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Krishna Kant

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Gap in stock prices, corporate earnings at highest level since 1990
Rediff.com22 Apr 2024

As the Indian equity markets scale a new high, the gap between stock prices and the...

Nifty cos' profit growth seen at slowest in 5 qtrs
Rediff.com16 Apr 2024

The brokerage earnings estimate for the January-March 2024 quarter (Q4FY24) for Nifty...

Earnings of India's top 500 firms growing faster than US peers'
Rediff.com13 Apr 2024

Profits of India's top listed companies have been growing at a faster pace than those...

How Many Sensex Companies Bought Electoral Bonds?
Rediff.com30 Mar 2024

Collectively, these companies spent Rs 628 crore (Rs 6.28 billion) on political...

How companies show electoral donations in annual reports
Rediff.com20 Mar 2024

A reading of the reports suggests that there is no standard practice for reporting...

Home Is Where The Revenue Is, Find India's Biggest MNCs
Rediff.com8 Mar 2024

In FY23, Indian operations accounted for 41.6 per cent of the consolidated revenue of...

Margin gains propel India Inc's Q3 profit
Rediff.com24 Feb 2024

Corporate India reported high double-digit growth in net profit for the fourth...

TCS mcap share in Tata group falls below 50%, a first in more than a decade
Rediff.com19 Feb 2024

Tata Consultancy Services' (TCS') contribution to the overall market capitalisation...

Decline in volume, revenue growth drags FMCG players
Rediff.com14 Feb 2024

The slowdown in private consumption in the economy is taking a toll on the growth of...

Banks' valuation discount to Sensex hits 10-year high
Rediff.com8 Feb 2024

Banks, the biggest component of the Indian equity market, are now trading at a big...

BFSI weighting in Nifty50 hits 7-year low as HDFC slips
Rediff.com29 Jan 2024

After a sharp fall in the share prices of HDFC Bank and other private sector lenders in...

Earnings-equity valuation gap of Indian IT companies widens
Rediff.com23 Jan 2024

The Nifty IT index rose by 5.14 per cent on Friday (January 12), marking its best...

Mcap club: Tata group remains No 1; Murugappa, JSW in top 10
Rediff.com15 Jan 2024

Tata Group remained India's largest business conglomerate in market capitalisation in...

Adani Dethrones Ambani Again
Rediff.com12 Jan 2024

The combined market capitalisation of Adani group companies increased to Rs 15.11...

India's Billionaire Club Has New Entrants
Rediff.com9 Jan 2024

The IPO boom in 2023 added four new promoters to the billionaires' list.

Bharat Forge rides on diverse product mix, customer base
Rediff.com3 Jan 2024

Bharat Forge, the Pune-based automotive component maker, has been one of the...

Banks, finance companies lose weight despite record earnings
Rediff.com27 Dec 2023

Even as banks and finance companies are reporting record-high earnings, their weighting...

Equity market valuation rises as US bond yields ease
Rediff.com18 Dec 2023

The Indian equity market valuation has been moving in tandem with the US 10-year...

Realty sector's inventory surges to over Rs 1 trn, outpacing sales growth
Rediff.com13 Dec 2023

The past 18 months have seen a resurgence in the real estate industry, with developers...

India Inc capex growth enters slow lane in H1
Rediff.com1 Dec 2023

The slowdown in corporate revenue growth over the last one year has begun to reflect in...