Consider this. We know that Kumar Mangalam Birla?s Grasim Industries has a 15 per cent stake in Larsen & Toubro…
Several years ago, at another of those endless seminars on corporate governance, an academic quoted an unnamed Tata director saying…
It was the day that the Delhi Metro was thrown open to the public. I got up at 4:30 AM,…
The very composition of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) investigating scam 2001 had ensured that our expectations from it were…
A C Muthiah, a large defaulter who has been served notices under the securitisation ordinance took over as head of…
Over the last year, this column has documented the antics of the incorrigible Dinesh Dalmia ? the man who has…
After the flurry of court cases that attacked its ordinance, Union finance minister Jaswant Singh swept the Securitisation and Reconstruction…
For almost a week, the brokers of the Calcutta Stock Exchange (CSE), have been on a strike to draw attention…
On Saturday, one newspaper reported that finance minister Jaswant Singh had told the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) that it would…
For several decades, Indian industrialists have controlled companies with insignificant shareholdings, sometimes as little as 5 per cent. The concerted…
After some behind-the-scenes pushing, the Sterlite Industries scrip re-opened for trading last Friday marking a very important victory for minority…
India?s experiment with the creation of independent regulators has ranged from moderately successful to disastrous. But instead of strengthening the…
The disinvestment of public sector undertakings (PSUs) continues to spring new surprises. It also demonstrates that unless the disinvestment ministry…
When the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) submits its report on the 2001 securities scam, it would probably be a bulkier…
A couple of months ago, banks and financial institutions dashed off scores of notices, each under the asset reconstruction Ordinance…
On September 19, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) took the unusual step of introducing an amnesty scheme…
The Stock Holding Corporation of India (SHCIL), promoted by institutions such as IDBI, Life Insurance Corporation of India, General Insurance…
Last Thursday, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) cleared amendments to one of its most controversial regulations ?…
