Top companies across sectors -- automobile maker Maruti Suzuki, consumer electronics giant Samsung to IT giant Infosys -- have reopened factories and offices as India took its first steps towards resuming economic activity after weeks under a near-total coronavirus lockdown.
Sebamed's campaign for its cleansing bar of the same name, released across print, television, digital and outdoor, has also named Santoor, a popular soap brand from Wipro Consumer Care.
Employees of some top Indian companies were in for a pleasant surprise when they received a mail from their HR team announcing a hike in salaries and bonuses. Led by IT firms and start-ups, HR managers say that while some have offered cash and stock options, others are in a wait-and-watch mode and add the trend will pick up in other sectors. For example, IT giant Cognizant - which had an attrition rate of 19 per cent in the December quarter - has established a $30-million employee retention fund in order to bring down the high attrition rate.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
Most listed corporate entities in the country are in a fix. With the sudden declaration in late March of a nationwide lockdown to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic, the final calculations of their financial results for the year 2019-20 (FY20) are hanging in limbo. Till April 19, only 41 of the 3,947 companies listed on the BSE have managed to finalise the dates for the declaration of their yearly financial results.
Aviva Plc, the fifth largest insurer globally, will hire about 3,300 more people in India and Sri Lanka by 2007, as part of its strategy to outsource some of its life and non-life services.
Drug Development Solutions Ltd said it is in talks with leading Indian pharmaceutical companies, including Ranbaxy and Dabur, for collaboration in drug research and it is scouting for partnership with Indian data management companies.
Most analysts as well as company executives say the rally in commodity prices is ill-timed coming just when firms were recovering from disruptions such as demonetisation & introduction of GST
Household consumption recovered in urban India in May-July but remains weak in rural.
At the pre-Budget meeting at Niti Aayog, Modi called for a focussed effort from all stakeholders in order to achieve the target of $5 trillion economy. The participants urged the government to focus on credit expansion, exports growth, governance of PSBs, increasing consumption and job creation.
Since 2016, Sebi has made many rules to prevent unauthorised trading by stockbrokers. Yet, one comes across dozens of cases of blatant overtrading in client accounts, every year, leading to massive losses to investors, observes Debashis Basu.
The Adani group has the maximum number of companies in the trillion club at five, followed by the Tata group (four).
As many as 14 Indian families have made it to the inaugural list of Forbes' 50 richest families in Asia.
Companies whose products have not been picked up for distribution in Gujarat under a "non-cooperation movement" include Marico, Dabur, Emami, Britannia, Reckitt Benckiser, and Godrej Consumer Products.
The global Indian company has hit gold in the Emirates of the Gulf.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has pegged the base price for the combined IPL media rights at Rs 32,890 crore, nearly double the Rs 16,347 that Star Disney paid five years ago. Experts say that at these levels, there does not seem to be any profit-and-loss logic at play. It is more about what premium broadcasting companies are ready to spend for market share dominance. They point out that due to competition, they expect the final price to hit Rs 40,000-50,000 crore.
Softening rural consumption and the likelihood of weak corporate earnings in the March quarter saw investors dump stocks.
From anti-profiteering to affixing stickers on existing stocks, FMCG companies are bracing for new set of GST challenges
Excise duty on most products has been capped at 12.5 per cent
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
Companies, so far, were constrained by the provisions of Articles 370 and 35A, which restricted the purchase of land and hiring manpower.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
Core sector companies have seen volumes drop to single digit in the first nine months of FY16.
Names such as Danone, Dabur, Mondelez and Abbott Healthcare have also figured on the list of suitors.
A call by the Traders Federation in Tamil Nadu to ban sales of Coca Cola and Pepsi soft drinks came into effect on Wednesday with its president A M Vikrama Raja declaring drinks as 'toxic' for consumption.
Home and kitchen appliances, electronic products, apparel and B-segment cars stand to gain.
It also expects to get its REIT listed on the Singapore stock exchange next year.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
Indian companies including ITC and Dabur, has resumed normal operations in Nepal following withdrawal of threat against multi-national companies by the insurgent Maoists.\n\n\n\n
Ajit Mishra, vice president, research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
Geopolitical concerns, earnings sees investors rush to safe haven plays post the Union Budget presentation in July.
Dabur has launched 44 products during the year.
Companies in the FMCG space are increasing their focus on herbal and ayurvedic category in India
With an additional workforce of 47 million likely by 2020, Indian economy by then may surge ahead of China whose 'working' populace is estimated to fall by a massive 10 million workers in the next 15 years, experts at a seminar said in New Delhi.\n\n\n\n
Dabur Vatika's latest advertisement challenges the conventional notions of beauty.
Indian markets ended on a lower note after the stimulus announced by the European Central Bank (ECB) failed to meet expectation.
India's cash-rich promoters are not the same as the wealthiest. For example, Mukesh Ambani is the richest Indian based on his stake in Reliance Industries, followed by Premji, the Adani family of the Adani group, and Radhakishan Damani of Avenue Supermarts.
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