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The focus for Spencer's Retail is profitable growth: Shashwat Goenka

We want to ensure that the new stores we open become profitable from the first year itself and add to the bottomline, said Goenka

After row with board, IIM Calcutta director Anju Seth quits

The board has received Professor Seth's resignation and will meet sometime this week to deliberate on the next steps, said a member of the IIM Calcutta board

ArcelorMittal makes the cut, emerges as sole bidder for Uttam Galva Steels

Six other firms, including four steelmakers, had submitted an expression of interest (EOI) for the debt-laden firm

Steel rising in the east: JSW, AM/NS India waiting to set foot in Odisha

Two steel majors will be expanding their presence in the iron ore-rich region just as global raw material prices touch new highs

Tata Steel, AM/NS India, ESL Steel may participate in NINL divestment

Sources said that Tata Steel is looking to step up its exposure in long products and is planning to submit an expression of interest

Betting on pent-up demand, Berger Paints speeds up expansion plans

Berger is in the process of setting up a Rs 700-cr plant in Uttar Pradesh

Supply challenges for auto-disable syringe needle private hospitals

So far, the syringes were being supplied by the state government

Indian Hotels, Ambuja Neotia seek to expand partnership beyond 5 properties

Taj brand aims at larger presence in the east, Neotia says being persuaded to look at North East too

Mamata's new Bengal a mixed bag as 'paribartan' has come in bits and pieces

Icra data shows that in per capita income (at current prices), the state is behind AP, Goa, Telangana, Karnataka, Haryana, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, among others

Ten private hospitals in Kolkata allowed for phase-2 of Covid vaccination

Beneficiaries can either pre-book slots on CoWin portal or walk in for vaccine; registration on upgraded CoWin portal started from 9am today and the process of vaccination from noon

From Tumpa song to flash mobs, Left goes for a revamp in West Bengal

"Tumpa Sona", which takes potshots at Trinamool Congress and BJP, has gone viral since its launch last week, drawing flak and praise in equal measure

Metals to crude oil: Consumers face the brunt of commodities price surge

Durables makers hike prices to offset input costs

XLRI achieves 100% placement within two days, average salary Rs 25.08 lakh

Final recruitment process had 108 recruiters making 370 domestic and international offers, including 23 new final recruiters

Positive cues from China to keep steel prices, demand and supply in balance

China's opening post-holidays was keenly awaited, especially in the wake of the sluggishness in the market in January

After rally, steel and iron ore on course correction led by higher supplies

Price correction started mid Jan, with secondary producers dropping drop long product prices by Rs 7,000-8,000 a tonne; primary producers followed in Feb, pruning by Rs 2,000-3,500

Hiranandani to set up logistics and hyperscale data centre park in Bengal

Acquires 100 acres from Hindustan Motors, will invest Rs 8,500 cr directly into a project havinf Rs 10,000 cr outlay; rest to come from customer bookings

Sharp focus on free cash flows helped us deleverage quickly: Tata Steel CFO

In a Q&A, Koushik Chatterjee says Tata Steel will continue pruning debt after surpassing the $1 bn goal, while keeping an eye on profitable and value-added growth

Srei Infra Finance Q3 loss at Rs 3,811 cr versus Rs 60 cr year-ago profit

Loss caused by higher provisioning coming on the back of a special audit conducted by RBI on the company and its subsidiary, Srei Equipment Finance

As several Trinamool leaders join BJP, will it reflect on voting machine?

Ishita Ayan Dutt looks at the possible impact of several Trinamool leaders joining the BJP

AM/NS buys Essar Steel's CPP under Sarfaesi, says lenders will recover 85%

The acquisition of EPORL was completed on Saturday. The move is yet another effort to make AM/NS India's operations self-reliant