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The IOC share sale is the fourth disinvestment this fiscal but the biggest in 2015-16 so far. (Photo: Reuters)

Indian Oil stake sale fetches govt Rs 9,379 crore

by Sumeet Chatterjee |Aug 24, 2015

At the floor price of Rs 387 apiece, the sale of 24.28 crore shares would fetch about Rs 9,300 crore to the exchequer, after considering 5 per cent discount being offered to retail shareholders.

Heineken eyes controlling stake in United Breweries

by Sumeet Chatterjee |Aug 24, 2015

The Dutch brewer, the single largest shareholder in United Breweries with a 42.07 per cent stake, plans to take that holding beyond 50 per cent by buying shares from liquor baron Vijay Mallya and ...

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Slump in Indian corporate earnings set to continue

by Sumeet Chatterjee |Aug 18, 2015

This prolonged slump would make it tougher for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government to hold to its plan to accelerate economic growth to over 8 per cent in the fiscal year ending March 2016, ...

JSW was in talks with Diageo to buy United Spirits' stake in Royal Challengers Bangalore (Photo: Reuters)

JSW shelves plans of investing in IPL, blames 'negative aura'

by Sumeet Chatterjee |Jul 16, 2015

The company said it was shelving plans to buy a cricket team in the highly profitable Indian Premier League blaming the 'negative aura' of the corruption-hit competition.

Foreign money has been pouring into India's fast-growing e-commerce sector, with investors ranging from Japan's Softbank Corp to Singapore's Temasek Holdings and GIC Private piling in. (Photo: Reuters)

Global banks try to muscle into India's start-up boom

by Sumeet Chatterjee |May 11, 2015

Global investment banks are scrambling to get a piece of the action from India's booming technology start-ups. Banks including Goldman Sachs Group and Morgan Stanley are looking to hire more bankers h...

Sahara Group chief Subrata Roy

Sahara agrees to pay bail to release jailed chief Subrata Roy

by Sumeet Chatterjee |May 8, 2015

Subrata Roy has been held in jail for more than a year after Sahara failed to comply with a court order to refund billions of dollars to investors in a bond programme that was ruled illegal.

Alibaba eyes stake in phone maker Micromax to grow in India

by Sumeet Chatterjee |May 8, 2015

The deal, if completed, would see Alibaba investing as much as $1.2 billion, valuing Micromax, the second-biggest smartphone brand in India by sales, at $5 billion to $6 billion, two of the source...

Dilip Shanghvi, who with his family controls Sun Pharmaceutical, is India's second richest man according to Forbes magazine. (Photo: Reuters)

Sun Pharmaceutical may spend up to $7 bn on mergers and acquisitions, say bankers

by Sumeet Chatterjee |Apr 28, 2015

Investment bankers say on the radar are US and European companies that develop biosimilars - cheaper copies of biotech drugs.

Sahara Group Chairman Subrata Roy (Photo: Reuters)

Sebi struggles to shield investors from more Saharas

by Sumeet Chatterjee |Apr 9, 2015

As regulators try to contain investment scandal by Sahara Group, dozens of smaller but similar schemes continue to mushroom, employing tactics similar to the ones that enriched the Sahara and later br...

Sahara Group Chairman Subrata Roy (Photo: Reuters)

Spain's BBVA denies credit line to bail Sahara Group Chairman Subrata Roy

by Sumeet Chatterjee |Mar 25, 2015

Spain's BBVA SA denied having any credit exposure to Sahara Group, just days after the group told the court it had a line of credit from the bank to secure bail for its boss Subrata Roy.