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The Cyrus Mistry Scorecard: Focus on consolidation and debt reduction

Tata group's leverage ratio was reduced to 0.73x in 2015-16 even as it kept pace with the rest of corporate India in terms of growth

Equity support to Tata group firms slows

There was virtually no incremental equity investment by Tata Sons during Mistry's first two years

Q2 Results: Financials, RIL save the day for early birds

Q2 sales up 7.9%, net rises 9.5%; tech firms, cement disappoint; slowest profit growth in 8 qtrs, minus RIL & finance

Ruias to shift focus to steel, power

However, sale of Essar Oil will result in a major drop in revenue and profit for the group

Cheaper pound hope for Tata group firms

After Brexit, fall in value of British currecy to benefit Tata Motors, Tata Steel but adversely impact TCS, Tata Global Beverages

Rising US yields could spoil party

Yield on 10-year US treasury is up 34 bps since July, pushing up the risk-reward for foreign investors in emerging equities

Essar Oil sale to reduce group revenue by 80%

Ruias to now focus on steel, power and ports

Essar will reduce group debt by Rs 75,000 cr: Prashant Ruia

Interview with Director, Essar Group

Another quarter of polarised result expectations

Select auto, consumer durables, oil marketing and agri companies estimated to do well; software, banking and oil producers to lag

Tata Motors is second most valuable automaker in Asia

At $27.3 billion, Tata Motors' market capitalisation higher than Hyundai and Suzuki

Few fireworks in Q2 earnings

Nifty 50 firms' net profit estimated to grow 3.1% in Q2

Rate cut could save India Inc Rs 6,300 crore in interest outgo

This would push BSE 500 companies' combined net profit by around two per cent over the next four quarters

Spectrum fees leave no money in shareholders' pockets

Telecom operators' market cap stagnant over past seven years, while govt earned Rs 2.83 lakh crore of revenue from telcos

Shree Cement: Compelling but expensive growth story

Its rich valuation with a PE of 62 times raises downside risk for investors

Elevated Libor points to Fed hike

Low interest rate in the US has forced global investors to search for yields leading to large capital flows in high-yield markets such as India and other emerging markets

Pay bonanza for promoters and top managers

The combined pay for India Inc's top management was up 30 per cent in FY16, growing at the fastest pace in nine years

Developers' unsold inventory touches 10-year high

About 1.2 billion sq ft worth Rs 6 lakh crore remained unsold in June 2016

Why Jio may not bring down your mobile bill

The newest telecom player offers more bang for the buck

New RBI norms to make FY17 costlier for large firms

With stiffer provisioning likely for bank lending to these, incremental interest cost could rise 100 bps, with listed bonds trading at higher yields

PSUs outsmart many big firms on returns

Generate return on equity of 10.5%, compared to 8.7% for the top 10 family-owned groups