'The quick fixes have failed; there is now no alternative to deeper reforms,' says Ajay Shah.
ICICI Bank on Friday reported 13 per cent rise in consolidated net profit at Rs 2,698 crore (Rs 26.98 billion) for the second quarter ended September 30, 2013.
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The upcoming July derivatives expiry later in the week would also add some volatility to the market proceedings.
United Progressive Alliance-led government proposed lenders as insurance brokers; new FM not too keen, say insurers.
FinMin plans tougher targets for bad loans, Casa and others in performance-linked pay for senior management.
Maharashtra and West Bengal lead the way in bank fraud.
In recent past, midcap stocks have performed well, say experts.
'Let us not say that Modi has not delivered on anything; he has delivered something and in parts substantially, but he has to also deliver on a large number of his electoral promises.'
'It will be interesting to see how Dr Patel handles gadflies with the maturity of egregiously petulant three year olds.' 'That Dr Patel does not, in so far as we can tell, cause society matrons to gush like hormonal teenagers can only be a good thing for him.' 'Look where their febrile imaginations and breathless prose took his predecessor.'
'Flush with funds, lending became a cash management exercise.' 'Road projects, power generation plants, airports etc were financed left and right with apparently no regard for the projects' ability to repay,' explains S Muralidharan, former managing director, BNP Paribas.
'Four weeks have passed after the scam was exposed, yet no big guy has been arrested.' 'This gives the impression that he wants to be soft on the biggies.'
Janmejaya Sinha lays down Urjit Patel's agenda - cleaning up bank balance sheets, evaluating robustness of CPI and pushing for digitisation in financial services.
'Nobody expected the slowdown to go for these many days. Unfortunately, it is an unbelievably bad slow down.'
Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian spoke on a wide range of issues -- from GDP growth and fiscal consolidation to job creation and GST.
In order to contain Current Account Deficit and arrest value of declining rupee, the RBI last month had raised the cost of borrowing for banks and reduced availability of funds to curb speculation in the forex market.
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Jasmit Singh, 85, recalls a horrific train journey to New Delhi on the day Indira Gandhi was killed.
Sectors such as Auto, Banks, Capital Goods, FMCG, Metal, Oil & Gas and Power are trading marginally lower.
The WPI inflation stood at negative 2.4% in May 2015, compared with a negative 2.65% in April 2015.
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Hard and unpopular decisions are needed - not just another round of financial repackaging to sort out the discom mess.
Srei Infrastructure's vice-chairman -- and former Assocham president -- Sunil Kanoria discusses the Kanoria businesses and his impression of the Modi government with Ishita Ayan Dutt and Namrata Acharya.
The Bank Nifty is likely to be a bellwether.
Index heavyweights Reliance Industries, HDFC and Infosys were the top Sensex gainers.
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Stressed asset funds could offer higher returns than traditional fixed-income funds, but holding period will be longer due to the risky underlying assets
While an uptick in economic activity will help banks come out of some of their problems, some issues currently facing the Indian banking industry are of its own doing says Pramit Jhaveri.
The need to allow government shareholding in public sector banks to come down below 51 per cent
'Government of India has the right to give directions to RBI'.
Public sector banks' need for capital should be used to make fundamental reforms to their governance and management.
Saurabh Mukherjea, CEO, Ambit Capital, says he is advising clients to either take a genuinely long-term view on stocks or diversify the portfolio with stocks, bonds and gold for those with a short-term view.
Asia has opened largely in the green ahead of a raft of Chinese data due during the day.
Conversion of outstandings into equity even partially should be a strict no-no says Chatered Accountant S Murlidharan
Twitter is a great medium for political leaders to communicate with their supporters and engage with their opponents. Provided the tweets are coherent and sensible. So why is the Delhi chief minister tweeting illogical stuff about the PM, asks Sudhir Bisht.
The Centre has accorded top priority for cost-effective, pollution-free transportation modes, such as waterways, which reduce logistic costs and increase road safety. Union minister of roads, highways, ports and shipping Nitin Gadkari speaks to Sanjay Jog about the government's strategy.
Cases across the country against defaulters who owe over Rs 1 crore each, reveal CIBIL data.
Says licensing of new banks should be a continuous process instead of the current stop-go system
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