Ramdev's Patanjali is a low-cost, low-margin business that gets away with pretty much what it wants because wily old Ramdev knows how to get around all politicians, says Vir Sanghvi.
'Celebrities have to make sure they do enough due diligence on their own before they sign up multi-million dollar contracts.' 'Today, it is just easy money. Lend your name, lend your face and laugh your way to the bank.'
India is likely to attract increasing notice from global investors.
Large and small businesses alike have delivered low-key performances.
Russian firms expand their footprint in India. And take bigger steps to do business with India's private sector.
Compliance requirements, valuation, input tax credit transfers are likely to lead to tax litigation, says Sayan Ghosal.
The main issues confronting CFOs currently, according to Deloitte, are the current economic slowdown, a depreciating rupee and inflation.
Structural changes to government finances could be focus of the Union Budget, says Mihir S Sharma.
With rest of the world showing no signs of growth and headwinds ahead for US growth, chances are that we might continue to see central banks pumping money into their economies
Economics and politics both have major roles in determining oil prices.
Investors turn their attention to export-driven sectors.
To generate ample private sector interest, there is a need to introduce market-linked tariff rates.
The move comes within months of a crisis at JPMorgan Asset Management Company.
The two nations share a problem of corporate debt gone bad that is so large and opaque.
On day 1, says retrospective taxation should be avoided; Sets up special investigation team to unearth black money.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
The same set of companies had reported 3.8 per cent annual net profit growth in the previous quarter and 7.5 per cent annual growth in the same quarter last financial year.
Sensex ends 134.91 pts down at 28,709.87; Nifty falls 44.70 pts at 8,712.05.
In another significant senior-level realignment at Infosys, V Balakrishnan, one of the two internal candidates being considered for the chief executive's post, has been given additional charge of the new utilities and resources vertical.
Be it roads, railways, ports, civil aviation, energy or electricity, the Narendra Modi govt has invigorated all these sectors since it took over, says Arvind Panagariya.
India is set for decent growth in 2015.
Wipro, India's third largest information technology (IT) services company, is expected to continue with its strong show during the October-December quarter of financial year 2014.
The U.S. economy grew faster than initially thought in the second quarter.
'Too much energy these three years has been invested in turning the party into an election-winning machine.' 'To recover its mojo, the Modi government needs a more impressive set of economic figures to flaunt,' says Shekhar Gupta.
Some leading Indian companies are likely to see their earnings declining if the Indian currency depreciates further, analysts and finance heads say.
Sinha started his tenure at Sebi a bit shakily making people wonder if he'd complete his three years. Eventually, he went on to stay twice that long.
Capital goods, IT, auto and pharmaceuticals lead gains for the financial year
ADB pegs India's GDP growth at 7.8 per cent in FY 2015-16
India's salvation lies in job creation by entrepreneurs, say Manish Sabharwal and Ashok Reddy.
Besides reviving investor sentiments, Vasundhara Raje's regime has brought reforms in the social sector.
Moving ahead with their new mantra -- Chalein Saath Saath: Forward Together We Go -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi and United States President Barack Obama on Tuesday vowed to deepen cooperation in every sector for the benefit of global stability and people's livelihoods over the next ten years.
Infosys was the top Sensex loser along with other index heavyweights ITC and HDFC.
To do so, the government will have to tackle a number of broad development challenges successfully, says Shankar Acharya
Make in India has big shortcomings when it comes to natural resources.
Firms generated free cash flows in 2013-14, for the first time since the 2008 Lehman crisis
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Benchmark share indices ended lower on profit taking after they touched record highs in the previous session.
Experts say the BSE Sensex could rise to around 32,000 in a year.
Oil imports are a third of India's total import bill.
Lower IT exports will raise India's dependence on capital flows to fund imports.
Office building should face north, north-east or north-west direction as it brings good luck and positive energy.
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