With founder Subhash Chandra no longer in the driver's seat at Zee, the acid test for Punit Goenka would be to take the financial investors along with him even as he strives to weather the latest storm. The question, now, is how he will deal with the challenges of being a professional CEO rather than an owner-CEO in the aftermath of his family offloading most of its promoter stake to a clutch of financial investors. However, the silver lining is that Zee remains the most profitable of the top four broadcasters in India.
Given the broken balance sheet and the limited fiscal room, the government has to kick off investment: Vikas Khemani & Stephen Gallagher.
The stock-market panic is not the only reason for rising investment demand.
Gold demand in India -- one of most avid purchasers -- is interwoven with culture, tradition, the desire for beauty and the desire for financial protection.
Another reason working in Air India's favour now is the government's plan to clean up part of the airline's burgeoning debt from its books - a major deterrent for investors when it attempted divestment the previous time.
In a departure from the past, when IHCL adopted the organic route for entering markets like London and New York, this time around the expansion will be acquisition-led.
The IL&FS group has a complicated structure, with the holding company owning stakes in its financial services arm as well as the subsidiaries that operate its infrastructure assets.
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The existing shareholders will get one RPL share for each RCom share (of Rs 130 market price) held.
Key to Modi's plan will be the interest rates offered for gold deposits.
With their net debt estimated at Rs 1.15 trillion, the merged entity will not be in much of a position to dole out freebies, says Romita Majumdar.
It, however, remains to be seen how much money Softbank actually puts in, what the implied equity valuation is and if the e-commerce venture is included in the Jio entity.
Some antique jewellery is displayed in a couple of museums in the world.
The government has retained 10% duty on import of the yellow metal.
Essar Communications mandates four international banks to arrange a fully-underwritten $3.59 billion term loan
Looking to monetise assets not in Reliance Capital's core area of business.
With its free listing of goods and services, Facebook could disrupt the paid model adopted by classified players in the country, say Ayan Pramanik and Raghu Krishnan.
In the past couple of years, Saregama has redefined itself into a 'content IP company'.
Of the 1,000 surveyed by IIM-A, only five were aware about the government-sponsored gold schemes
Duty changes in the Budget make refining unviable.
Bids for the issue, which opens on January 23 and closes on January 25, can be made for a minimum of 18 shares and in multiples of 18 thereafter.
'If Indians are to be truly protected, Parliament must review and address these dangerous provisions before they become law.'
Reliance reported record pre-tax profit from its retail and telecom businesses. The two now account for nearly 32 per cent of EBITDA, up from close to 25 per cent previously.
In the long run, the amended Securities Bill may partly determine the interest rates that you pay on your home loans. However, some technical issues still need to be resolved
The shares - close to 30% of the total holding - are expected to list on rival National Stock Exchange on or around February 3.
Chirag Mehta, senior fund manager -- alternative investments at Quantum AMC, shares his views.
The country's two biggest state-run lenders on Saturday pitched for treating a portion of their gold deposits as part of the mandatory cash reserve ratio (CRR) or statutory liquidity ratio (SLR), both of which banks consider as non-productive.
The Power Bat is a visiting-card sized sticker on the shoulder of the bat that captures the speed of impact, quality of the shot and other parameters when the batsman hits the ball.
The big advantage that Jio is able to garner currently is its low cost of operations.
To redevelop cities as 'smart', investment of at least $10 billion is required. For 100 cities, it works out to $1 trillion
Long-term funding was a requirement for infrastructure projects, and asset-liability mismatch in the banking system, impacts the access to finance for infrastructure projects. One of the key challenges would, however, be to get private sector back into investing.
Cut-throat competition, high spectrum costs, and frequent flip-flops in government policies have made it difficult for Vodafone to make money in the country.
The multi-brand strategy could drive profitability to a 25% profit margin in the next five years from 17% now.
Political reactions poured in shortly after the Supreme Court declared the Centre's flagship Aadhaar scheme constitutionally valid.
Lenders feel temples still have a few apprehensions.
In a surprise move, Star Network has appointed NDTV Media, the advertising sales company of NDTV, to sell advertising space on its online venture Indya.com for the Cricket World Cup event.
Siddhartha's knack for value investment dates back to 1995 when he infused capital in Kshema Technologies, which was acquired by MphasiS. He also took an early exposure in Mindtree way back in 1999. Since 1995, he had invested in more than 15 technology companies including chip-designing firm Ittiam Software, and GlobalEdge Technologies, among others, says Debasis Mohapatra.
The panel will be asked to give report by March-April next year.
BSE, the oldest stock exchange in Asia, aims to raise up to Rs 1,243 crore from the IPO, which has a price band of Rs 805-806 per share.
Persistent, L&T Technology and TechM named among leading service providers
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