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Dark clouds over Sensex firms' Q1 score-card

Net profits may fall 4.9% y-o-y but performance may be better than preceding quarter

China overtakes India on m-cap to GDP ratio

China now world's second largest share market, India is 7th

Australian project stuck, Adani to focus on India plans

With projects worth Rs 1,28,000-cr, the group hopes to become one of the country's biggest industrial houses

Tata Steel more vulnerable than its global peers

A sharp decline in steel demand in China has battered the finances of global steel makers, exposing chinks in Tata Steel armour. With debt to equity ratio of 2.0, highest amongst its peers the company

MNCs earn more dividend than Indian promoters

4 MNCs among top 10 companies with dividend-earning promoters in FY15

Market fundamentals remain weak

Sensex remains ahead of the underlying earnings and dividends, giving upper hand to the bears

TCS tops dividend league in FY15

Paid Rs 15,474 cr against CIL's Rs 13,075 cr in FY15

Smaller companies feel the pain of market rout

Every second small-cap stock off over 30% from yearly high

Monsoon blues: Limited impact for India Inc

Some companies and analysts, however, worry that back-to-back poor monsoon may further weaken demand, leading to more pain for India Inc

India Inc's sales, profit growth weakest in 2 yrs

This was even as the country's economy grew by 7.3%

Net profit of Nifty firms halves in fourth quarter

Worst performance since the September 2008 financial crisis

Tata Motors closes gap with RIL on revenue

Auto maker reported higher net sales than RIL in March quarter

It's 2005 once more for consumer goods majors

Net sales growth hit a 10-year low of 9% in FY15

LIC underinvested in banking stocks

Banks account for only 18% of insurer's portfolio versus 23.3% weight in the Nifty

Ambit Capital has got it wrong

India Inc debt is up 2.5x in last five years leaving little headroom for corporates to take big projects

Can Modi govt defy global headwinds?

World trade has been growing slower than world GDP since 2012, hurting India's exports

UltraTech sees life beyond cement

The cement maker is trying to transform itself into a building solutions provider

For Bharti, life outside telecom is difficult

Slow investment demand hits March quarter results

Net profit growth of 443 firms down marginally, sales take a knock

Corporate earnings have failed to keep pace with markets

Sensex has risen 38% since January 2013, against 22% growth in underlying earnings of firms