Companies Bill passed by Parliament
New Delhi: Parliament on Thursday passed the much-awaited Companies Bill, which is aimed at protecting the interest of employees and small investors, with the government saying the 'historic' measure
France set to tax rich companies at 75%
Paris: French President Francois Hollande declared on Thursday that companies would have to pay a 75 percent wealth tax on salaries over a million euros after his plan for a "super-tax" on individual
Rs 4,20,000 crore locked up in top 400 firms
Four hundred of India’s largest businesses in the BSE 500 are sitting on excess working capital of a massive Rs 4.2 lakh-crore ($78 billion). This amount is equal to 11 per cent of their aggregate sa
SEBI allows follow-on share offerings for unprofitable companies
India's capital markets regulator on Saturday permitted loss-making listed firms to raise funds by selling shares, making it easier for such firms to meet their capital needs.
Previously, only profit
Guidelines on overseas loans for companies eased
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday relaxed guidelines for Indian companies to raise money overseas through external commercial borrowings (ECB).
The RBI allowed companies to raise more funds
Apple is most valuable company ever at $622 bn
Apple on Monday dethroned longtime rival Microsoft as the most valuable company in history based on the value of its stock, which climbed to approximately $622 billion.
Apple's stock began a steady c
Companies paid more to CEOs than in US tax: Study
Twenty-six big US companies paid their CEOs more last year than they paid the federal government in tax, according to a study released on Thursday by a liberal-leaning think tank.
The study, by the
Companies given enough time to comply with minimum holding norms: Sebi
Market regulator Sebi on Saturday indicated listed companies would not be provided additional time to comply with minimum public shareholding norms, whose deadline is expiring in August next year.
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Sebi on fast-track in taking up probes; slow on completion
Market watchdog Sebi seems to be moving at the fastest pace in at least last five years while taking up cases for investigations, but the same speed seems to be lacking in completing them.
As per the
India frustrations send some foreign firms packing
Frustrated by a lack of opportunities in India, Germany's Fraport, the world's No. 2 airport operator, is shutting its development office in the country, the latest in a growing list of companies exit