SingTel's Bharti stake may shrink post-MTN deal
Singaporean telecom major SingTel, which holds a 30 per cent stake in Bharti Airtel , may see its holding dilute to about 19.4 per cent if the Indian firm's merger deal with South African MTN goe...- in Bussiness
Dawn was breaking over the Palace of Westminster, Britain's Houses of Parliament, as tired MPs and journalists waited in the taxi queue in the great courtyard after an all-night debate on the Ra...- in Bussiness
Internet addiction is on the rise among Indians and they are becoming increasingly dependent on their computers and mobile phones. On the internet front, downloading music and films is becoming p...- in Bussiness
Investors and analysts have begun re-rating the realty sector on the optimism that the worst may be over, as the efforts of recent months and a stable global environment will help developers attrac...- in Bussiness
The French Bank, BNP Paribas, known for its formidable currency strategy research, brought out a report last week called 'Sell America'. The title in a nutshell captures a sudden shift in sentiment...- in Bussiness
NRI billionaire Lakshmi Niwas Mittal, along with his son Aditya and daughter Vanisha, will see a 15 per cent decline in salaries for their roles at ArcelorMittal, as the steel maker's top brass t...- in Bussiness
Why Infosys cuts H1-B visas
Even as the strong anti-outsourcing lobby in the US is forcing US lawmakers to take a relook at their H1-B visa strategy amid huge job losses, Infosys Technologies - which holds the largest number o...- in Bussiness
Pranab takes over as finance minister
Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday took charge of his ministry, a portfolio he held 25 years ago in the government led by Indira Gandhi.
The first task before Mukherjee, who was a...- in Bussiness
Mumbai-Nagpur by rail in 3 hours? Possible!
Travelling at a speed of 300 km per hour on the Mumbai-Pune-Nagpur route may not be a distant dream for train commuters as a pre-feasibility report submitted to Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok ...- in Bussiness
Lord Desai: 'A fiscal stimulus is needed'
Lord Meghnad Desai is a man of many and diverse talents.
As a politician, he was the first Asia-born, first generation immigrant to become a member of the United Kingdom's House of Lord...- in Bussiness
How ICICI came a long way in a short time
From urging customers to live life on their own terms, to asking them to keep faith, brand ICICI has come a long way in a short time.
ICICI Bank's market cap, growing at breakneck speed ...- in Bussiness
The Business Process Outsourcing companies in India appear to be handling the impact of the global economic crisis much better than IT firms.
The January-March 2009 quarterly figures tell t...- in Bussiness
Give your investments a silver lining
What can be purchased at a fraction of the price of gold? Silver, the queen of metals, of course.
It's the least expensive among all precious metals. Though gold always glitter...- in Bussiness
Two-month rally creates 123 new billionaires
The stock market rally that started from March 9 has changed the fortunes of many industrialists. This rally, which saw the Bombay Stock Exchange Sensitive Index, or Sensex, go up by 70.2 per cen...- in Bussiness
Are you emotional? You could lose money
The upper circuits of Golden Monday took every possible participant in the Indian equity markets by surprise. Though there was not much of buying on the day, Tuesday witnessed record volumes in t...- in Bussiness