Piramal Enterprises has about Rs 10,000 crore (Rs 100 billion) cash on its books.
Reliance Power is yet to get a new CEO after J P Chalasani quit as managing director and chief executive officer.
Vodafone Plc and its ex-shareholders have suffered due to the delay in an Initial Public Offer (IPO) of its Indian unit.
Videocon starts race, says will bid in eight circles, expects 5-MHz spectrum to go for Rs 20,000 crore
Anil Sardana, managing director of India's largest private power producer, says though the tariff freeze by some states is causing tremendous stress, the company will go ahead with the expansion of the Mundra project.
According to data compiled by BS Research Bureau for BSE 100 companies, seven public sector companies -- Indian Oil Corporation (IOCL), Bank of India, Union Bank, Bharat Petroleum (BPCL), Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), Hindustan Petroleum (HPCL) and GAIL -- have reduced their employee costs ranging from one per cent to 21 per cent.
Malaysia's leading telecom operator, Axiata, has backed out of its negotiations to pick up a substantial stake in broadband wireless access operator Tikona Digital.
According to two independent sources in the know, GVK's lead underwriter, ICICI Bank, plans to reduce its exposure in the highly leveraged transaction. Following the move, the other PSU lenders have told GVK they, too, would like to proportionately bring down exposure.
Fair valuation of minority stake in joint venture at core of dispute; different worth of shares in two Essar entities a thorny issue.
Ruias to challenge Vodafone's put option, continue reverse-listing plan.
Last week, Essar had decided to prepay $900 million of this debt to foreign lenders.
Bigger telecom companies are likely to get a bigger share of the 3G subscribers as they own high average revenue per user customers, who are more likely to sample premium services like 3G.
India's leading private airport developers, GMR and GVK groups, are planning to bid for the modernisation of Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali, Indonesia. Both are currently undertaking feasibility studies and preparing to participate in the tender process, sources said.
Antacid Digene and pain drug Brufen have been among the top in their categories in India for decades. But not their manufacturer, Abbott.
But the newer entrants prove nimbler than the slowing pioneers.
In 2000, it was projected as the next big thing to happen in healthcare, for its potential to replicate the outsourcing success stories in information technology and business process outsourcing.
"A lot of PE investors are interested in renewable energy and we are exploring PE investments for our wind energy initiatives," said Thomas John Muthoot, chairman and managing director.
PharmaSecure, a US based company, is in talks with Indian drug majors to implement a new, cost-effective, SMS-based technology that would allow consumers to check the authenticity of the drug - in a strip, tablet or a bottle - by directly getting in touch with the manufacturer.
Indian companies have raised over Rs 3.13 lakh crore up to September, excluding foreign currency convertible bonds (FCCBs) and external commercial borrowings in September. This is close to the cumulative Rs 3.14 lakh crore raised in 2009.Inc's highest fund mobilisation was in 2007, when it mopped up over Rs 3.20 lakh crore.
Essar Power and GMR are among the global bidders for a 450-Mw dual fuel power project planned by the Bangladesh government at Sirajgonj, about 140 km from Dhaka.
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