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Honda sacrificing margins to gain market share in two-wheelers

Every fourth new two-wheeler on the road had a Honda badge last financial year against one-in-eight five years ago

Sensex valuations still pricey

At 1.6, the price-to-equity multiple is at a 15-year high; the index's return on equity is down to a record low of 13.5%; catching the bottom fish best avoided

Play defence or get out

Fall in rupee, market turmoil put focus on safer stocks

Rajan is right: Salaried class can't afford a house

Only double-income households can buy flats in India's top 8 cities, except Mumbai

Payments banks might eat into low cost deposits of commercial banks

The spread of payments banks might also deprive regular banks of the fee income they earn from customers, like those for making demand drafts, cash transfers, remittances

Domestic equity shareholding at decade high

Exposure on BSE 500 now 20.2%, up from the previous high of 20% at end of the March 2010 quarter

Tata Motors plans a dealer in every nook and corner

Facing declining market share, car maker intends to triple its sales network as it tries to expand passenger vehicle customer base

Low commodity prices saved India Inc in Q1

Core operating margins at 4-yr high of 15.5%, despite only 1% net sales growth

Why the mid-cap mania should worry you

Last three similar spells have preceded falls, and this one trumps them all

Mumbai Metro: R-Infra, govt set for a showdown

Metro projects usually require additional funding by promoters, which RInfra refuses to in this case

Does Subramanian Swamy want to turn India into Pakistan?

Swamy has asked for a rewriting of Indian history, but to really understand its consequences, one only need look at Pakistani society and its economy

Nifty more expensive than other emerging world indices

Indian index's price-to-earnings growth ratio of 0.73 is ahead of Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico and South Africa

Leading NBFCs are bigger than many PSBs

Likely to account for 17.1% of total credit by 2018-19, against 13.1% at the end of 2014-15

Few cheers in PNB first quarter results

Small improvement in bad loans, but credit growth remains below par

Top builders sitting on 70,000 crore worth of unsold inventory

Inventory worth nearly 30 months of industry net sales and could trigger fall in property prices says experts

India auto stocks among the most expensive in the world

Eicher Motors, TVS Motor, Maruti Suzuki in top ten list; Tata Motors is an exception

Right culture can double corporate profitability

Companies with a strong connect between strategy and culture reported 2.4 times more profitability than those with no alignment

ITC is now among cheapest FMCG stocks

Trading at discount to HUL and Asian Paints

A China-like rout is unlikely on Dalal Street anytime soon

Indian market less exposed to cyclicals; defensives account for 31.1% of BSE 200, against 20.8% in China's CIS 300

Sensex valuation closer to previous highs

At 22.7 times its underlying earnings, Sensex is now as expensive as in early 2008