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Smart pickup in good jobs

The estimated 0.7 million additional jobs created by listed companies may easily more than offset the recent layoffs seen in tech companies

Q2 earnings: Corporate profits decline, a first in nine quarters

The combined net profit of 2,725 listed companies across all sectors was down 6.3 per cent year-on-year (YoY) in Q2 -the first contraction after eight consecutive quarters of YoY growth

Market regulator Sebi plans to streamline disclosure framework

Suggests halving disclosure timeline to 12 hours; proposes mandating top 250 listed firms to confirm/deny media reports

BSNL tops list of CPSEs with highest pending dues to small firms

The micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSME) ministry has created a portal where these firms can file applications online regarding delayed payments

Listed firms managing liquidity challenges well, says India Ratings

Given the tightening liquidity conditions and higher cost of borrowings, corporates with a weak credit profile are likely to tap a loan against shares facility to meet their funding requirements

India's top listed companies may log strong double-digit growth in Q1

Business Standard analysis is based on the numbers of 47 Nifty companies, excluding Bajaj Finserv, HDFC Life, and SBI Life

Listed firms can't act like start-ups

Start-ups don't care that mad-money funding comes to a hard stop after an IPO

Operating profit growth of listed firms decelerated in Q4 of FY22: RBI data

Operating profit of manufacturing companies decelerated sharply to 7 per cent in the fourth quarter of last fiscal as against 70 per cent in the corresponding quarter of the preceding fiscal

IFCI invokes promoter Kishore Biyani's stake in two Future companies

Biyani stake in group companies falls steadily

India Inc's profit-to-GDP ratio rebounds to highest in a decade

Huge improvement in share to 4% from just 1.6% in FY20, shows study by ICICI Securities

Decoded: What is SPAC and is it the real thing or a misplaced hype?

Special Purpose Acquisition Companies, or SPACs, are listed shell companies created with the sole purpose to acquire unlisted or private companies and then merge with the latter

Unlisted companies having listed subsidiaries face greater oversight

May be asked for regular financial results

Singapore Ex tightens audit rules for listed firms after market criticism

Singapore Exchange's regulatory unit will tighten requirements for listed company auditors and raise standards on valuation reports, introducing a regulatory code of conduct for auditors.

Tata Sons overtakes govt as largest promoter of listed companies

Tata Sons stake in the group's listed companies is now worth Rs 9.28 trillion, up 34.4 per cent on a year-on-year (YoY) basis

Listed entities to make disclosure about initiation of forensic audit: Sebi

To boost repo trading in corporate bonds, the board also approved the proposal to facilitate setting up of a limited purpose repo clearing corporation.

India Inc can move Sebi over grievances against proxy advisors

Experts said move is expected to improve accountability at proxy advisory firms who have gained clout in influencing how minority shareholders vote on resolutions

Listed firms may come to resolve grievances against proxy advisors: Sebi

The regulator noted that proxy advisors, over the past few years, have played a key role in enabling shareholders to effectively participate in corporate governance decisions

Share sales in listed firms at record high of $4.4 billion this month

Companies and shareholders across Asia have been taking advantage of a market rebound since late March to sell shares

Covid-19 lockdown: 70% listed firms may dip into reserves for April pay

This will make it tough for many of them to service their fixed costs, such salary and wages, as well as interest on their loan.

More than a third of SMEs now trading below issue price: PRIME Database

Among the 247 actively traded scrips, 17 have shed more than 50 per cent this calendar year. About 40 per cent have slid more than the Sensex, which is down 23 per cent year-to-date