Some companies seem to have no problems raising funds. Himachal Futuristic Communications (HFCL), despite all controversy surrounding its funding of…
Disinvestment minister Arun Shourie bought his government much needed credibility by setting a spanking pace for the disinvestment of Public…
There are many persuasive arguments to back the lobbying to permit margin trading. They are: it will impart more liquidity…
There was flutter among members of the National Stock Exchange last week at the circulation of an information memorandum by…
If only advertisements with selective answers to inconvenient charges could settle controversies. On Saturday morning, all business papers carried a…
What information the Joint Parliamentary Committee gets, depends on the questions that it asks. And what it finally says, will…
It started out with a bang, and hopefully will not end in a whimper. No sooner did the government promulgate…
It is indeed a pity that D K Tyagi was not appointed as Custodian under the Special Courts Act, right…
The financial scams tumbling out of corporate America?s closets rattled the Prime Minister enough for him to threaten increased regulatory…
One of the best things about what is billed as the Jas-Yash portfolio switch is that the finance minister is…
Is the government doing to IFCI Ltd what it did to Unit Trust of India? Which is, to deny the…
For several years now, we have heard Indian banks and financial institutions whine incessantly about the slow legal system preventing…
Indian companies, especially loss making ones, seem to think that expensive advice from McKinsey & Co is the solution to…
The speed with which the US Congress has conducted the Enron investigation and the broad sweep of issues raised during…
It is most disconcerting to find myself on the same side as telecommunications minister Pramod Mahajan. Last fortnight, I was…
The US financial markets are in the throes of their biggest clean-up since the crash of 1929. A series of…
It is scam-season worldwide, but Indian regulators, their well-wishers and the Finance Minister have chosen to remain in denial. First…
After five long years, the committee on Substantial Acquisition of Shares and takeovers has submitted its report and hopefully that…
