very difficult market" for foreign insurance companies.
The government must create a National Technology Acquisition Fund to increase technology infusion in micro, small and medium enterprises.
Currently, only Coal India, the world's largest coal miner, and its smaller sister PSU Singareni Collieries besides mining agencies of state government are allowed commercial coal mining.
According to the survey of senior executives at nearly 900 major companies worldwide, the business environment is quite different compared to a year ago, but most part of the corporate world is still 'nervous about recovery'.
Cipla has agreed to buy two generics businesses in the United States in an all-cash deal worth $550 million.
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