Many other companies have expressed intent of diluting stakes.
Talk to any member of the cabin crew on any Indian airline and you will hear the worst horror stories. Almost always, the targets of abuse in the air are female staff members who are called 'servants' or worse, points out Vir Sanghvi.
Under the agreement, SBI would hold a 74 per cent stake in the new entity that would be set up for providing the business, while the Australian partner would hold the remaining, SBI said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange. In May this year, both parties had said they would enter into an agreement to form a new company for the proposed insurance business. However, the JV is subject to regulatory approvals, it added.
Kingfisher Airlines, owned by Indian liquor baron Vijay Mallya, is in talks with two foreign carriers, including International Airlines Group (IAG) -- the owner of British Airways and Iberia -- for a potential rescue package, a report said.
The government and financial sector regulators have prevailed on Insurance Australia Group (IAG) to route its investment in a general insurance venture with State Bank of India through Singapore, instead of the original proposal to bring the money through a Mauritian subsidiary.
According to analysts, this is the highest premium paid by a foreign insurer to a domestic partner.
Firms in which IP is critical, such as pharma and research and knowledge-based organisations, were taking the lead in seeking cyber covers to protect their computer systems from hack attacks
While there is more than one irritant that the bank and the insurer are trying to sort out, sources close to the development said the biggest roadblock is the rights that IAG will enjoy if the proposed venture gets a go-ahead from the SBI board. The issues are likely to be discussed at the board's meeting on Friday.
Australia-based Insurance Australia Group is in advanced talks to buy a 26 per cent stake in HDFC Chubb General Insurance, following the buyout of Chubb's stake by HDFC.
The FTSE 100 is up by about 2 per cent since the start of 2015, although the index is down 6 per cent from a record high of 7,122.74 points reached in April.
The biggest challenge is not the airline's debt, but downsizing its 16,800 employees, says Surajeet Dasgupta.
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