To commence work on two projects, add Rs 3,000 crore (Rs 30 billion) of business Tata Realty and Infrastructure (TRIL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Sons, is foraying into retail and hospitality segments through a new subsidiary, TRIL Hospitality Services.
The Tata group on Wednesday said it is not holding any talks for a joint venture with Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer.
After more than two decades and three attempts, the government has finally sold its flagship national carrier Air India, and it is deja vu for Maharaja as it returned home to its founding father the Tata group. Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy (JRD) Tata founded the airline in 1932 and named it Tata Airlines. In 1946, the aviation division of Tata Sons was listed as Air India, and in 1948, the Air India International was launched with flights to Europe. The international service was among the first public-private partnerships in India, with the government holding 49 per cent, the Tatas keeping 25 per cent and the public owning the rest. In 1953, Air India was nationalised and for the next over four decades it remained the prized possession for India controlling the majority of the domestic airspace.
Tata Realty and Infrastructure Ltd, a 100 per cent subsidiary of Tata Sons Ltd, will invest Rs 3,500 crore (Rs 35 billion) in setting up an information technology Special Economic Zone at Taramani, Chennai. The project will have both commercial and residential projects.
India 's Tata group is moving to launch a full-service bank should restrictions preventing industrial groups from owning substantial stakes in banks be relaxed.
In spite of the Orient snub, Tatas are still negotiating with them for the hotel takeover as well as scouting other US cities for luxury hotels.
Ratan Tata was deeply involved in promoting a technology-oriented culture in the group
Top industrialists have expressed concern over the impact that worsening corruption has on their businesses and said there is no short-cut to becoming a billion-dollar company other than doing things the right way.
The new alliance will help the Tatas realise their long-cherished dream of flying abroad, while Singapore Airlines will get a foothold in the expanding Indian market
Last year, she drove the Tata Motors' Nano factory out from West Bengal. Three days ago, Trinamool Congress chief and Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee turned down another Tata offer a donation of Rs 27,70,660 to her party from the Tata Sons Electoral Trust.
Earlier, Holachef had raised a seed fund of Rs 2 crore or Rs 20 million from India Quotient in February 2015.
Tata Sons, the holding firm of the Tata group, and a few group companies have pledged part of their stakes in Tata Steel, Tata Power and Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) to raise money for acquisitions and capital expenditure, according to disclosures made on Monday.On January 21, the Securities and Exchange Board of India made disclosure of pledged shares mandatory after it came to light that former Satyam Chairman B Ramalinga Raju had pledged almost his entire holding.
The ambitious Rs 1 lakh car by Tata Motors may be launched between 2007 and 2008 even as factors like inflation and cost of steel may make it difficult to maintain the price line.
Tata Power Company, the largest private sector power player in the country, plans to divest part of its stake in group companies Tata Teleservices and Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) to raise about Rs 2,000 crore for funding its ongoing projects, said informed sources.
The new name would not have the Tata or the SIA name, confirmed a spokesperson.
In a major initiative, the Tatas on Tuesday announced a joint venture with the Star group for providing direct-to-home services in India, a venture that is estimated to involve an investment of over Rs 300 crore (Rs 3 billion).
Government is pulling in different directions and we are not consolidating on government, says Ratan Tata.
Last year, the company had said it would raise $1 billion for its private equity fund by December 2011.
Air India on Tuesday signed agreements with Airbus and Boeing for acquiring 470 planes for an estimated $70 billion at list prices. The Tata Group-owned airline had announced that it will buy 470 aircraft, including wide-body planes, in February this year. The "firm orders include 34 A350-1000, 6 A350-900, 20 Boeing 787 Dreamliners and 10 Boeing 777X widebody aircraft, as well as 140 Airbus A320neo, 70 Airbus A321neo and 190 Boeing 737MAX narrow-body aircraft," the airline said in a release.
Tata Infomedia Ltd, now controlled by ICICI Ventures Fund, has sold its entire holding in Titan Industries to Tata group entities, including Tata Sons, for Rs 15.1 crore.
Stating that his role is for the short term so as to ensure stability and continuity at the group, Tata asked top executives of the USD 100 billion conglomerate to act as leaders in respective markets and focus on enhancing returns to shareholders.
Following the horrific terror attacks in Mumbai that have left more than 100 people dead and 300 injured, Ratan Tata, chairman Tata Sons and of Indian Hotels Co Ltd -- which owns the Taj group of hotels -- has condemned the killing of innocent people.
Here's a look at how key Tata group companies fared under Cyrus Mistry's stewardship.
Ratan Tata created India's first truly multinational business group. As he prepares to step down, the bar's been raised sky-high for his successor.
"After sinking in Rs 6,000-7,000 crore in the Nano till date, what is the result?"
Singapore Airline along with its Indian JV partner have got clearance from the aviation ministry.
Ratan Tata has got over Rs 1 crore as compensation for serving as an independent director on the board of NYSE-listed Alcoa Inc during 2012.
The Tata empire turns 150 this year. R Gopalakrishnan, former director, Tata Sons Ltd, imagines a conversation among the group's founder Jamsetji, his son Dorabji, his successor, Nowroji Saklatwala, and his successor, J R D Tata.
"The Tata Group has had a long and fruitful association with Vaishnavi Corporate Communications and its chairperson Ms Niira Radia, which has added substantial value to the group's communications and public perception," a spokesperson of the group's holding company Tata Sons said in a statement.
Veteran industrialist Ratan Tata, who headed Tata group whose iconic hotel in Mumbai was one of the sites of the 26/11 terror attacks, on Thursday penned a heartfelt tribute saying the wanton destruction that took place 12 years ago will never be forgotten.
The proposed issue of shares would be subject to approval of shareholders and regulatory authorities, the release added.
Regulator wants price to be in line with Tata Tele valuation.
"We expect the total debt of the Tata Group as of the end of FY'09 (ending this month) at over Rs 1 trillion, of which Rs 11,700 crore (Rs 117 billion) is due through March 2010," analysts at domestic brokerage unit of financial major Kotak group said.
Leverage ratio falls to under 1; but group heavily dependent on TCS & Tata Motors.
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