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Jet Airways makes progress on debt

After four-odd years of focusing on reducing debt, the series of deals with Etihad could finally get it out of the spiral

India Inc's reliance on imports set to mellow

A weakness in the local currency makes imported goods expensive in the domestic market, while domestically produced goods become cheaper in dollar terms

No sign of green shoots as yet

Corporate earnings continue to slide, weighed down by poor demand growth, wage push inflation and rising interest burden

Ginger's 'budget' issues

The extremely cost-effective, spartan but growing hotel chain has slightly more premium competition

More MNCs consider open offers

Interest arbitrage opportunity, with India subsidiaries offering higher yields than cost of borrowing in the US, Europe

How Srinivasan failed shareholders

In the last ten year India Cements stock price has underperformed all its peers and the Sensex as well

Tata Steel: The loss doesn't bite as much as the numbers suggest

Reported net losses of Rs 6,528 cr entirely due to deliberate decision by company to reduce value of its European assets

Karnataka super-rich club includes Vidhan Soudha

The combined networth of 218 legislators elected to Vidhan Soudha is worth Rs 5,133.7 crore

India Inc to get freedom on use of options

Law minister clears Sebi's regulation on put & call options

Hotels pay a price for rapid growth

Subdued demand and oversupply weigh on the industry, making it one of the biggest under-performers in the stock market

HDFC: Core business sluggish

Tight control over overheads and non-core businesses help HDFC; concerns remain on outlook for FY14

RBI doesn't want India Inc to bet on forex rates

Experts see unhedged forex exposure by India Inc as speculative and support RBI stance

India Inc short on sales, long on profits

Results of 138 firms show revenue growth has declined further, but net profits are up

BHEL has the first-mover advantage if growth recovers this year

The power equipment major is ready with capacity expansion and is set to win a bigger pie of the market once new orders start flowing in

Cipla ready with big capex on ground

Having spent nearly $1 bn on manufacturing, the firm is looking for a bigger pie of the global generics market

Cipla ready with big capex on ground

Having spent nearly a billion dollar on manufacturing, the firm is looking for a bigger pie of the global generic market

Professionally-managed firms offer better returns than family businesses

Shareholders of family-owned companies saw 5% annualised erosion in their investments

UltraTech uses slowdown to aim at the top

Aditya Birla Group cement major using its financial heft to expand at a fast clip in a tough environment

Deal to be a game-changer for Jet Airways

Besides operational and financial gains, Jet's minority shareholders can hope for better valuations

Early birds snip dividend

Trend so far shows India Inc being stingy; aggregate of 23 firms that have declared payouts for FY13 down 2.4%