All stories by Krishna Kant
Tatas face tough time as investments fail to get good returns
Rediff.com27 Apr 2016During the 11 years ending FY15, Tata Sons cumulatively earned dividend income of around Rs 31,500 crore from TCS.
In Q4, revenue cheer and profit woes
Rediff.com25 Apr 2016Analysts refuse to read too much into the early birds numbers.
How India's top business houses fared in 2015-16
Rediff.com15 Apr 2016Consumer businesses come to the rescue of large conglomerates in the midst of a meltdown in commodities.
Earnings of Sensex companies: March to be best in 7 quarters
Rediff.com11 Apr 2016Combined net profit estimated to grow 14.6% year-on-year, against a 5.7% decline in the Dec 2015 quarter
How FIIs outsmart domestic investors
Rediff.com28 Mar 2016FIIs accumulated India's top-listed companies at an average valuation of around 16 times.
Is the worst over for the Indian markets?
Rediff.com8 Mar 2016The markets gained nearly 7 per cent in the 4 trading sessions of March.
New dividend tax to hurt Premji, Mukesh Ambani the most
Rediff.com2 Mar 2016Additional levy to eat into Rs 6,000-crore income of top promoters
Markets volatile? Indian investors unperturbed
Rediff.com22 Feb 2016Experts expect the trend to continue in the near term.
Early birds of December quarter fail to cheer
Rediff.com25 Jan 2016Combined net profit up 7.4% over a year ago, versus 11.2% in Q2.
Will stocks deliver in 2016?
Rediff.com31 Dec 2015For the first time in a decade, the BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices outperformed the benchmark index for a consecutive year
Sensex gets expensive for fourth straight year
Rediff.com28 Dec 2015Longest period of price-earnings expansion in the index since 1996
Banks' nightmare: Rs 5.65 lakh cr in corporate debt may go up in smoke
Rediff.com25 Dec 201567 companies with total debt of Rs 5.65 lakh cr were either loss-making or didn't generate enough profit to cover interest cost in FY15
US Fed rate hike: Cloud over India's premium valuations
Rediff.com21 Dec 2015Premium valuations era started in 2006 and went hand in hand with decline in the US interest rates
Indian promoters' stake in companies at 8-year low
Rediff.com2 Nov 2015Promoters' holding in private sector BSE 500 companies declined to 43.4% in Sept
In trend reversal, rich nations' corporate earnings stand out
Rediff.com28 Oct 2015In the past 12 months, such earnings have grown in double digits in Europe, the US, Japan and South Korea.
BSE Sensex among the best; beats even Dow Jones
Rediff.com26 Oct 2015The index is more expensive than it was at 2014-end or when it hit a life-time high in January.
IT exports slowdown clouds growth outlook
Rediff.com23 Oct 2015Lower IT exports will raise India's dependence on capital flows to fund imports.
IT sector enters the slow lane
Rediff.com11 Oct 2015For top IT services firms, revenue growth in FY15 was the slowest since the Lehman crisis
Why Dalal Street can't respond to Modi's 'invest more' call
Rediff.com15 Sep 2015The rise in India Inc's market value was led by asset-light firms.
Anil Agarwal, Adanis, Ambanis lose the most in Modi regime
Rediff.com9 Sep 2015The calculation excludes cross-holding of listed group cos in each other.