Kavin Bharti Mittal, son of Airtel's Sunil Mittal, speaks about why he came back to India from the UK, his new business venture, paying for mobile apps and the need for co-founder support.
In the eye of storm over his $22.7 billion takeover bid for Arcelor, NRI steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal faced fresh charges of "excessive pricing" policy over the sale of steel to the local industry in South Africa.
India has expressed concern over the French government's strong opposition to Mittal Steel's hostile bid to take over its rival European group Arcelor.\n\n
The OVL-Mittal joint venture had also bagged two blocks in Nigerian deepwater, OPL 279, in which OMEL has 40 per cent stake, and OPL 285, in which the company owns 60 per cent, the other partners being French oil major Total, and Nigerian EMO. The Turkmenistan block covers an area of 5,663 sq km and is located close to discovered and producing fields.
A trip with a new date can be a medley of emotions; it is highly thrilling and, at the same time, surprisingly nerve-wracking. But with these tips in mind, you can aim to have the most memorable holiday together, notes rediffGURU Ravi Mittal, CEO, Quack Quack, an online dating app.
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs last evening gave OVL, the overseas arm of the state-run explorer, approval to invest its share of $204 million in the oilfield. Over and above these, the two have committed a minimum exploration investment of $165 million and an additional optional exploration expenditure of $235 million.
The Orissa government on Thursday pulled up ArcelorMittal, for "not making any investment" so far in its proposed 12mtpa greenfield steel plant at Keonjhar, questioned its "actual intentions".
In Mumbai, ONGC Chairman R S Sharma confirmed Mittal's pullout. OVL had anticipated such a move and had a few months back sought Cabinet approval to invest all of the $400 million in the Satpayev on its own in case Mittal walked out.
The apex court had on December 4 last year, reserved the verdict after hearing counsel for corporate honchos and the Central Bureau of Investigation.
Billionaire Lakshmi Mittal will trust none other than his better half Usha when none of the directors are there to run the world's largest steel company.
Lakshmi Mittal-led Mittal Steel reported on Wednesday a 43.7 per cent increase in its first quarter net profit, while beating its own forecast due to accelerated synergy generation from its $38 billion takeover of Arcelor last year.
World's largest steel maker Mittal Steel on Saturday signed an MoU with the Jharkhand government, committing to invest approximately Rs 40,000 crore (Rs 400 billion) to enter mining and steel making operations in the state.
Non-Resident Indian industrialist and chairman of Mittal Steel, Lakshmi N Mittal plans to buy Rising Sun, the biggest private yacht in the world.
What started in 2009 as a five-location service has seen a steep expansion.
Sunil Bharti Mittal, chairman and managing director of Bharti Tele-Ventures, sold 3,13,005 shares on March 9 and 24,36,995 shares on March 10 of his holding in the company.
Mittal's wealth dropped with the Arcelor Mittal share price falling
Special CBI Judge O P Saini adjourned Monday's proceedings in the wake of stay granted by the Supreme Court on separate pleas filed by Mittal and Ruia challenging the March 19 order of the trial court summoning them as accused in the case.
NRI steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal earns a pay packet of over $3.6 million in cash as Arcelor Mittal's chief executive officer - a figure which is over 33 times of the average annual compensation of a CEO in India.
Mittal confirmed ArcelorMittal's partnership with ONGC not over, even as there are few projects they are discussing.
In its annual ranking of the world's richest people released last month, Forbes had named Mittal at the eighth place with a net worth of $19.3 billion.
Supreme Court had on October 24 upheld government contention that non-core revenue in telecoms groups should be included in adjusted gross revenue. According to DoT's calculations, Bharti Airtel faces a liability of around Rs 42,000 crore after including licence fees and spectrum usage charges while Vodafone-Idea may have to pay about Rs 40,000 crore.
Observing that steel prices will continue to rise in view of its demand, London-based steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal said his company will make an investment of over $5 billion in the next five years in the sector.
Another Indian, Arjun Erigaisi could not crack the solid defences of Parham Maghsoodloo of Iran and had to settle for a draw.
NRI steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal has suffered a $50 billion decline in the value of shares he holds in the ArcelorMittal following the global financial meltdown, a leading economic daily has claimed.
>Whether it is a close friend, family member or an unavoidable situation in general, the involvement of a third person in a relationship will inevitably lead to conflict, observes rediffGURU Ravi Mittal.
'These are capex and infrastructure-linked sectors, PSUs or stocks of some corporate houses.'
Indian-origin steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal has joined the board of the investment bank major Goldman Sachs as an independent director.
Indian Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi was stunned by Nikolas Theodorou of Greece in the second round of Sharjah Masters chess tournament in Sharjah.
According to the Rich List, Mittal remains at the top of the list despite the value of his stake in Arcelor Mittal SA having come down to more than half in the past year.
Standard Chartered, the UK-based emerging markets bank, and ArcelorMittal, the world's largest steel company, are considering listing in India using a domestic depositary receipt programme. The proposed listings are still at an exploratory stage.
Bharti Airtel is the country's largest telecom operator.
Though the preparatory work has been under way for two years, the financial effect of abandoning the plants would be 'negligible' since no land had so far been acquired and no building work has been done.
American business magazine Forbes said on Monday that India-born steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal is being conferred the third Forbes Lifetime Achievement Award, which honours heroes of entrepreneurial capitalism and free enterprise.
