In an interview with PricewaterhouseCoopers, A M Naik, chairman of Larsen & Toubro Limited, talks about the company's strategies, opportunities and the challenges facing it.
Some of them have ambitious plans to fight the slowdown, while some would seek to revive their image.
It is now official. Nitish Kumar, chief minister of the power-starved state of Bihar, has decided to go green. The chief minister will use solar energy to power his official residence in Patna, an official on Wednesday said.
Dortmund now have 14 points, one ahead of champions Bayern Munich, who suffered their first defeat of the season on Friday with a 2-0 loss at Hertha Berlin.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
Listening -- really listening -- to advisers in the government and outside would help. India has plenty of wise economists who have worked within the bureaucracy during previous crises, points out Rahul Jacob.
MEIL has become one of the fastest growing and most successful infrastructure and engineering, procurement, and construction companies in the country in recent times.
Realty, Capital goods, Bankex among key draggers; HDFC and Sun Pharma bucks trend.
Grasim Industries Ltd, whose attempt to acquire larger conglomerate Larsen & Toubro Ltd has been delayed by regulators, has challenged L&T's plans to hive off its cement division, a spokeswoman said.
The residential real estate prices in Powai and adjoining areas are around Rs 25,000 per sq ft.
Guptill will undergo a fitness Test on Sunday after which a final decision will be taken on whether he can partner Henry Nicholls at the top of New Zealand's order.
Sebi view on Grasim-L&T row in few weeks
The companies include Larsen & Toubro, Hindustan Unilever, Infosys, TCS and Sun Pharma
The Bill will be tabled in the winter session of Parliament later this year.
HDFC Bank, Reliance Industries and Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC) -- with free-float market cap of over Rs 3 trillion -- have the highest weight in the Sensex and the Nifty.
In a long-awaited top management succession planning exercise, corporate giant Larsen and Toubro on Friday appointed K Venkataramanan as CEO and managing director, while its current chief A M Naik would remain executive chairman for the next five years.
Invokes maintenance warranty for having to relay surface within 4 years; work to begin this weekend
The average fall in 15 most-invested stocks by equity MFs was 5.7 per cent. Chandan Kishore Kant reports
There are some companies in the sector that have seen a decline in revenues but their performance is not sufficient to cause such a decline in industrial production data.
All-England and World champion Carolina Marin beat Indian ace Saina Nehwal to win the 'Female Player of the Year' award in Dubai on Monday night. Besides, Saina, Marin, who won five World Superseries titles, held off competition from China's Zhao Yunlei and Bao Yixin.
The warships will be armed with BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles which can reach targets 295 km away.
L&T has denied the charge and said the delay was entirely due to a dispute between Cidco and the railways.
The airport, which will now be built to handle 20 million passengers, will likely start operations by mid-2020. However, rating agency CRISIL in its report in May-end had said operations are expected to start in 2023.
Uppal, Kotwal, Venkataramanan shortlisted for managing director's post; outsider not ruled out.
The Sensex ended lower by 63 points at 17,059 and the 50-share Nifty shed 16 points to close at 5,179 levels.
In financial year 2010-11, the likes of Larsen & Toubro, India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited, Power Finance Corporation and IDFC issued these in tranches.
Experts say while the increasing demand for a ban on Chinese goods might make for good optics, the reality is that India is still heavily dependent on that country in a wide range of industries like electronics, mobile devices, auto, pharma, telecom equipment, and fertilisers.
Lawsuit has been brought on behalf of Deepa Shanbhag and 1,500 past and present women employees.
As Unilever's COO, he is expected to take significant load off CEO Alan Jope, pushing growth across markets and driving go-to-market activities.
The markets across the globe advanced after the European Central Bank announced a series of policy measures aimed at raising liquidity in European banks, easing concerns that an escalating debt crisis could trigger the collapse of European banks.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries
L&T operates in 152 businesses, including nuclear reactors, power generation equipment, airports, oil & gas pipelines, roads, computer software and financial services.
Three stockmarket experts give their best picks for the New Year.
Data shows of the 385 companies, which had announced their latest shareholding, fund houses cut their stake in about 200.
Employees of around 150 firms may lose out on PF benefits as their companies failed to get an exemption certificate from the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO)
The Rs 45,000-crore (Rs 450-billion) engineering & construction company is reviewing the future of some of its manufacturing JVs.
'I actually called Heath Mills 18 months ago and told him I was going to retire. He convinced me to take a little break'
