Jyotindra Dubey

Share price ₹10, trading at ₹9

Retail investor back in the market, buying into IPOs

After the lull, the primary market is again back in action, with the retail investor at the centre .

Retail investor back in the market, buying into IPOs

As cost of borrowings go down, corporates post higher profits

The earnings season for the first quarter of 2016-17 ending June 2016 is on. For 700 odd companies which have declared their quarterly results so far, the picture looks bright. The bottom-line for these companies has gone up 11.6% from same quarter last year. While the top-line witnessed growth of 4.6%.

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Brands are no longer banking on the five seconds before the “Skip Ad” option on YouTube to grab audiences’ attention. New-age startups, including Quikr, Ola, Snapdeal, Flipkart and Swiggy, are cashing in on spoof-based content — comedy, satire and parody videos — to gain visibility.

Infra woes wipe offRs 1.35 L cr of investor wealth

Regulatory delays have not just resulted in poor health of infrastructure companies with stressed balancesheets, it has eroded thousands of crores of shareholder wealth parked in the sector as well.

Puri tops, Sobti at No. 2 among private bank chiefs in pay

9 numbers that say Smriti Irani’s move to textiles is not a demotion

Smriti Irani lost the prestigious Human Resource Development Ministry to Prakash Javadekar in Tuesday’s reshuffle. Her two-year tenure at HRD Ministry saw several controversies and her shift to the Textile Ministry is seen as a less glamorous assignment. It may be less glamorous, but the textile ministry is no less significant. Here’s why?

A player and a gentleman: How brand Virat grew up

Virat Kohli was the brash young man nobody wanted their children to adopt as role model. Not anymore. And the world of endorsements is clued into this change.

1 in 3 BSE-listed companies has more debt than value

Grim outlook: One in three BSE-listed companies has more debt than value

Indian companies appear to be living way beyond their means. The debt pile is so huge that nearly one in every three companies listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) won’t be able to repay its loans even if it sells every single share.

Green shoots ahoy! Firms turn the corner in Q4

Price cap, competition make heart medicines cheaper

Strong FDI growth in FY16 but loss of interest in pharma and telecom

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflow in the country witnessed a strong growth of 29.32% that translated to $40 billion for 2015-16.

Gulf remittance to India fell by 2.2% - CRISIL

Remittances from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region to India declined for the first time in six years, falling 2.2%, according to a CRISIL report. But despite slowdown, remittances are more than India’s trade deficit with GCC. The trade deficit with GCC has narrowed by whooping 77% in last three years due to falling oil prices.

Dhoni’s extra innings: How MSD plans to carry his bat after retirement

From time to time, the country’s cricketers have doffed the India cap in favour of the entrepreneur’s hat to secure their lives after retirement.

Sell-off to fetch only Rs 72,000 crore if PSU banks hit market now

Public sectors banks (PSBs), hit by rising bad loans and bleeding balance sheets, are set to hit the market to raise capital. The government, which is ready to bring down its stake to 51% in these lenders, has asked them to prepare a roadmap for the same.

House of debt: The story of rising corporate debt

Vijay Mallya’s Rs 9,000-crore loan default may have grabbed headlines, but the liquor baron’s troubles could well be the tip of a corporate debt distress iceberg.

Diversified they fall: When corporates move beyond core competence

How corporate groups wrote the script of their own downfall by moving beyond their core competence

Downfall of the king: A look at Vijay Mallya’s journey from 1983 to 2016

It’s a story from mythology, when Icarus, the son of a master craftsman, believed a bit too much in the wax wings his father had built for him, and flew too close to the sun.

Battling the giants: How minority shareholders are making the right noises

Thanks to new norms that protect their rights, minority shareholders are finally able to influence the direction companies take, rather than allow themselves to be bullied into going along with the majority

EPF tax: How the decision will affect Amar, Akbar and Antony

So what is this new EPF tax? Does it affect those in their mid-career? Does it affect the person who will retire in another year?

Ratan Tata’s small funding is a big deal for desi startups

Tata Sons chairman emeritus Ratan Tata has taken up an altogether different avatar after hanging his boots as chairman of the $100-billion group in December 2012.

Pharma, garments are the new kids on the export block

Motor vehicles, pharmaceutical products, ready-made garments, handicrafts, spices, tea, coffee have helped India’s merchandise exports stay above the $250-billion mark.

Domestic stock markets are likely to open in red today

The major European stock markets had also ended in red last week on Friday. DAX 30 of Germany was down 1.58%, UK’s FTSE 100 closed 0.95% lower, CAC 40 of France ended 0.9% down.

India stock market indices likely to open weak

The Domestic Stock market indices are likely to open in red. The overseas stock markets are witnessing a mixed trend. Dow Jones of US closed 125 points or 0.79% up on Thursday.

Stock markets may open slightly higher, selling pressure to remain

The Indian stock markets may open slightly higher in green in the opening session but the remaining sessions will remain volatile due to selling pressure.

Cyrus Poonawalla biggest gainer among Indian billionaires in 2015

Not all billionaires made money in 2015, though nobody lost as much as Hanjoerg Wyss of Switzerland. Wyss saw 52% of his networth eroded. Hong Kong’s Lui Che Woo, who has stakes in casino operator Galaxy Entertainment, was the second-biggest loser. He lost 46% of his networth.

Mixed signals from overseas markets swing Sensex

Mixed signals from overseas, overnight and early morning today, are keeping the BSE Sensex volatile in early trade today.

Sensex plummets 318 points to 19-month low after global worries

The benchmark BSE Sensex plunged by 317.93 points on Friday to hit a fresh 19-month low of 24,455.04 as muted earnings by some blue-chips and oil prices that fell below USD 30 a barrel combined to pull down the domestic equities for a second straight week.