Tata Technologies Ltd is all set to acquire a UK-based INCAT International Plc.
The top slots at three Tata companies -- Tata Motors, Tata Steel and Tata Consultancy Services -- will be up for grabs in two years with incumbents Ravi Kant, B Muthuraman and S Ramadorai due to retire in 2009.
Less than five months after Tata Motors relocated its Nano project from West Bengal to Gujarat over land issues, another Tata group company, Tata Metaliks, is reviewing its expansion project in the state on similar grounds.
To lure the automaker, West Bengal seized small farms to give Tata nearly 1,000 acres -- and so far it has rejected compromise proposals.
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This is largely on the back of Tata Steel's expansion at Kalinganagar, as well as JLR's in China and Brazil
Tata Motors on Monday commercially launched its people's car, Nano, promising to stick to the Rs 100,000 price tag for the base model.
Tata Group shares were among the top losers while Adani Ports emerged as the top gainer
The state government has been lobbying the central government for continuation of these incentives.
At the heart of the problem is Fiat's failure to bring in more models to India -- a fact the Tata Group chairman didn't forget to mention.
The Tata Motors team led by its Managing Director G Ravikant and accompanied by Karnataka Industry Minister Murugesh Nirani visited three places in and around the twin cities of Hubli-Dharwad in Karnataka. The Belur Industrial area, Mummiatti and another area around the airport near Hubli were the three sites which were offered by the government.
Big Bazaar stores have sold 900 Nano cars since February, when Tata Motors made the arrangement.
Tata Motors, the country's third-largest carmaker, on Thursday unveiled a new stationwagon model based on the Indigo mid-size car and a new version of its premium small car Indica.
The companies having suffered large erosion in values included Tata Motors, TCS, Tata Steel, Tata Power and Titan Industries
Ratan Tata, chairman of the Tata Group, feels that after the successful launch of his dream project -- the Rs 1-lakh car -- will ideally be the nice time for him to retire from active business life, a media report said in London.
Reliance Industries, the Tata group, Bharti Airtel and Aditya Birla are among Indian conglomerates that have hedged their revenue and costs linked to the US dollar, giving them financial cover as the rupee fell past 80 against the greenback on Tuesday.
Tata Motors is 'at a very high stage' in finalising a production site for its small car Nano at an overseas location, which could be either in Latin America, South East Asia or Africa.
Analysts say Tatas could sustain their current pace of growth, provided the group's "cash cows", such as TCS and Tata Motors, continue to deliver.
Questions raised on discrepancies in land rates in West Bengal.
"I have to admit that so far, the venture with Fiat has not been as active as we had thought," Tata said.
Tata group chairman Ratan Tata on Tuesday virtually ruled out any investment in Singur and said the company would gladly return the land if compensated.
'Two would be premium products and three would be mainstream products.'
Tata-promoted Taj Hotels may decide to add the Nano to their line of chauffeur-driven cars used for guest transfers.
Indian conglomerate Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata has said that Tata Motors will have an electric car in the market by September this year.
Tata Group supremo Ratan Tata on Wednesday blamed competitors for "fueling" fire in the controversy over the proposed Rs 1-lakh car project at Singur in West Bengal, but resolved not to pull out of the state.
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The nomination of cluster heads for defence, infrastructure and finance business is awaited.
NRI industrialist Swraj Paul-owned Caparo Group, a key vendor for Tata Motors' Nano project, is setting up a Rs 120-crore (Rs 1.2 billion) facility at Singur to supply sheet metal and vehicle frames for the world's cheapest car -- due for commercial launch later this year.
The Tatas are planning to introduce its small car Nano in Latin America in partnership with Italian auto maker Fiat.
Tata Sons said dividend from 40-odd Tata Group firms had declined during Mistry's tenure while expenses had risen
A division bench of Justices Ranjit More and Bharati Dangre on Monday quashed and set aside the proceedings.
Amid confrontation between Tatas and the West Bengal government over the Singur issue, Plan panel member Arun Maira on Wednesday questioned the group's approach saying corporates should be careful in what sort of land is acquired and how it is converted for industrial purposes.
After a marathon meet (lasting over two and half hours) with Bhattacharya and state Commerce and Industry Minister Nirupam Sen, Tata and the chief minister fielded questions from the media.
Jamshedpur gave birth to Telco (now Tata Motors) which has just launched the low-cost Nano; Jamshedpur, according to the 35-year old Tata Housing Development Company managing director Brotin Banerjee, is what inspired Tata Housing to launch its Shubh Griha low-cost housing project in Mumbai.
Here's a look at how key Tata group companies fared under Cyrus Mistry's stewardship.
'He was a practical person who ensured that he thought about the common man, animals, the fact that they have a life and they have to be respected.'
They were touted as prestigious takeover trophies won abroad, but there is no mention of the Tatas at the Internet addresses of luxurious car brands Jaguar and Land Rover.
Come Sunday, India's automobile industry will achieve a unique distinction of showcasing both the world's cheapest car Nano and two of the costliest brands -- Jaguar and Land Rover -- from the Tata Group.
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