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Indian, Bangladeshi comapanies ink pacts worth over $9 billion

Companies from India and Bangladesh today signed pacts worth over $ 9 billion here aimed at deepening partnership in sectors like power and oil and gas.

Apr 10, 2017, 14:15 PM IST

India's top 200 companies outperform their Chinese peers

India's top 200 companies are set to outperform their Chinese peers despite the country's infrastructure bottlenecks, according to a report by S&P Global Ratings.

Aug 02, 2016, 14:25 PM IST

After slow start to 2016, India Inc pins hopes on monsoon

India`s top companies are expected to report their weakest pace of growth in two years in the quarter to March, held back by drought and slack demand - a slowdown analysts and companies expect to reverse with an `above-normal` monsoon in 2016.

Apr 15, 2016, 08:23 AM IST

Number of defunct firms up 35% this fiscal

There were 1.4 lakh companies lying dormant till July 16 as compared to 1.21 lakh at the end March, he added.

Jul 21, 2015, 15:53 PM IST

Companiess put debt over equity, raise Rs 1.33 lakh cr from markets

India Inc raised a staggering over Rs 1.33 lakh crore from markets in the first two months of the current fiscal (2015-16), with debt emerging as the most preferred route.

Jul 07, 2015, 15:27 PM IST

Greece takes a toll on Indian companies with exposure to Europe

Shares of Indian companies with exposure to Europe faced selling pressure on Monday amid worries over the Greek debt crisis.

Jun 29, 2015, 21:17 PM IST

India 2nd most optimistic in hiring, growth momentum slows

India has retained its second position globally in terms of hiring outlook of companies, but the pace of job additions will slow over the next three months, global staffing firm ManpowerGroup said on Tuesday.

Jun 09, 2015, 13:03 PM IST

India Inc not fully compliant with norms on sexual harassment

Corporate India is yet to fully comply with the rules related to prevention of sexual harassment of women at workplace, especially with regard to training internal committee members, says a survey.

May 07, 2015, 16:44 PM IST

Companies can soon choose accountants, secretaries from one entity

Companies will soon have a reason to cheer as plans are on anvil to set up multi-disciplinary partnerships that offer services of audit, cost accounting and consultancy, among other services, under one roof.

Apr 04, 2015, 09:21 AM IST

No new case involving vanishing cos so far this year: Jaitley

Asserting that various steps have been taken to protect investor interests, the government today said no fresh case of fraud involving 'vanishing companies' had been reported so far this year.

Nov 28, 2014, 20:59 PM IST

Indian firms tool up for defence orders on Modi's ''buy India'' pledge

Some of India`s biggest companies are pouring billions of dollars into manufacturing guns, ships and tanks for the country`s military, buoyed by the new government`s commitment to upgrade its armed forces using domestic factories.

Aug 21, 2014, 08:54 AM IST

Over 3,200 foreign companies operating in India: Govt

As many as 3,254 foreign companies were operating in India till June this year and the National Capital and Maharashtra had maximum number of such firms, Parliament was informed on Friday .

Aug 01, 2014, 16:36 PM IST

Premature to say if cos are avoiding CSR spend: Govt

The government on Friday said it would be premature to form any opinion at this stage on whether companies are resorting to tactics to avoid CSR spending.

Jul 25, 2014, 16:29 PM IST

Four PSUs face shut down; Jaitley asks others to shape up

Jaitley said public sector undertakings should learn to function like private business houses in a competitive environment.

Jul 23, 2014, 12:05 PM IST

PSUs should be competitive, says Jaitley

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Tuesday said public sector undertakings should learn to function like private business houses in a competitive environment.

Jul 22, 2014, 14:22 PM IST