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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

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

First-quarter results review: Headline numbers up, but concerns remain

Earnings growth at three-year high; big divide between outperformers and laggards

Tata group's finances back on track after 7 yrs

Leverage ratio falls to under 1; but group heavily dependent on TCS & Tata Motors

Top business families hold on to their stake in firms

Promoter holding in family-owned firms up 70 bps since 2005, 240 bps since 2010

Q1 results show India Inc yet to see better days

Combined net profit of 290 firms, excluding IT, grows at slowest pace in nine quarters

Markets shine, but Indians missing

FII holding in top listed firms at 10-year high as retail investors, domestic institutions & funds scale down presence

Tata Sons war chest swells on TCS dividend

Payout by software arm funding most of the group's investments

Ten join dollar-billionaire club in past year

The number of dollar billionaires in India has risen to 55 this year from 46 last year

Impact of RBI decision: More funds for infra firms, at lower costs

Infra companies face re-financing risks that expose them to volatility in the interest rate cycle

Defensive stocks back in vogue

After lying low for 3 months, IT, pharma and FMCG scrips made new highs last week; trend likely to continue

India Inc's gain could be investors' pain

Firms in rush to raise capital but those putting in money at new valuations might be left holding the can

India Inc: Focus on investment, not consumption

Budget proposals will benefit capex-intensive sectors, but may hit consumer goods by way of lower demand

Potholes in Gadkari's offer to Japanese investors

Guaranteed 9% return for building highways too liberal with near-zero interest rate in Japan

STAR Plus leads the charts but it's ZEE that rakes in the moolah

In FY13, Zee Entertainment net profits and operating margins were nearly twice that of Star India