All stories by Una Galani
Indian tycoon's sweetened Cairn bid is still sour
Rediff.com25 Jul 2016All in all, Cairn India shareholders are getting a 9.1 per cent premium based on closing prices of July 22
India's debt burden: How politicians, business tycoons messed it up
Rediff.com30 Jun 2016India is Asia's other bad debt headache.
India's unicorns limp along without foreign funds
Rediff.com2 Jun 2016For India startups, pulling in the reins now may enable them to live longer - even if it means shedding their unicorn status, says Una Galani.
India's $120 bn of bad debt is ripe for picking
Rediff.com25 May 2016The central bank has ordered lenders to clean up balance sheets by March 2017
Despite a rough patch, Tata's portfolio power still just about adds up
Rediff.com24 May 2016Tata Consultancy Services, the $73 billion IT group, is India's biggest company by market value and four times the size of any other listed Tata entity
India's new payment banks will find profit elusive
Rediff.com19 May 2016Regulators will need to allow the model to evolve to allow profits to flow, says Una Gulani.
Indian banks require capital before M&A
Rediff.com17 May 2016Many of India's sleepy state banks don't have the management capacity they need to tackle bad debts and deals at the same time, says Una Galani.
The bright side of India's bad-debt witch hunt
Rediff.com16 Mar 2016India's investigating agencies have in the past made a lot of noise about probes that resulted in few convictions
Mallya's flashy lifestyle makes him an easy target for politicians
Rediff.com11 Mar 2016India's tough stance is better late than never.
India's Budget maths looks ambitious
Rediff.com1 Mar 2016India's track record of over-promising and under-delivering also leaves plenty of room for doubt.
Cheap oil makes Mukesh Ambani a stinky rich man
Rediff.com20 Jan 2016Reliance earned $11.50 for every barrel of crude that it processed during the last three months of the calendar year - almost 60 per cent more than a year earlier.
A tough battle for Zuckerberg to offer free Internet to India's poor
Rediff.com5 Jan 2016It is startling that Mark Zuckerberg has failed to convince so many in India about the merits of Free Basics.
A bruising price war looms as Ambani prepares to launch Reliance Jio
Rediff.com22 Dec 2015Ambani's $15 bn bet will upend Indian telecom
US visa pain would go beyond Indian IT giants
Rediff.com16 Dec 2015New Delhi has made it clear that any blow to its outsourcing industry would make the country less receptive to helping American companies that run into trouble in India
Anil Ambani gears up to fight the telecom battle
Rediff.com7 Dec 2015Reliance Communications could become a much more formidable opponent.
Should investors bet on Coal India?
Rediff.com19 Nov 2015If investors still have appetite to buy shares in one of the region's most expensive markets, Coal India might stack up.
StanChart shakeup turns screws on India's tycoons
Rediff.com5 Nov 2015Among India's capital-starved local banks, Essar is viewed as too big to fail.
Indian telco M&A calls for closer Ambani ties
Rediff.com3 Nov 2015The long-overdue consolidation makes indebted RCom an even more attractive partner for a soon-to-launch upstart led by older brother Mukesh.
Is India a 'bright spot' as Modi claims?
Rediff.com13 Oct 2015Some of Modi's biggest reforms have met with fierce political opposition.
Modi offers Silicon Valley the welcome Xi won't
Rediff.com25 Sep 2015Technology purchases in the People's Republic will reach $136 billion this year, four times more than in India.