Markets - general
Sahara gets another 3 months to raise bail money for Subrata Roy
23 Mar 2015
The Supreme Court has allowed Sahara to sell 10 more properties in India to raise the Rs10,000 crore as the planned mortgage of its three overseas hotel properties is now estimated to yield only around Rs4,000 crore
Sebi issues relaxed norms for setting up IFSC; clears way for GIFT City
23 Mar 2015
Sebi has relaxed shareholding and net worth norms for Indian and foreign stock exchanges, clearing corporations and depositories for undertaking similar business in IFSC
Online marketers beg Sebi to ease capital-raising norms
19 Mar 2015
While firms like Snapdeal and Flipkart seem to have little difficulty in tapping venture capitalists, they say they may be forced to list abroad if domestic rules are not eased
SBI plans biggest-ever share sale to garner up to Rs15,000 cr
05 Mar 2015
The fund would be raised either through follow-on public issue, qualified institutional placement (QIP), rights issue, private placement, global depository receipts, American depository receipts or combination of these
Govt may suspend trading in stocks to be divested
04 Mar 2015
The government is seeking to stem losses from a plunge in stock prices as it targets to raiseRs69,200 crore in the fiscal year to narrow the budget deficit
RBI rate cut sends Sensex above 30,000 – briefly
04 Mar 2015
The BSE Sensex and the National Stock Exchange’s Nifty touched record highs today as interest rate-sensitive stocks such as HDFC Bank gained after the Reserve Bank of India eased monetary policy for a second time this year
Volvo divests 4.7% stake in Eicher Motors
04 Mar 2015
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HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
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Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
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Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
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