Companies of this size do not usually get a high discounting in the market
Numerous international and domestic institutions have estimated economic growth to contract in 2020-21. If there’s no respite from the pandemic in the near future, the adverse impact on the economy would persist, and the recovery would be uneven
Aatmanirbhar Bharat has found resonance in most of the sectors, except copper. The domestic copper industry lies like a prostrate, disembowel Gulliver, totally helpless
India’s AC market size at present is just six or seven million units, which is also not a patch on China’s market size of 90-100 million units
Goldman Sachs foresees a third wave which will create a rising tide that will lift all boats, particularly the more robust ones like TCS, Infosys and HCL Technologies
While India’s improvement in the innovation index is welcome, the controversy over World Bank’s EoDB ranking should make us cautious about such catch-all metrics
The consumption play is getting stronger as it becomes evident as the lights dim on the investment stage. What this means for the already expensive FMCG stocks
The services sector saw its fifth consecutive month of decline
It is not only selected stocks that are causing the market indices to look better, but also the changes that have been going on over the years in the index, whereby the non-performing ones are taken off the index
Sixty-three years ago, on September 4, an innocuous unstarred question raised during the Question Hour in Parliament led to the unravelling of the infamous Mundhra scam — India’s first big financial fraud
Life sentences without possibility of early release is favoured by those who oppose the death penalty — but that is not without its defects
Will COVID-19 leave long-term economic scars? Economic research says it will, but much of the West had a huge boom after the Spanish Flu of 1918, which killed millions
Many experts still expect Democratic and Republican leaders to reach a deal on an aid package that includes support for small businesses, but a new, large-scale programme seems increasingly unlikely
How long can the government continue to prop up the economy?
The notion that a Democratic administration under a Joe Biden presidency, with Kamala Harris as Vice-President by his side, will mitigate immigration woes for the Indian white-collar diaspora is myopic at best
For India, Abe will remain a very special Japanese leader. His fondness for India and his vision for India-Japan ties have been central to his vision of the Indo-Pacific
The Left government’s efforts look promising on paper, but the ground reality is different. Instead of fresh investments pouring into Kerala, existing companies are compelled to pack up and leave
Although the recent policy statement by Powell seems like a small victory for labour, MMTers have warned that the Fed is likely to revert to its old ways after the economic crisis unleashed by the pandemic abates
China's government is imposing restrictions on technology that leaves its borders which can potentially affect a whole range of products. Its real target may lie somewhere else
Where the experts strike out along a new route is to downgrade the priority given to widespread testing till now, which it says does not prevent deaths which should be the primary goal
Reducing costs, improving business efficiencies to increase profits and improve free cash flows, and selling a stake in non-core businesses could help achieve the objective
Export promotion more than import restriction should be the focus of negotiations with other nations
Chinese exports soared in July to their second-highest level ever, nearly matching the record-setting Christmas rush last December
The SC ruling is positive for the near term because of the cash flow respite with payments staggered across 10 years, says a CRISIL note
With the issue of elusive AGR liability now firmly fixed by the apex court, these companies need to also fix the corporate governance lapses as well
