Anaysts recommend a 'buy' on Icra due to its positive outlook.

NTPC to be the worst hit, stock slides to five-year low on announcement.

The 10 people from a group of 22 Indian nationals faces upto seven weeks in jail after they pleaded guilty on Tuesday.

Within six months of joining iGate as CEO, Ashok Vemuri will get a performance bonus of $175,000 (about Rs 1.10 crore) for his strategic initiatives, which helped the US-based outsourcer grow revenues by over 10 per cent in the December quarter.

Trustees of Retirement fund body EPFO will decide tomorrow on amending the scheme to provide a minimum monthly pension of Rs 1,000, which will immediately benefit about its 28 lakh pensioners.

Retirement fund body EPFO's trustees on February 5 will decide on amending its scheme to provide a minimum monthly pension of Rs 1,000, which will immediately benefit its 27 lakh pensioners.

Those who get less than Rs 1,000 a month include 22 lakh (2.2 million) member pensioners and 5 lakh widows as on March 31, 2013.

Markets end marginally higher supported by IT shares as Infosys's Q3FY14 results boosted sentiment.

The Eastern Province Cricket Board has honoured South Africa's Cricketer of the Century, Graeme Pollock, by naming a pavilion at the St George's Park stadium in Port Elizabeth after him.

Financial numbers can sometimes paint a rosy picture because of changes in the accounting policy or a one-time income.

With EPFO capping the contributions to your pension scheme, you could look at other pension plans.

Employees' Provident Fund Organisation has been allowing members to contribute more than mandatory amount towards their pension account.

Despite the equity booster, many would be uncomfortable about NPS.

Employees' Pension Scheme has been asked to fold up and hand over subscribers to National Pension System

According to the foreign brokerage major, after two quarters of 'near-zero' growth aggregate headline profit for Sensex companies, it is expected to show a weak recovery.

Need for much more investment; sector would like govt help

Analysts are eyeing bigger launches that will positively impact company's fortunes.

Some leading Indian companies are likely to see their earnings declining if the Indian currency depreciates further, analysts and finance heads say.

In an hour-long chat on rediff.com on Thursday, A K Prabhakar, senior VP and Head - Equity Research (Retail), Anand Rathi Financial Services Ltd, answered some important questions on the market.

Trai lowering of roaming tariffs likely to have negligible impact on financials as existing headline tariffs are lower.

In an hour-long chat on rediff.com on Friday, A K Prabhakar, senior VP and Head -- Equity Research (Retail), Anand Rathi Financial Services Ltd, discussed the best stocks to put the investors' money in.

Shares of rate sensitive sectors such as realty, infrastructure, banking and automobiles ended higher ahead of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) mid-quarter policy review on June 17.

Better margins, lower interest outgo could see the company turn profitable in FY15.

Morgan Stanley, the global financial services company, says India's largest private sector company (by market value) might lose 11 per cent of its earnings per share in 2014-15 earnings estimates if gas prices remain at $4.2 a unit.

For a good valuation to take place, it is important that the systems and processes set up are allowed to function independently.

BSE-IT index slumped over 10 percent after Infosys, the second-biggest software exporter, guided for a revenue growth of 6-10%, much below of 12-14% for the fiscal 2014.

Analysts expect sales growth of Sensex firms to drop to 14-quarter low of 5.6%; Poor show by Tata heavyweights, BHEL and ONGC could drag earnings down.

According to the financial services major, FY13 Sensex EPS has been downgraded from Rs 1,510 to Rs 1,175, and FY14 Sensex EPS is likely to be downgraded to below Rs 1,300.

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RIL, ICICI Bank, Tata Motors and Punj Lloyd can give decent returns in the next six months, says Narendar Lokwani.

As banks are looking at such infrastructure as ancillary assets, wanting to focus on core activity, they're reluctant to commit their resources here, throwing space open for other players.

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Given the strong prospects in the business, analysts expect the company to clock healthy growth of 15-20 per cent, going ahead.

After the fiasco in March this year over the share sale in Oil and Natural Gas Corporation ( ONGC ), the government has softened its stand over the pricing.

Shares of United Spirits on Monday soared nearly 35 per cent, taking its market valuation higher by Rs 6,211 crore, after the UK-based Diageo Plc said it will buy 53.4 per cent stake in the company for Rs 11,166.5 crore in a multi-structured deal.

Interview with president and CEO of Tata Mutual Fund.

With prices of new franchises dropping, the team valuations, instead of going up, seem heading south. One major reason for that could be the numerous issues the T20 league has faced over the years, and growing friction between franchises owners.

There are signs that the worst may be over for the company, not withstanding management issues.

However UBS maintains a buy with a price target of Rs 280.

Indian nationalism is not based on language, or geography, or ethnicity, or religion, but is that of an idea of an ever-ever land -- emerging from an ancient civilisation, united by a shared history, sustained by pluralist democracy, says Shashi Tharoor in the 5th annual lecture on 'Who is an Indian? A nation of minorities' organised by the National Commission of Minorities