Mistry is not the first Tata bigwig to be ousted and Tata is not the only big name which saw a doyen or two leave
Eyeing potential business opportunity, Boeing Corporation is planning to approach the proposed Tata-Singapore Airlines.
Insurer likely to support Ratan Tata; reduction in stake might have been profit booking.
"Nano is like an open canvas for us. We have the option of positioning it on the lines of the (Volkswagen) Beetle or the (BMW) Mini."
Government officials working overtime to dismantle the Tata plant and return land to farmers, says Ishita Ayan Dutt.
IndiGo, Jet, SpiceJet and GoAir demand level playing field in aviation policy, say government can't favour only two new airlines.
R Venkataramanan, the managing trustee of the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust who is responsible for all Tata-run trusts, prefers to keep a low profile but has emerged as a power centre in the group - with more clout than many established CEOs, says Dev Chatterjee.
Unlike Ratan Tata's philosophy, Mistry cared about short-term gains. This is a Diwali gift for many
Ratan Tata was the first one to realise that Indian companies had become a prisoner to tradition and needed to radically innovate.
In 2006-07, TCS had employed 7,000 people in the eastern states.
The British government has been under pressure to help a sale process go through after Tata said it would sell its British business.
Refusing to be drawn into a point by point clarification of Mistry's letter, the company said: "It will be beneath the dignity of Tata Sons to engage in a public spat with regard to the several unfounded allegations appearing in his leaked confidential statement."
Code-named Pelican, bigger hatchback with new petrol and diesel engines may hit the road next year.
Year 2013 saw business leaders facing the ire of hostile investigative agencies.
The car so far known by the code name 'Kite' will be a hatchback.
Perhaps, the group's leadership position and potential in the retail segment prompted Tata Sons Chairman Cyrus Mistry to identify retail as one of the group's four growth clusters in his recent Vision 2025 statement.
This is largely on the back of Tata Steel's expansion at Kalinganagar, as well as JLR's in China and Brazil
'The Tata group will need for its new leader to show the same foresight and willingness to go against conventional wisdom at times to keep the group's aspirations high and uphold the values of innovation, ethics, corporate responsibility, trust and leadership that are frequently associated with the Tata name.'
The sudden resignation and almost-immediate announcement of a successor came as a surprise to many.
Another important early decision of Birla was to get into the wireless telephony business in association with AT&T and another revered Indian business house, the Tatas.
With facts and figures, the CAG report has highlighted how Gujarat was far from a role model for states across India, and that the progress made in this province in western India in improving agriculture, education, healthcare and empowerment of women and children, was not exactly creditable, says Paranjoy Guha Thakurta.
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