http://www.financialexpress.com/index.php Sun, 29 Nov 2009 07 : 30 : 36 +05:30 financialexpress.com http://static.expressindia.com/frontend/fe/images/financial-logo.gif http://www.financialexpress.com/index.php Feed provided by financialexpress.com http://www.financialexpress.com/news/covering-for-slow-growth/547103/ Insurance companies in the country are gradually coming out of the economic slowdown and are launching new products and repackaging the existing ones to increase their market share. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/focus-on-sustainability-not-for-compliance-but-innovation/547102/ Coimbatore Krishnarao Prahalad has been again named the most influential business thinker in the world. He has topped The Thinkers 50 list for a second consecutive.. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/rating-game-picks-up-pace/544256/ Small and medium enterprises in the country are changing their way of functioning by getting themselves rated, which is helping them to access bank credit faster and at favourable interest rates. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/reverse-innovation-is-not-just-optional-it-is-oxygen/544255/ When Vijay Govindarajan joined General Electric as its chief innovation officer two years ago, he says, he took it up more as a student. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/indian-industrys-awareness-about-ips-role-in-competitiveness-needs-to-be-enhanced/541159/ Narendra K Sabharwal, deputy director-general, cooperation for development sector, World Intellectual Property Organization is responsible for technical assistance and capacity build,,, http://www.financialexpress.com/news/gathering-strength/541158/ The aggregate results for the quarter ended September show that topline recovery for companies was not as robust as expected. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/international-banking-is-going-to-be-a-very-clear-focus-for-us/538218/ K R Kamath, who recently took over as chairman and managing director of state-owned Punjab National Bank (PNB), says that international banking will be a very clear focus for the bank. Before joining PNB, he was the chairman and managing director of Allahabad Bank. In the quarter ended September... http://www.financialexpress.com/news/high-on-hydrocarbon/538217/ When AM Naik, chairman and managing director of the Rs 34,000-crore engineering and construction giant Larsen and Toubro effected a reorganisation of businesses within his company last year, he had two primary motives. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/companies-have-to-keep-changing-so-do-families/535399/ After the split of DCM empire in 1990, Ajay, Vikram and Ajit Shriram have steered DCM Shriram Consolidated Ltd or DSCL to make it a Rs 3,500 -crore empire with a diversified business portfolio ranging from agri-products to rural retail... http://www.financialexpress.com/news/small-cars-big-haul/535398/ Small cars from India are making it big in European markets where people are moving from gas guzzlers to fuel-efficient cars and taking the scrappage incentives being doled out by various European governments. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/supplychain-management-is-a-big-constraint-in-this-country/532401/ B Prasada Rao was recently named chairman and managing director of Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited. He has more than three decades of experience in the country’s biggest capital goods company. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/a-crisis-of-confidence/532400/ While the benchmark 30-share Sensex of the Bombay Stock Exchange has doubled since the lows of March, retail investors are still cashing out of the market. It is indicated by the shareholding pattern of Indian companies. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/cricket-is-the-sport-of-choice-for-business-people/529931/ Airtel Champions League T20 has created a buzz around sports lovers during the festive season. From October 8, this event is being telecast in over 160 countries in 11 languages, and will go on till October 23. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/earnings-rebound/529930/ Corporate results for the quarter ended September will be keenly observed for signs of economic recovery. Some of the initial results show corporate India is on a rebound as sales are picking up on the back of lower interest rates, robust liquidity and pent up consumer demand. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/the-best-fundamentals-are-in-commodity/527224/ Jim Rogers became an investing legend when he co-founded Quantum Fund with George Soros in early seventies. During the next 10 years, the portfolio gained 4,200%, while the SandP went up by less than 47% and it prompted him to retire at the age of 37. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/investing-in-equities/527223/ During the bull-run from 2004 to 2007, companies parked a major part of their surplus money in equities, especially in their subsidiaries. And with markets reviving, companies are finding investing in equities even more profitable now. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/we-will-invest-heavily-in-hightechnology-areas/524294/ Engineering and construction company Larsen and Toubro is on a major expansion spree. It’s getting ready to tap into the business opportunity once India’s 60,000 mw nuclear capacity addition plan is launched. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/disclosure-challenges/524293/ As the stock market rises and the general sentiment burgeons, there is a rush to collect monies from the liquidity overhang at the moment. With more than Rs 15,000 crore being raised from initial public offerings and around Rs 21,500 crore from the qualified institutional placement route, the scene is buzzing. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/we-need-innovative-financial-products-that-are-devoid-of-gambling-elements/521632/ The global financial crisis has underlined the need for responsible corporate governance. Many of the nuances are explained in R Venkata Subramani’s latest book Accounting For Investments: Equities, Futures and Options published by John Wiley and Sons. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/retail-bets-big-on-expansion/521631/ After a year-long lull, the organised retail sector is on an expansion drive. Biggies like the Future Group, Aditya Birla Retail, Reliance Retail, Trent and Spencer’s Retail are adding new stores and charting out plans to set up hypermarkets on the back of lower rentals and buoyant consumer demand. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/when-there-is-a-gold-digging-rush-people-who-make-shovels-do-very-well/518807/ Draper Fisher Jurvetson is a leading venture capital firm with more than $5.5 billion in capital commitments. It has funded companies like Hotmail (acquired by Microsoft), Overture (acquired by Yahoo), Skype (acquired by eBay) and Glam Media. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/deterring-debt/518805/ Fewer expansion plans and lower sales growth have resulted in lower debt-to-equity ratio (D/E) for companies. An FE analysis of 724 companies shows that growth of loan funds decreased from 35.2% in 2007-08 to 33.4% during 2008-09. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/the-recent-acceleration-seen-in-gdp-gives-us-enough-reason-to-cheer/516086/ With the monsoon reviving across the country, Godrej Consumer Products Limited is optimistic that it would continue to grow at the present rate of 21% or even more. In an interview to Fe’s Simran Arora, Godrej Group chairman and managing director Adi Godrej talks at length about the demand of FMCG products in rural areas and his plans about other group businesses. Excerpts: http://www.financialexpress.com/news/private-security-needs-a-policy-guard/516083/ Security companies are going on an overdrive to modernise and expand. While the Rs 1,500 crore Delhi-based Security and Intelligence Services has embarked on a Rs 50-crore expansion plan, global security company Securitas has opened six training centres in Bangalore. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/there-is-a-lot-of-difference-between-made-in-india-and-made-by-india/512985/ An engineer, educator and government advisor, UK-based Sushantha Kumar Bhattacharya is an authority on design and manufacturing. He founded Warwick Manufacturing Group in 1980.