Price correction over post-election peaks could throw disinvestment calculations awry.
Five states -- Maharashtra, Haryana, Rajasthan, Punjab and Gujarat -- face a massive power crisis.
A tightrope walk ahead, especially as govt's fiscal deficit has already reached 99% of full-year estimates
The month also saw Adani Power acquiring the 600-Mw Korba West thermal power plant from the Gautam Thapar-led Avantha group for Rs 4,200 crore (Rs 42 billion).
Some big ones hoard cash unduly and others borrow to keep up payments to shareholders
Reports have put the IPO pipeline between 19 and 30 issues, of Rs 10,000-20,000 crore or Rs 100-200 billion.
About 53 million homes in the country are yet to get electricity and many industries depend on diesel generation sets to meet their requirements.
Private companies have been increasing their dividend payouts at a much higher pace than their public-sector counterparts, though some state-run companies are making huge payouts in absolute terms.
According to fund managers, expectations of a 25-basis-point increase in the cash reserve ratio of banks have heightened in the wake of RBI's surprise twin moves to make short-term money dearer as part of its attempts to curb the rupee's volatility.
Ajit Mishra, Vice President, Research, Religare Broking, answers readers's queries on stocks they own or want to buy.
The BSE benchmark index is yet to give any indication on the monthly Fibonacci charts.
Company looking for acquisition of coal properties abroad.
The Competition Commission of India has slapped Coal India Ltd with a penalty of Rs 1,773 crore (Rs 17.73 billion) -- the biggest by the watchdog on a company -- over alleged abuse of its monopolistic position.
Exceptions were made for ultra-mega power plants, such as the one at Sasan, which the court observed were not under consideration, and for coal blocks attached to the power and steel companies controlled by the central government.
With the Supreme Court (SC) cancelling captive coal block allocations, Jindal Steel & Power Limited will be the worst-affected company.
Fresh investments by corporates up just 5.8% in FY17, lowest since 1992
'The IPO window has been more or less open since the new government in 2014.'
Unless unique, avoid investing in IPOs.
The Survey shows fiscal consolidation despite slowdown in growth.
The local markets are expected to react to global triggers until the government announces the Union Budget.
In 2006-07, TCS had employed 7,000 people in the eastern states.
The BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices have performed better than the front-liners
The funds, some of which have invested in the NSE for almost a decade, want the exchange to list as soon as possible so that they can exit and pay back investors in their funds
Contract workers are paid much less than regular workers. This year's Economic Survey estimates wages are on an average 20 times higher in the formal sector than in the informal sector. Arindam Majumder reports.
HDFC and HUL are the latest entrants in the club
