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40 Years Ago... and now: ITC struggles to kick tobacco

The conglomerate adopted an unremitting focus on diversifying from the mid-seventies but the exercise has not been without controversy and the results have been mixed

Good days elude domestic steel companies

Consumers showing reluctance to absorb price increase

For Mamata, Right is the new Left

With BJP making serious inroads in West Bengal and with allegations of impropriety in the Saradha scam dogging her, Mamata Banerjee finds her popularity slipping

Bhushan Steel readies plan to raise Rs 1,000 crore

To sell and lease-back oxygen plants this year

For JSW, coal shortages could be a growth spoiler

Raw material linkages will be crucial to the Sajjan Jindal-controlled steel maker's plans of increasing capacity to 40 million tonnes by 2025

Can the Singals solve Bhushan's debt crisis?

With the stock market entering a bull phase, many believe the Singals can bring in the much-needed equity capital and reduce their debt

Bhushan Steel: Smaller banks undecided on external agency

Lenders to meet today; many still to decide on SBI proposal for an entity to monitor its operations

Bhushan Steel to raise Rs 6,000-crore equity

Firm terms lenders' move to appoint monitoring agency 'unwarranted'

Tea shortfall to touch 40 million kg by Sept

Despite monsoon recovery, shortfall in first and second flush unlikely to be compensated

Syndicate Bank fraud: Bhushan Steel's chequered past

Pursuit of raw material had landed the company in the coal block allocation scam

Jindal's inactivity frustrates Salboni's dreams

JSW Bengal Steel, which was supposed to change the lives of people in the region, has been stuck for years with both the govt and JSW accusing each other for the delay

Dress dictators

With TNCA Club's dress code figuring in the Tamil Nadu assembly, clubs across India are under the lens for their archaic regulations

Double whammy for JSW's Bengal project

State government cancels PPA, threatens to take back 4,300 acres allocated to the company

With less day-after smoke, cigarette stocks light up

Sub-65 mm sticks, on which the excise rise is 72%, aren't a major part of volumes for most manufacturers

World's favourite cuppa finally brews for India

Darjeeling tea Jungpana, popular with gourmets, will start retailing here

Door to Tata Steel's branding

The steel maker is moving on from its mother brand to branding its consumer solutions and services

Labour's shadow over Bengal industry

Worker unrest is back to haunt West Bengal. The recent lynching of a mill executive has companies asking the government to act

What next for CK Birla after Hindustan Motors?

Over the years, his venture with GM fell through and he exited Pilani Investments. His empire's main businesses now include cement, electricals, IT services and paper

Tata Steel's problem child struggles to make good

The latest results suggest Tata Steel Europe may have lost pricing power, though production and turnover are up

Premium brands shape ITC's FMCG strategy 2.0

After non-cigarette FMCG rode its strong distribution for the first 12 years, the segment's first annual profits will now fuel more premium launches