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How
sound is the logic of the maha-merger? |
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On the face of it, the merger
could not have got off to a better start. It has the best of
pedigree amongst Indian corporates: the Tata, Birla and BPL
groups. It has the amongst cream of international telecommunications
giants as part of the deal: USA’s AT&T and Europe’s France
Telecom. |
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‘We
are in no hurry to sell off businesses’ |
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ICI India managing director,
Aditya Narayan’s vision is to be known as ‘the
most admired paints and specialty company.’ Can he achieve that?
He explains how he plans to do that in an interview to Sanjay
Sardana. |
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Buy
back of shares must protect the investors’ interest |
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Indian business groups, multinationals
and public sector units have of late been equipped with a powerful
tool to fight off corporate raiders, improve shareholder net
worth or merely to restructure. The Companies (Amendment) Act,
1999 permitted companies to buy back their own shares, which
has sparked off a debate. |
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Will
ISB give IIMs a run for their money? |
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The spotlight will be shining
bright, and all eyes will be glued to the stage when the first
batch of management graduates from the newly launched Hyderabad-based
Indian School of Business, take a bow exactly a year down the
line. |
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