BENGALURU, July 25 (Reuters) – Tata Motors (TAMO.NS) will cancel its ‘A’ ordinary shares, currently trading at a steep discount to the ordinary shares, reducing its overall share count by 4.2%, the automaker said on Tuesday, in its latest move to simplify its securities structure. Tata Motors is the only …
Read More »India’s Tata Motors posts Q1 profit
[1/2]Visitors look at a Tata Motors’ sub-compact sport utility vehicle (SUV) Tata Nexon, after its launch in Mumbai, India September 21, 2017. REUTERS/Shailesh Andrade/File Photo BENGALURU, July 25 (Reuters) – Tata Motors (TAMO.NS), India’s largest automaker by revenue, reported a third consecutive quarterly profit on Tuesday, helped by price hikes …
Read More »Exclusive: Chubb seeks 49% of India’s Kotak General Insurance, has edge over Zurich
Kotak is one of India’s small general insurance firms A successful deal for Chubb would be its second India foray MUMBAI, July 25 (Reuters) – US insurer Chubb (CB.BN) is in talks to acquire a 49% stake in India’s Kotak General Insurance and has become a more favored suitor than …
Read More »India’s Bajaj Auto posts Q1 profit beat on commercial vehicle strength
BENGALURU, July 25 (Reuters) – India’s Bajaj Auto (BAJA.NS) beat expectations on Tuesday, reporting a nearly 42% increase in first-quarter profit on the back of robust demand for its commercial vehicles. Demand pick-up in rural areas and a prolonged wedding season in the country amid some ease in inflation helped …
Read More »India’s RBL Bank sees margins expanding above 5% for FY24 – CEO
MUMBAI, July 25 (Reuters) – Indian private lender RBL Bank (RATB.NS) has the scope to expand its net interest margin (NIM) to above 5% in 2023-24, leaning on more low-cost deposits and a favorable loan book mix, its managing director and CEO told Reuters on Monday. “Our NIMs will not …
Read More »Prosus says India’s Byju’s ‘regularly disregarded’ former director’s advice
BENGALURU, July 25 (Reuters) – Prosus NV (PRX.AS), an investor in Indian educational technology startup Byju’s, said on Tuesday that the troubled company’s directors “regularly disregarded advice” despite repeated efforts by the Dutch-listed technology firm’s former director. Prosus, which this year slashed its valuation of Byju’s to $5.1 billion from …
Read More »India’s ITC extends slide on plan to keep hotel business stake post spinoff
BENGALURU, July 25 (Reuters) – Shares of Indian conglomerate ITC (ITC.NS) shares fell as much as 3.3% on Tuesday, extending a slide from the previous session, as investors baulked at the company’s plans to retain a 40% stake in its hotels business after spinning it off. ITC said on Monday …
Read More »Land spinoff holds up India’s $232 million BEML sale – sources
NEW DELHI, July 25 (Reuters) – The privatization of India’s BEML (BEML.NS) is held up due to delays in final approvals from the local state government to complete the transfer of land to a spun-off unit, said two sources. The Indian government is looking to sell 26% out of the …
Read More »Reliance to invest $122 million in Brookfield JV for data center projects in India
BENGALURU, July 24 (Reuters) – India’s Reliance Industries (RELI.NS) said on Monday it would invest up to 10 billion Indian rupees ($122.24 million) in building data centers in the country along with Canada-based Brookfield Infrastructure. The announcement comes at a time when data center capacity in India is expected to …
Read More »India’s Vedanta CFO says confident of meeting debt maturities in FY24
BENGALURU, July 24 (Reuters) – India’s Vedanta (VDAN.NS) is confident of meeting its debt maturities of $2.7 bln this fiscal year, its CFO said on Monday. The company is committed to reducing debt as its “high-quality” assets continue to generate a healthy cash flow, Sonal Shrivastava said in a statement. …
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