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Crorepati CEO club grew at a slower pace last year

Group expanded by 42 to 640 members in FY14, versus 87 additions to 598 a year earlier

Sun, Hero lead list of most expensive boards

Small & mid-size firms are far more generous in rewarding their directors

Tide turns for order flows

India Inc gets about Rs 67,000 cr worth of fresh orders in the Sept quarter, a rise of 45% sequentially

40 Years Ago... And now: Tata Motors - The car dream that turned sour

40 years ago...and now: How Tata Steel weathered the MRTP Act storm

Company's production began to rise in the 80s, when restrictions were progressively relaxed

Chinese slowdown cheers some, worries many in India Inc

May mean cheaper inputs but also greater competition from imports

Power brands light the way for Jyothy Labs

Having failed to excite consumers with too many brands, the maker of Ujala and Henko is now focusing on six of them

Early bird results falter in 2nd quarter

Profit growth tepid for 108 firms that have declared results so far; revenue growth has seen a severe slowdown for Indian companies in second quarter

Jaypee: Too fast, too soon

Jaiprakash Associates' shareholders are paying a heavy price for the company's ambitious growth and diversification

India Inc's cash flows back in positive zone

Firms generated free cash flows in 2013-14, for the first time since the 2008 Lehman crisis

Best equity mutual funds to invest in

Mid- and small-cap funds dominate the list, opening up opportunity for investors to make contra bets in large-cap funds

Coalgate verdict: Worried banks await early resolution

The top 11 metals, mining and power companies whose coal blocks have been cancelled together owe Rs 2.7 lakh crore to lenders

Mid & small-cap stocks in bubble zone?

Their share in overall market capitalisation of BSE stocks has risen to a four-year high

Markets back in defensive mode

IT, pharma, FMCG now account for over a third of Nifty market cap

India Inc beats Chinese peers on valuation ratios

Top companies in China are valued at 7.7 times the trailing 12-month earnings against a P/E ratio of 18.6 times for Nifty 50 companies

Market rally rejigs cement, pharma pecking order

Shree Cement beats ACC in market value, Lupin ahead of Dr Reddy's Labs

Indian cement companies top global valuation chart

Shree Cement is now the world's most expensive cement maker followed by Ultratech Cement

Infrastructure firms shed debt as asset sales rise

Combined debt-equity ratio of top companies declines but interest expenses outgrow profits

Opportunity for India to gain from China's loss: Gary C Coleman

Interview with Global Leader, Industries, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu

How reliable are companies' credit ratings?

Companies with contrasting financial ratios enjoy similar credit ratings; agencies say they look at many other metrics