Amid headwinds across global markets, US issues fresh restrictions on H-1B visas. Ayan Pramanik & Raghu Krishnan list out the many ways in which this impacts the Indian IT industry.
The arbitration clause is present in almost 95 per cent of corporate agreements, according to tax and audit firm Ernst & Young.
When it comes wildlife, stock market investors can immediately identify with bulls and bears. But there are other animals in the stock market jungle too.
Industrialists have the same complaints as they did in the UPA's second stint.
In the broader market, the S&P BSE Midcap and the S&P BSE Smallcap indices added 0.6% and 1.3%, respectively to touch their fresh lifetime highs.
A common factor that binds all these men is greed.
Your nearest grocery shop might soon become a one-stop shop for depositing and withdrawing money.
Even Charlton Heston intervened on his behalf.
In a major crackdown on domestic shell companies, the government on Friday decided to take "harsh punitive" action, including freezing of their bank accounts used to launder money or evade taxes.
The first to arrive at the Salt Lake office of the central probe agency here was the award wining actor and director Sen whose statement was recorded by ED which is probing her role as the Editor of a magazine brought out by the now defunct group.
There are instances where the insurance company will not pay out claims... Beware!
Year 2013 saw business leaders facing the ire of hostile investigative agencies.
Modi has been relentless in building his brand regardless of banks having a problem of fraudulent and unauthorised transactions with his companies.
MCX and MCX-SX are facing the worst crisis in their existence following the Rs 5,574 cr fiasco at the National Spot Exchange.
NBFCs which have not met Sebi criteria will face tough action.
Uncertainty lingers in the minds of retail investors due to scams.
In order to make your life a tad easier, here are some pointers on what needs to be done with inheritance of credit card debt.
It will be the first to go, in what has become an overcrowded segment since India first allowed futures trading in commodities in 2003.
While RBI is yet to come out with a clear regulatory framework for bitcoins, which have been gaining currency across the world over the past few months, it has issued an advisory cautioning general public against use of bitcoins and other virtual currencies.
The blockchain, the public ledger that tracks every bitcoin transaction, is changing commerce as we know it, says Devangshu Datta.
For stressed loans, the need is to prevent disruption in cash flows from a systemic perspective, conserving employment and assets in untainted enterprises with the potential for recovery, says Shyam Ponappa.
Completing its over a-year-long probe into Saradha scam, the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) has submitted its final investigation report to the government, which may soon start prosecution proceedings for numerous serious violations found during investigations.
Bharti will move FIPB soon for increasing Axa's stake to 49%
'I have been most pained at being painted as an absconder'.
'I have tutored my family and myself to fight hunger,' the former agent for the disgraced Saradha chit fund says, his eyes welling up. 96 of the 107 cases referred to the Serious Fraud Investigation Office are based in Bengal!
The Congress said arrogance of the BJP has touched its zenith as it turned 'blind' to farm distress.
Penalties for undisclosed foreign income and assets extend up to 300%.
Each dept could handle a designated area.
As all regulators are part of it, individuals don't need to worry about approaching the right authority
By castigating the reforms themselves because of the remediable and reversible defaults here and there in carrying them out, Yashwant Sinha is throwing out the baby along with the bath water, says B S Raghavan.
Tamal Bandyopadhyay details HDFC Bank's digital journey.
He will now have to submit to the two-year jail term handed down to him.
'We have great demographics, and are the fastest growing large economy. And we save.' 'All of which is great for financial services,' Aditya Birla Capital CEO Ajay Srinivasan tells Niraj Bhatt.
A decline in the real estate sector, rising debt and the company's alleged involvement in 2G scam caused damage to the business and its image.
Dabhol power plant is a lesson on what to avoid while setting up large infrastructure projects.
'If there is any industry that is unfit for modern corporate form it is the diamond trade.' 'But no one was asking the right questions.' 'The music was playing and so the game was on,' says S Murlidharan, former MD, BNP Paribas.
The project is awaiting clearances from the DGCA.
The Sebi order is vindication of Sinha's stand, but it has not brought him much relief as his money is still stuck.
The Street is never short of hope and events to look forward to
'India is no longer the India of the '70s and the '80s.' 'It's a large country with the fastest growing economy.' 'In working with India, you just can't go and humiliate the nation publicly.' USIBC President Mukesh Aghi tells Aziz Haniffa/Rediff.com about how he advises American companies to do business with India, what he thinks of Modi's government and the way forward for the India-US relationship.
© 2026 Rediff.com - Investor Information - Advertise with us - Disclaimer - Privacy Policy - Sitemap - Feedback - About us - Terms of use - Grievances