Corporate
The new company law in India has a mandate for a few qualified companies to spend 2% of profit on CSR. However, it is proving very difficult for companies with an overseas stakeholding of more than 50% to do just that. Such companies cannot set up CSR foundations because donations from such companies are treated [...] Continue Reading »
In the next 45 days, India is probably going to see a new government and corporate are demanding “less government interference” and more private sector participation in “nation-building”. Pankaj Patel, chairman and managing director of city-based Zydus Cadila echoed his sentiments that he is looking forward to less interference, quick policy reforms and more liberalization. [...] Continue Reading »
The India’s inflexible labour laws are being mentioned as the obstacle for industry but the companies have found solution to this problem by hiring contract workers in the large number. The newly available data provides the idea of enlarging the same practice of hiring contract workers. The data has been gathered from 82 companies that [...] Continue Reading »
Bangalore- Vijay Mallya’s investment holding company UB Holdings has got a jumbo offer by Private equity giant Blackstone, revealed sources. The PE firm has offered around Rs 560 crore to the company to buy out the prime office and retail real estate blocks in UB City, the biggest commercial property project in Bangalore. As an [...] Continue Reading »
Bangalore- Chetan Dave, head of IDFC Alternatives real estate investment team, has resigned from his post due to mismatch of interests between him and the rest of the management, as said by sources. Dave had joined IDFC Alternatives in June 2010. His position is expected to be taken up by Satish Mandhana, currently managing partner [...] Continue Reading »
Bangalore- Who would like to travel for hours in crowded cities and especially after a tough day of work? Most of us would love to reside in a home which is close to our workplace. Staying near to your workplace has many benefits. Most importantly, it saves your precious time which otherwise is wasted on [...] Continue Reading »
Chennai witnessed the highest absorption of office space at 1.32 million sq. ft in the third quarter of 2012 while Bangalore and Hyderabad witnessed an absorption of 1.25 million sq ft and 0.50 million sq ft respectively, according to a report by Cushman & Wakefield. The report said that this trend is due to the [...] Continue Reading »
The US Consulate in Chennai is all set to open American Business Corners in Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram to provide further stimulus to the US-Kerala bilateral business relations. The American Business Corners- or ABCs- will be opened in the two cities in September to coincide with the Emerging Kerala Summit. The US consulate will participate in [...] Continue Reading »
Tata Group, which is currently building a shopping mall in Amritsar, plans to take its Trillium mall brand nationwide in order to outfit in the country’s beneficial modern retail sector. The 700,000 sq ft mall will be ready by the end of this year or by early next year. The company has three more malls [...] Continue Reading »
PricewaterhouseCoopers, a global professional services firm, inaugurated its new office in Chennai, on Tuesday, to provide advisory, tax and regulatory services. The company has increased its employee base by 24 per cent at the Chennai Centre to meet the growing demand for various sectors. PwC has its existence in major cities of India like Ahmedabad, [...] Continue Reading »
