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Indian promoters' stake in companies at 8-year low

Promoters' holding in private sector BSE 500 companies declined to 43.4% in Sept

In trend reversal, rich nations' corporate earnings stand out

Developed countries see double-digit growth, emerging ones witness contraction

Sensex becomes more expensive

Thanks to the recent rally, now the index is more expensive than it was at 2014-end or when it hit a life-time high in January

IT exports slowdown clouds growth outlook

Lower IT exports will raise India's dependence on capital flows to fund imports

Global speed bumps on India's growth highway

Poor global demand might make it tough for India to crank its growth engine

Early birds keep their heads above water

Net profit up 3.9% in July-September quarter, net sales decline 9.5%

Tanishq hits a slow lane

Titan's flagship brand fights to maintain its premium positioning even as feisty traditional players beat it at its own game

Sensex firms may see weak Q2

Combined net sales and net profit estimated to drop 4.5% and 2.3%, respectively, on a Y-o-Y basis

IT sector enters the slow lane

For top IT services firms, revenue growth in FY15 was the slowest since the Lehman crisis

Metal stocks valuation at 25-year low

Market cap of top-4 metal producers at 11-yr low on China woes; price-earnings lowest since early 1990s

Temporary help for the most indebted

For over-leveraged companies such as GMR Infra, Adani Power, Tata Power, IRB Infra and Tata Steel, cash flow mismatch and poor profitability are bigger issues than cost of funds

Forward earnings forecast can mislead

For Nifty companies, actual earnings have fallen short of analyst estimates in every year since the Lehman crisis of 2008

India is the most diverse equity market globally

There are more companies listed and traded on the BSE than in eight other major emerging markets combined

Capex doesn't pay on Dalal Street

Anil Agarwal, Ambanis lose the most in Modi regime

Siddhartha Lal of Eicher group, Ruias & Lupin's Gupta top the list of net worth gainers

TCS accounts for two-thirds of Tata group's market value

Tata Motors, Titan Company & Tata Steel come in at second, third & fourth slots

Why one shouldn't trust Modi government's hard talk on Pakistan

Nuclear tests by the previous NDA government has forever limited India's geostrategic option in the region

US markets more attractive than India's

23 of the 30 Dow Jones companies offer higher dividend yield than that on the 10-year US govt bond, against none for the Sensex

Real estate barons lost 90% of wealth in a decade

A third of BSE 500 stocks back to Manmohan era

Stock prices of 176 of BSE 500 firms now below their levels on May 26 last year