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Yen appreciation may put pressure on Maruti Suzuki earnings, stock price

The Japanese currency is up 5.2% against $ in 1 month

Azim Premji is India's most cash-rich promoter, Anil Agarwal comes second

Most of the upside in the promoters' cash income is now coming from share buybacks, as equity dividends have remained sluggish

Waiting for revival

There is new optimism in boardrooms, driven by the recent improvement in both GDP growth and India Inc's financial performance. The long-awaited recovery may be around the corner

PSBs are among least capitalised banks in the world, say experts

In FY18, on an average, public sector banks reported tier-I capital ratio of 8.4 %, against global average of 14.1%

Why equity investors should brace for more volatility and negative returns

The S&P500 rallied from a level of 112, beginning 1982, to its peak of 1,500 in March 2000 - largely led by a steady rise in the underlying earnings multiple

IL&FS crisis: Was correction in NBFC stocks overdue, given rich valuations?

Second-tier NBFC stocks are trading at 24.4x their trailing earnings, which is nearly twice their 15-year average of 13.9x

India's retail credit market now most dynamic in EMs outside China at 15.7%

China accounts for nearly half of all retail credit in the emerging markets with loan outstanding worth $6,142 billion at the end of December, 2017

Corporate India sees earnings rebound after sharp fall in March quarter

Corporate India's earnings up 7.9% in April-June quarter, led by energy, metals and mining companies, and retail lenders

June quarter results: Retail lenders spur consumer demand across industries

Analysts expect the trend to continue for a while, given the low level of household indebtedness

Tata group profit rises 35% under Chandra; importance of TCS, JLR declines

While Tata Motors' domestic business contributed with a 33 per cent year-on-year jump in net sales last financial year, the story at JLR was disappointing

Retail NBFCs outdo private banks in profits as lending picks up pace

Listed retail NBFCs reported a combined net profit of Rs 108 billion during the January-March quarter, compared to private sector banks' net profit of Rs 72.9 billion

Subpar performance: Q4 revenue improves, profit under pressure

Double-digit sales growth, operating margin at 16-quarter lows

Top listed firms report an improvement in their debt servicing ability

The ICR for 1,056 firms (ex-financials, energy & IT services) improved to 4.4 during the April-December 2017 period

India's retail banking now bigger than Russia's but not close to China's

With a loan book of $268 billion, India's retail banking is now ahead of Russia, Malaysia and Mexico but behind China, Brazil and Thailand

India Inc critical of Trump plan to levy import duty on steel and aluminium

Not surprisingly corporate India is not pleased with the latest move by the Trump administration

Rs 114-bn PNB scam: Auditor Deloitte seeks answers from Nirav Modi company

The auditor to Modi's Firestar International, Deloitte signed off the accounts for financial years ended March 2016 and March 2017

A year on, Tata Sons chief Chandrasekaran shines bright over Bombay House

The Tatas have also impressed the Indian car buyers with a new range of passenger cars

Earnings improve, but not yet in high gear; India Inc net up 10.6% in Q3

Information technology services and pharma, India's two biggest exporting sectors, continue to face headwinds

Budget 2018: FMCG, farm sectors to lean on consumption to boost growth

Could push revenue growth at consumer and farm sector-related firms but gains might be tempered by higher inflation and borrowing cost

From HUL to Maruti Suzuki, India arms now mean more to MNCs: Here's why

Listed Indian subsidiaries' share of their MNC parents' total market cap doubles to 6.3% from 3.1% in 2013; P/E multiple premium rises sharply