It has been a long journey for Danish shipping giant Maersk in India. Global head Soren Skou on a recent visit to India spoke exclusively to BUSINESS TODAY about the company's plans and related matters.

Renuka would raise another Rs 725 crore from the proposed rights issue in which both existing promoters and Wilmar would participate. The total Rs 1,242 crore raised would be utilised to cut the debt.

Indian manufacturing sector is at its lowest level in the last ten years. Arun Bruce, Partner & Director at The Boston Consulting Group, India, tells Business Today about the slowdown in domestic demand and how it has driven consumption down.

Sanjay Modi, Managing Director (India, Middle East, Southeast Asia) at Monster.com, talks to Business Today about the possibility of a stable government after the general elections bringing back business confidence, leading to positive hiring trends.

It may rain jobs in the new year as companies are gearing up to add over 8 lakh new employees to their payrolls and dole out salary hikes of up to 20 per cent to best performers in 2014, say experts.

According to a study by industry body Assocham, all these sectors will stand out despite the present state of the economy where net employment is being lost and not created in a large majority of sectors.

Many Indian lords of the field are raking in money with simple commodities such as potatoes, maize, rice and soybean, with their success attracting big private equity deals at a time when the rest of the economy is in the grip of a slowdown.. Business Today brings you a quartet that shows how it is done.

Business Today CEO lunch meet in New Delhi was attended by a host of leading CEOs from diverse sectors. They talked of ways to promote inclusive growth through collaboration between players in industries or what they called 'coalition within industries'.

A major agribusiness and food processing conference, called Food 360 degrees, is being organised in Hyderabad on November 6 and 7. It focuses on leveraging the next wave of opportunities in the food services and food processing sectors.  

Karin M. Finkelston, Vice President, Asia Pacific, International Finance Corporation (IFC) spoke to Shweta Punj about the World Bank arm's priorities for India and the challenges the country faces.

ITC's net sales during the period under review increased by 10.31 per cent to Rs 7,338.52 crore in the quarter under review as against Rs 6,652.21 crore in the corresponding period last year.

Ronnie Screwvala understands the magic as well as the reality of cinema. Today Disney UTV is king of the Bollywood box office. Its television business, though, has continued on the journey started five years ago without getting too far.

The 30-share Sensex gained 147.94 points, or 0.77 per cent, to 19,325.87. The Sensex had jumped 351 points in the previous session.

Kick-starting the stagnant auto industry will need both short term measures and long-term policy interventions.

The Odisha Police are keeping a close watch on the operations of Saradha Group in the state after its chairman Sudipta Sena was arrested last week for duping chit fund depositors in neighbouring West Bengal.

Once an unfashionable sector, agribusiness has lately seen strong interest from PE and venture capital (VC) funds. With both conventional and specialised PE and VC firms warming up to agribusiness, companies in the sector are well placed to realise their potential, and funding may not be a problem after all.

The stock index closed above 20,000 mark level for the first time in two years on continued buying in refinery stocks on government's reform step in virtually freeing diesel prices and good earnings by corporates.

In an exclusive interview, the chairman of ICICI Bank and Infosys speaks on a range of issues - from the macroeconomic challenges to the problem of crony capitalism confronting India.

Godrej Industries' consolidated net sales for the three months ended June 30, increased 35.85 per cent at Rs 1,307.42 crore, compared to Rs 962.39 crore in the same period last year.

Cordiant Capital, a Montreal-based fund manager that specialises in loans to private borrowers, has committed a $10 million loan to Jordan-India Fertiliser Company.