All stories by Krishna Kant
A year of Chandra, Tata Sons' lucky mascot
Rediff.com21 Feb 2018A financial turnaround in Tata Steel and Tata Motors has come as a shot in the arm for Chandra.
N Chandrasekaran: Tata Son's lucky mascot
Rediff.com20 Feb 2018After years of losing money on two of the group's biggest bets - global steel business and domestic passenger cars - there are strong signs of a revival in both businesses.
Banks face more headache from diamond industry
Rediff.com19 Feb 2018The problem is actually acute in the diamond jewellery industry where there is no uniform criteria of inventory valuation unlike gold, whose prices are uniform and widely quoted.
2 major reasons why markets are plunging all over the world
Rediff.com7 Feb 2018The benchmark Sensex companies' underlying earnings per share are down 3 per cent (on a cumulative basis) since January 2015, against 25 per cent rise in the index value during the period
Will higher crude prices spook this bull market?
Rediff.com1 Feb 2018Crude oil prices have more than doubled, pushing up India's import bill and raising fears of a higher current account and fiscal deficit. This will impact corporate earnings.
Anil Ambani gained the most in m-cap in 2017
Rediff.com31 Dec 2017M-Cap of top 10 business groups went up by 46% this year.
Earnings yield for India's top listed cos at 11-year low
Rediff.com4 Dec 2017Earnings spread for foreign investors down to 10-year low of 1.1 per cent, from 2 per cent at the beginning of the year and record high of nearly 5 per cent in 2013
More bad news: Household savings fall to 2 decade low
Rediff.com11 Nov 2017The decline is attributed to lower salary growth and a rise in households' financial liabilities.
Job situation bleak as hiring slumps by 45%
Rediff.com30 Oct 2017Wipro, Steel Authority of India, HDFC Bank, Mahanagar Telephone Nigam, Bharat Heavy Electricals and Reliance Commnications among companies reporting a decline in headcount in FY17.
India Inc's combined net profit rises 8.6% in Q2
Rediff.com30 Oct 2017Mid- and small-cap companies seem to have done better than top-tier companies
Banks, NBFCs are India's new m-cap kings
Rediff.com28 Sep 2017'The government is encouraging consumption through fiscal spending in a bid to push up economic growth in the face of a slowdown in corporate investment and exports.'
Are higher taxes responsible for India's economic slowdown?
Rediff.com27 Sep 2017The combined share of customs and excise duties, service tax, and value-added tax in India's gross domestic product reached an all-time high of 10.5%.
YOUR Rs 25 lakh crore debt has RBI worried! Here's why
Rediff.com15 Sep 2017In the past three years, personal loans have grown at twice the rate of growth in personal disposable income, leading to a steady rise in household indebtedness. At the end of March this year, Indians owed Rs 25.2 lakh crore to banks and listed non-banking finance companies (NBFCs), up 65 per cent in the past three years.
What Tata, Birla, Mahindra say about family businesses
Rediff.com28 Aug 2017One thing has remained constant through the Indian economy in the last seven decades: the dominance of family-owned businesses. Krishna Kant reports.
As loan books of PSBs shrink, bank credit growth at 20-year low
Rediff.com2 Aug 201712 out of 21 public sector banks reported declines in their loan books in the last financial year against seven such banks in 2015-16 and none in 2013-14.
India Inc's investment growth hits 25-year low
Rediff.com17 Jul 2017Fresh investments by corporates up just 5.8% in FY17, lowest since 1992
How India's pharma growth story fizzled out
Rediff.com5 Jul 2017Once tipped to emerge as the biggest exporter, the pharmaceutical industry is yet to acquire the scale of those in software services, says Krishna Kant.
Move over Swift Dzire, Tata Tigor is here!
Rediff.com30 Mar 2017At Rs 470,000 for the base petrol variant, Tigor is now the cheapest compact sedan in the country
Karachi, Dhaka bourses set to beat BSE again
Rediff.com23 Dec 2016Equity markets in Pakistan and Bangladesh are tiny compared to the market capitalisation of the Indian equity market.
Modi govt yet to match UPA's economic record
Rediff.com3 Dec 2016Experts say it will now be tough for the Modi government to catch up with the UPA's economic record owing to the shock induced by the currency demonetisation.