Experts hail Budget 2015 as a progressive, growth oriented one.
Retailers present in India are in talks with Carrefour to buy its assets piecemeal, rather than the whole business.
Faced with prospect of its assets across the globe being seized just like Pakistan and Venezuela, the government decided to scrap retrospective taxation but the international embarrassment could have been avoided had 'attached' shares of Britain's Cairn Energy Plc not been sold, according to tax and legal experts. On Thursday, the government introduced a Bill in Parliament to scrap the tax rule that gave the tax department power to go 50 years back and slap capital gains levies wherever ownership had changed hands overseas but business assets were in India. The 2012 legislation was used to levy a cumulative of Rs 1.10 lakh crore of tax on 17 entities, including UK telecom giant Vodafone, but substantial punitive action was taken only in the case of Cairn.
Several big budget movies, including one for Rs 300 crore on Karna and another Rs 1,000 crore movie based on Bhima, have been launched on the same model.
Manufacturing companies in the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) nations are optimistic about their growth in the next 12 months on expectations of a strong demand following signs of improving economic conditions, a KPMG survey has said.
Africa is second only to West Asia as a net exporter of oil.
Indian companies place orders worth $600 million for US crude, which is likely to increase by nearly $2 billion in the near future.
are in the process of building one at the Jio Center in Bandra Kurla Complex where the Maker Maxity building used to be. "This theatre will be on the top of the mall and should be able to accommodate 300 cars, and is expected to open sometime in January or February next year.
The Chinese government is imposing severe restrictions on their tech companies - whether it is on data security, marketing practices or floating an IPO. Should this be music to the ears of Indian start-ups and home-grown private equity (PE) funds? Ask Indian start-ups and the answer is a resounding "yes".
China's biggest carmaker, which own brands like Maxus, MG, Roewe and Yuejin, plans to invest $1 billion in India manufacturing unit, reports Swaraj Baggonkar from Mumbai.
US major lost its first mover advantage, now wants to secure its investments in the country.
What sold the most this year? Beauty, toys and baby care, sports and fitness, television and large appliances, followed by fashion, says T E Narasimhan.
Indian oil and gas exploration companies work in silos.
With a string of deals with telecom service providers, DTH operators and Bollywood stars, Netflix goes all out to protect its turf in India and fend off competition, says Viveat Pinto.
Apart from IT and pharma, the lead spenders in travel are construction, automobile and metals and mining companies and together these sectors accounted for 82 per cent of business travel spend in India in 2015, up from 78 per cent in 2013.
Home loans also pose lower bad-debt risks for the banks than corporate loans.
Internet, tech, infra, realty in India might gain
India does not feature in the top 100 countries on eight of the 10 indicators of the World Bank study.
According to KPMG survey, BRIC nations are more optimistic about growth in 2008 than US.
Blind spots of the company were two-fold - managing cash flow and investments to upgrade technology and continue research and development.
Only a lack of long-term vision is the biggest roadblock to India's progress.
At Rs 2,685 crore for 1MHz pan-Indian spectrum, reserve price would be 52% higher than that of 1,800MHz band
Sources say companies will have to keep the market share of merged entities below 50% in all circles
Nature's Basket is changing its offering. Its new strategy zeroes in on pushing joint ventures, focusing on private labels and reentering Delhi.
Audit firms such as KPMG believe zero complaints may be an indicator of the lack of requisite mechanism to allow for such reporting
Most business groups in India, including Godrejs, Tatas and Mahindras, have seen patience tested in JVs, with some of them winding up quickly
India Inc on Saturday cheered the road map for lowering corporate taxation.
Convergence of online and offline is the new mantra which is changing the education map of the country.
Uber India has readied itself for another $500 million (Rs 3,300 crore) investment in the next three months.
Paytm plans to induct 5,000 manufacturers and sellers; has started programmes to identify and train new sellers.
Arun Kumar, partner-in-charge, KPMG US India Practice, delivering his views on the Indian Union Budget 2009 at Asia Society in New York.
The redevelopment of stations is good news for construction companies.
There are some countries where more than 50 per cent of the income goes to taxes.
The onus is on companies to put in place a vigil mechanism to detect and deter fraud.
