Star India's Uday Shankar, already top dog in general entertainment, wants to prove his mettle again in sports TV. The hardnosed drive into sports is expected to add fat revenues at Star India.

The BSE benchmark Sensex on Monday surged the most in two weeks by jumping 326 points to close at 20,030.77 points on all-round buying led by a rally in RIL and Sun Pharma amid a firming global trend.

Thanks to the Internet and the digital revolution in the past few years, everybody from government institutions to companies and marketing agencies has jumped aboard the bandwagon to \"source\" ideas from the \"crowd\".

Amid fresh allegations of money laundering by banks, Reserve Bank of India and several banks said actions are being taken against erring institutions and employees for violating prudential banking norms.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni is India's most successful Test cricket captain. His 22nd victory as skipper, achieved in Hyderabad against Australia recently, took him past Sourav Ganguly's 21 victories

With reality shows such as Bigg Boss, Endemol has emerged as one of India's biggest TV production companies. What does it plan to do next?

Production in the auto hub of Gurgaon came to a halt as auto leader Maruti Suzuki and two-wheeler giant Hero MotoCorp shut their plants. The losses due to the strike are estimated at Rs 26,000 crore.

With the exception of Avatar and Titanic, both directed by James Cameron, films that have won prestigious Academy Awards have not been very successful in India. Limited theatrical releases are one of the reasons for the poor response in India.

Three years after then finance minister Pranab Mukherjee first made the announcement about allowing new private sector banks, the Reserve Bank of India has finally begun the process of allowing new banks to apply for a licence.

The energy companies plan to develop 4 trillion cubic feet of gas reserves in the KG-D6 where production has dropped to about 19 million standard cubic metres per day, which is less than a third of 62 mmscmd peak hit in 2010.

The Dabhol LNG terminal has been commissioned, two decades after it was planned.  Though it would be very difficult for Ratnagiri Gas and Power, the owner of Dabhol power project, to generate power on imported gas, it can earn substantial fees if the terminal operates at full capacity.

Inflation numbers, due on the first trading day of the week, would set the market trend because expectations for a rate cut when the RBI meets on Jan 29 for monetary policy review would be formed accordingly. Besides, third quarter earnings will also determine the market's course.

The future of the Chennai Open hangs in the balance with organisers struggling to arrange funding from sponsors and China and Turkey keen on taking the tournament away from India.

The investment scenario has been buoyant in 2012. The domestic stock market is going strong. Commodities and debt, too, have given decent returns to investors. Money Today tells you what to expect in 2013.

According to experts, any change in promoter holding is important from the investor's point of view. However, it should not be the only basis for investment decisions.

News you may have missed over the past fortnight: gold demand in India rises by 9 per cent, 2G spectrum auction fails to generate big money, RIL facing challenges in getting project approvals and more.

Neeraj Monga, Executive Vice President, Veritas Investment, talks about the 'sensational' language of Veritas's reports and other issues, in a phone interview with Business Today. Edited excerpts:

The cosy arrangement of \"see-no-evil, speak-no-evil\" between research analysts and companies in India was shaken in July 2011 when Veritas started analysing large Indian companies. But will its efforts change the way Indian analysts are going about their work?

The government allowed 51 per cent foreign direct investment in multi-brand retail and 100 per cent in single-brand retail. This led to a rally in stocks of retail companies. Here's how reforms will impact stocks in other sectors where measures have been announced.

After monopolising the top spot in the BT 500 ranking for nine years, Mukesh Ambani's RIL had to make way for TCS this year. This is not surprising, given the challenges RIL has had to face across its businesses, new and old, in recent years. Full coverage: India's top 500 companies