Japanese information technology companies are mapping out a new base to outsource software development in India, according to Nihon Keizai Shimbun Monday.
The Bombay Stock Exchange today said 10 companies on its recently launched IPO index to track newly listed companies for the first two years would be excluded after completion of their term.
Congress should pass laws that create US jobs, not destroy them," said Marc Apter, president of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers-USA.
No one is saying the steel industry is out of trouble. The financial crunch continues, and coupled with high cost of input, severely affected the first-quarter profits of steel companies. But most agree with Tata that the signals are encouraging.
The number of Indian companies was second only to the 65 firms from both China and Hong Kong that found a place in the list.
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RBI is scheduled to announce monetary policy on Tuesday.
RIL has proposed to charge the government- fixed rate for natural gas on a gross calorific value (GCV) basis, instead of net calorific value (NCV).
Under the scheme, the government provided incentives of $1,000-5,600 directly to those buyers who were willing to trade their old, gas-guzzling vehicles for new, fuel-efficient vehicles. Indian auto bigwigs, including Tata Motors and Mahindra & Mahindra, among others, through the association of the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (Siam), had approached the government to implement a similar programme. However, they are yet to succeed.
Sebi found a typical pattern in trading of shares of these companies.
Domestic companies are going slow on expat hiring while sharpening their focus on getting Indians with requisite global experience, and this trend is likely to continue for two more years, HR experts say.
Giving another boost to the great Indian growth story, seven domestic firms have been named as the emerging global challengers to the world's leading blue chips by the global equity research major Standard and Poor's.
Court also questioned market regulator's lack of action.
There is enough room for growth in smaller Indian towns as per US and European aircraft manufacturers
The Companies Act Amendment Bill, which was tabled in Parliament in the Budget session that adjourned last week, has proposed to allow Indian companies to merge with overseas companies, a move that could introduce greater flexibility in cross-border merger and acquisitions.
Bharat Forge and and Motherson Sumi have market caps ahead of Delphi and Vistion in the US.
Many including IMP oppose allowing industrial houses to set up banks.
IndianOil Corp Ltd, for instance, saw a growth of around 22 per cent in volumes and nearly two per cent in its market share. It traded nearly 10,517 million tonnes (mt) of auto gas in December against 8,593 mt of auto gas in September.
Industry analysts say the companies are watching the situation.
The top 200 IT companies in India logged a combined revenue of USD 84 billion (Rs 384,250 crore) to achieve an average growth rate of 25 per cent in 2010-11, the highest in the past four years, according to a survey.
Right now Infosys is somewhat on the up.
Goa, which has failed to draw IT giants as they required huge land requirment, is attracting huge investments from several smaller companies.
Analysts say they have more product ideas, nimbler market responses than the giants.
Although it is mandatory for companies to file quarterly figures along with annual results with stock exchanges, some companies had only been filing annual numbers.
According to a mid-year survey on 'Performance & Reward Trends' by Hewitt Associates, companies across industries are strongly differentiating rewards on the basis of performance but majority of them are not considering any layoffs or severe salary cuts in current fiscal. The survey revealed that 16 per cent of the companies surveyed have a salary freeze and were mainly organizations in the financial services, IT and ITeS sector.
Aviation companies are set to get a major relief from high aviation turbine fuel prices. Following a steep decline in crude oil prices, oil marketing companies are looking to cut ATF prices by 5-6 per cent, or Rs 2,000-2,500 a kl across various cities beginning Thursday, said industry sources.
But the fear of less-than-normal rain hitting rural demand continues to haunt the industry.
The method relies on investors - voting with their wallets - to identify the companies they expect to be innovative today and in the future.
These firms are already affected by falling margins, delays in getting orders and the ongoing financial crisis in their second-biggest market, Europe.
Concerned over the escalating competition from India and China, a top US official has asked the American companies to "flex muscles" and tap the expanding middle class in these countries.
Firms, foreign and Indian, reiterate they follow the rules fully. Earlier, SC had rapped govt for gaps in law and enforcement, including on compensation.
Commenting on the Sebi's direction, Taurus Mutual Fund managing director R K Gupta said the companies coming out with these instruments will have to meet disclosure norms as per the listing agreement with Sebi like coming out with quarterly results and other price-sensitive information.
Pakistan has brushed aside claims by opponents of privatisation that NRI steel baron Lakshmi Mittal was behind a Russian company's takeover bid
The 12th Five Year (2012-17) Plan adopted by National Development Council said on Thursday, "Natural gas prices charged to producers must be determined by market forces".
An over-capacity situation in China would dent India's drive to ramp up exports.
The move will strengthen its revenues by about $100 million.
Average salary of the 100 best-paid directors is 1% of their companies' net profit.
Overseas investment by Indian firms increased by about 59 per cent in May to $3.7 billion, with Gammon, Tata Steel and Religare among the top investors abroad.
New York-based investment bank Virtus Global Partners said on Monday the firm is in talks with Indian companies to help them acquire nine US firms mainly in IT, pharma and automotive sectors this year.
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