IPOs have been the flavour of the season for some time. But the coming together of three mega IPOs, from diverse businesses and historic relevance, could tell a story that's still in the making, points out Nivedita Mookerji.
The United Kingdom extracted USD 64.82 trillion from India over a century of colonialism between 1765 and 1900 and USD 33.8 trillion of this went to the richest 10 per cent -- enough money to carpet London in notes of 50 British pound almost four times over.
Unveiling its plans for the newly created hub at Brussels, Jet Airways today said it would operate five flights a day from India to the Belgian capital and provide seamless connections for onward journey to the US and Canada.
Reliance Industries Limited, which owns IPL side Mumbai Indians, is set to acquire a new franchise in the Emirates Cricket Board's upcoming UAE T20 League.
As a part of its overseas expansion, homegrown FMCG major Dabur will set up an integrated plant in UAE with an investment of about Rs 20 crore (Rs 200 million).
Ahead of two crucial audits, the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) has proposed to allow deputy director generals (DGs) and officers of Indian Air Force (IAF) to apply for the post of chief of India's aviation regulator. The current head of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), Arun Kumar, has been promoted as secretary and is expected to move out some time soon. DGCA has four Deputy DGs with experience in different fields of aviation.
Currently, Titan has presence in 31 countries across the world.
State Bank of India has received the permission from the Chinese Government to lend in the local currency -Yuan, a top official said on Thursday
Mothercare, which is hosting an investor and analyst event in India, said it expected the total overseas network sales of the company to double to around 1 billion pound by 2014.
FMCG firm Rasna is planning to enter Europe and West Africa as part of an overseas expansion plan and expects contribution of export revenues to total turnover to double to about 40 per cent this fiscal, a senior company official said.
Tata Steel, India's largest steelmaker, has consolidated all its overseas assets including Corus under a new holding company, Tata Steel Global, to raise funds for its overseas expansion including future acquisitions.
Forex and money transfer firm Wall Street Finance, which has an Anil Ambani group firm as its top shareholder, today said it is looking for acquisitions in the US, the UK and European Union to expand its overseas presence.
Alibaba.com, China's biggest business-to-business website, on Tuesday said it was poised to become India 's top online marketplace by number of users as it launches its first major overseas expansion.
The decision to seek the amendment was taken after the Union human resources development ministry recently disallowed the business school from going ahead with its overseas expansion plan.
Reserve Bank of India has allowed banks to increase their lending to Indian joint ventures or subsidiaries for funding their overseas expansion.
An Assocham survey says that 85% of the 150 CEOs surveyed want the government to rethink its decision.
Sarovar Hotels, a multi-brand hotel management company in India, is foraying into the West Asia, for which it has signed deals for three-star and four-star hotels in Dubai and Muscat.
Canara Bank, celebrating its centenary year, is eyeing operations in South Africa, north America and the Middle-East as part of its overseas expansion plans, its chairman and managing director M B N Rao said on Thursday.
The two new markets are overwhelmingly dominated by US ride-hailing giant Uber, which has been able to edge out local start-ups
The cash-rich Japanese company made waves with its plans to grow outside its home base last year when it bought No. 3 US mobile carrier Sprint Corp for $21.6 billion.
Again would offer two variants of double-toned milk with almonds, cashews, dates; and strawberry, chocolate, jaggery - and two variants of double-toned yoghurt - alphonso mango; and carrot, orange, banana.
Kalyan Jewellers is eyeing overseas expansion by catering to India-like markets and the diaspora
Arora was hired in July to run a newly created unit called SoftBank Internet and Media Inc.
Oil India is set to usher in a new era with a road map drawn to ramp up production and diversification plans to foray into liquefied natural gas
The company divests from properties abroad to focus on its key markets.
Companies write off investments, shed assets as initial projections go haywire
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