Due to concentrated focus and synergies from acquisitions, Gujarat Ambuja and Grasim are likely to lead the pack in the future.
The S&P BSE Sensex has rallied about 28 per cent in 2014, after formation of a stable government at the Centre.
India's value proposition and overall shift towards offshore information technology and IT-enabled services will lead to an annual growth rate of 35 per cent in the sector.
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Construction sector is one of the largest seasonal employment providers in India
A normal monsoon, softer interest rates and inflation, pent-up demand, along with mild budgetary support may help growth pick up in coming quarters.
While demand for hair care products is increasing in both rural and urban markets, urban consumers have proven to be more extravagant, reports T E Narasimhan.
Average delinquency rate for close to 12 months seasoned loans was 9% during 2009.
'The levy proposed to be charged on air tickets for regional connectivity fund would marginally increase cost.'
The deficit was $17.6 billion in April 2013.
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With a loan book of $268 billion, India's retail banking is now ahead of Russia, Malaysia and Mexico but behind China, Brazil and Thailand
The Maggi controversy is likely to be a stepping stone in the evolution of country's packaged and processed food industry.
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Vikram Kothari, managing director of Rotomac Pens, is now fighting a battle that might be difficult to win.
Increased price control over branded generic medicines has affected its profitability
Navil Noronha stepped out of the shadows to address the media for the first time during the company's recent IPO.
Promoter holding in family-owned firms up 70 bps since 2005, 240 bps since 2010.
Japanese companies are planning investments of about Rs 75,000 crore
India has pipped China to drive the volume growth of smartphones in the world on the back of falling prices of high-end devices.
Talks on with P&G, HUL, Patanjali, among others to push their products via 250,000 common centres
Longest period of price-earnings expansion in the index since 1996
This is the first tranche of capital infusion for the fiscal and more funds would be provided in future depending upon the performance of PSU banks.
Walmart is rumoured to be looking to listing Flipkart in a few years. At that stage, we'll get a better sense of what's going on in retail, says Devangshu Datta.
Zydus Wellness looks for a wider berth in the country's burgeoning beauty market, redesigns and rebrands its flagship brand
There are also signs that the private sector investment cycle is slowly coming back, as capacity utilisation figures across industry continue to slowly creep up. A pickup in investments will front load profitability, says Akash Prakash.
Mid-caps in cyclical sectors such as cement, financials and capital goods estimated to earn much more
The strong correlation between its sales (revenue or turnover) and crude oil prices (average for the financial year) suggests that Ambani may be proved right.
About railways sector, the Survey said that it is facing stiff competition from other modes of transportation and the government is initiating various transformative measures to keep railways on track.
Connecting with people is the first step to creating greater awareness for the brand and that in turn, believes ISRO chief K Sivan, will translate into the institution becoming a place that people want to work in.
There are good reasons to believe that India is at the start of a long period of growth for equities.
There are 230 million vehicles on the road, and counting. Bulk of these are under seven years old and once they get older, the industry estimates the requirement for spare parts and aftersales service to shoot up sharply.
There is no clarity yet on how an estimated 10.9 million new jobs would be created every year.
Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd may scrap plans to invest in online marketplace Snapdeal, technology website Recode has reported.
The Tata-SIA airline Vistara is gearing up to station an indigenously developed robot, RADA, at its signature lounge at Delhi airport's Terminal 3. Powered by AI, the robot is programmed to scan boarding passes, provide information on the terminal, departure gates, real-time flight status and weather conditions of destination city etc. And RADA can also entertain people by playing games and multimedia content, says Sangeeta Tanwar.
Sustained growth only if domestic manufacturing rises
Recently, there has been a mushrooming of international apparel retailers.
'Allocate 30% to 35% of your equity portfolio to mid-cap funds and 10% to 15% to small-cap funds.'
India is world's one of the biggest e-commerce markets.
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