According to the Global Market Report, 2008, the global water industry is expected to grow at a compound rate of 5 percent over FY07-16. And that's good news for those companies which are into water recycling and desalination.
Rising interest rates and higher wage bills have hurt smaller companies harder than larger ones.
The CEO of Star India for seven years, Peter Mukerjea associated closely with the Murdochs. In a look-back and forward he asks some hard questions and lays out what is likely to happen in the future.
The gold jewellers are now looking to expand their business into smaller cities and towns as fierce competition has caused stagnation in the metros.
Reliance Communications has been a big defaulter in meeting its rural telephony obligations under USOF because it is unviable. The company goofed up by overbidding for these circles.
With banks not too happy about lending against unconventional assets and with microfinance institutions in the doldrums, loans against gold have taken off like a rocket.
The RBI's draft Bill on regulating microfinance institutions set off celebrations in the SKS share. But the Andhra response shows, that many more kinks have to be ironed out
Does Procter & Gamble Home Products have some kind of magic wand to make the cost of its inputs immune to inflation? Read on to find out why the company has still not raised prices despite shrinking margins.
During the quarter ended June 2011, Infosys had 2 clients who accounted for $ 200m revenue. Over the past one year, the company has succeeded in adding 1 such customer.
The Big Three of the tech world want to give you everything - email, voice- in one inbox. If they succeed, the telecom companies are dead meat. But they're assuming we want it all in one inbox
Coal India is currently charging far below world prices for its coal. As the nation starts depending more on costly imported coal, this undercharging will have to go. Or else we will soon have the same situation as in oil.
Two-wheelers are expected to outperform their four-wheeler counterparts since they are not affected by inflationary trends as most of them are bought outright.
The Sahara Group desperately wants a change of forum from Sebi to Department of Company Affairs. So far, the Supreme Court has not obliged.
PIL claims that instead of penalising Ambani Rs 650 crore for a contract allegedly violated by him, Sibal has asked for Rs 5 crore only.
Clothing represents about 5% of household expenditure, according to government data (on private final consumption expenditure). The total clothing market currently could be around $25-30 billion.
In less than two months, Reserve Bank Governor Duvvuri Subbarao's term will get over, but the government has still left him guessing. Will they, won't they give him an extension of two years, as he is entitled to?
An NGO has filed a public interest litigation against Communications Minister Kapil Sibal for allegedly favouring Reliance Communications by reducing the penalties recommended by his bureaucrats.
Facebook promised "something awesome" following the launch of Google+. How great is it? Meh.
Is the FMCG story now coming to a close? Many say there are clouds on the horizon.
Is the official data on prices, jobs and growth reliable? The RBI Governor was wringing his hands in despair at frequent revisions of data. He clearly needs to look beyond the data - even though the data needs to be spruced up, too.
The KYC norms put out by the Reserve Bank and other organisations are simply not realistic. They result in harassment of customers, and little else.
Forging links between RIL and Swan has set the CBI on a long, devious trail that leads to Switzerland through Mauritius.
The past nine months have not been too happy for Pantaloon Retail in terms of performance primarily because it may be over-leveraged.The decision to sell stake in Future Capital could bring in much needed cash for the company.
The company could raise the money through a combination of debt/equity or a possible asset sale. Hiving off non-core assets augurs well for Apollo as compared to raising money through a mix of equity and debt.
Investors are also showing a clear preference for private sector banks over public sector banks within the sector.
When Kapil Sibal reduced the penalties for Reliance Communications for switching off some rural services unilaterally, he justified it by using the in-built provisions of the USOF Agreement rather than the basic telecom licence agreement.
The rules change at Wimbledon, including brand colours. But given its tradition and awesome viewership, view argue, not even IBM.
The growth of credit in the micro-finance space is not that slow. According to RBI data on credit deployment by banks, micro-credit grew 16.5% to Rs 25,231 crore in May 2011.
Investment banks ranging from Bank of America to Goldman Sachs are issuing pink slips. Analysts reckon that some of these jobs could migrate to India.
More than anyone else, Praful Patel was instrumental in sending Air India on the road to ruin. The government's best bet now is to cut its losses and run.