The Financial Express: May 24, 2013 at 0158 hrsThe fall in State Bank of India’s bottom line in Q4 FY13 of 18% year-on-year to R3,299 crore would have been even steeper at 44% had it not been the much smaller outgo on taxes this time around of just R280 crore
Sandeep Parekh: May 24, 2013 at 0206 hrsWhile there will literally be dozens of columns and opeds written over these few weeks instructing the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) how it should perform better, I will resist the temptation to be didactic or academic.
The Financial Express: May 24, 2013 at 0159 hrsWhile the UPA and the NDA battle it out over who gave India higher growth/lower inflation and as India prepares for the 21st century with more reservations and the Food Security Bill, the world is moving on.
May 24, 2013 at 0208 hrsThe maiden visit of the Chinese Premier Li Keqiang after assuming office has failed to discuss in detail the border dispute. But he has recognised the need for resolution of border dispute for peace and tranquility in the region.
The Financial Express: May 23, 2013 at 0032 hrsIt is prudent Larsen & Toubro’s management has decided not to include some R17,000 crore worth of orders as part of its orderbook which it reckons might not be executed
Arvind Singhal: May 23, 2013 at 0038 hrsThe current policy for permitting FDI in multi-brand retail comes with many riders including several that are fundamentally and practically infeasible to comply with. The policy
Santosh Tiwari: May 23, 2013 at 0041 hrsWhen only R40 crore got transferred in 43 districts in three months of the direct benefit transfer (DBT) scheme’s first phase, most assumed bureaucratic/political sabotage.
May 23, 2013 at 0035 hrsIs Apple the largest corporate taxpayer in the US, in keeping with its massive sales—it has the sixth largest sales of all US firms—or is it, going by what a US Senate panel says,
The Financial Express: May 22, 2013 at 0048 hrsWith a Sahara and a Saradha looming large in the public conscience, it is easy to see the stock market regulator as one who is unable to cope with rising scams.
Arvind Singhal: May 22, 2013 at 0054 hrsIt is ironical that after years of heated discussion on the opening of India’s multi-brand retail to foreign investors there are no serious investment proposals yet from major international retailers