Page 196 - Specials News

Short-staffed and overworked: Note ban tests the limits of IT officials' zeal

For instance, the investigation wing is overworked, with just 20 officers across India. The numbers would fall short of the demands in a normal year, not to talk of these exacting times

With Tiago, Tata Motors hits sweet spot

The success of the car has fuelled the company's ambition to create products in segments that have not been explored by others

Does AERA need more teeth to be effective?

AERA determines the airport charges in respect of aeronautical services provided at major airports in the country

Move to Ind-AS will make India attractive to investors: Helen Brand

Interview with Helen Brand, chief executive of UK-based Association of Chartered Certified Accountants

Tata-Mistry battle lesson for India Inc

Experts say there should be more transparency in the operation of trusts and a cleaner structure of holding companies, but differ on more powers for independent directors

Brief Case: SC stresses respect for foreign orders

Brief Case: A weekly selection of key court orders

Private equity investments drop 50% in November

E-commerce deals lowest in value, volume in over 24 months: EY

Blackstone acquires 50% stake in Westend Mall in Pune

Blackstone is the largest real estate private equity firm in the world with $102 billion of assets under management

Newsmaker: Kiren Rijiju

BJP's man in Arunachal Pradesh

Turnaround tycoon to faltering industrialist

Once the toast of Kolkata, Pawan Ruia was arrested last week for cheating and criminal breach of trust

'In the future, we'll look at education and health care'

Interview with Marilou Van Golstein, Chair of the Management Board and MD, Triodos Investment

VCs share deals to improve success rate

''By sharing deals, we are sharing the outcome," says Shekhar Kirani, partner, Accel

Answers to the Strategist quiz (#490)

Strategy Quiz (#490) answers

The Strategist Quiz (#491)

Where and why did 50,000 beer cans of Budweiser make history in the US recently?

Platform modernisation gets underway

400 stations are to be redeveloped. Top construction companies join the fray

Tariff cap offers Ola breathing space in battle with Uber

Though it might hurt their earnings, Ola believes the Karnataka High Court's judgment levels the playing field with Uber

Will India remain a key defence ally for the US?

While ties improved under the Obama administration, India must keep a keen eye on how things take shape under Trump

Debt recovery is off to a slow start

India's debt recovery and restructuring framework is still a work in progress, even six months after the President's assent to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016

SC fixes 'offer period' in Sebi rules

Brief Case: A weekly selection of key court orders

Independent directors: An inherently weak institution

The most important role of independent directors is to protect the interest of non-controlling shareholders