We had upgraded BHEL to ‘Buy’ in July 2016 anchored by a few positive triggers on the horizon. Of these, thermal ordering/demand has not picked up materially, which remains a key monitor able. On the positive side though, the company’s executable order book (OB) has jumped to 78% (54% last year) in H1FY18 as execution of slow-moving orders has gathered pace and gross margin has improved to ~40%.

The Securities & Exchange Board of India (Sebi) chairman Ajay Tyagi on Tuesday came out very strongly against the leaking of price-sensitive information and key financial data of listed companies through social media, before such information is made public. “We are taking it very seriously. How come such messages, about reputed listed companies, are leaked quite close to the financial results? This is something we are not going to sit quietly on,” Tyagi said.

Key stock barometer Sensex fell 105 points today after disappointing economic data forced investors to tighten their exposure.

Surging oil prices and a sluggish trend in Asian markets brought pain, too.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the government's stand of imposing a monetary fine and a jailtermm on restaurant owners and other persons who would sell mineral water bottles over and above their maximum retail price (MRP).

The apex court held that hotels and restaurants can charge to their customers more than the MRP marked on a bottle of the mineral water.

The Aditya Birla Group and Vodafone Group PLC have started talks on the “closing adjustments” of the merger between Idea Cellular and Vodafone India, and the discussions are focused on how to resolve Idea’s losses incurred since the announcement of the deal in March. The deal is expected to close in the first half of 2018.

Idea’s consolidated loss went up from Rs 328 crore for the three months ended March 31, 2017, to Rs 1,107 crore for the September quarter — thanks to increased competition from Reliance Jio, which is offering free voice calls to its customers.

The turnover of Maruti Suzuki for 2016-17 is more than the total of turnovers of three major brands — Hyundai, Ford and Nissan — put together.

Except Maruti Suzuki, no original equipment manufacturers are listed in India. Maruti Suzuki in 2016-17 clocked a revenue of Rs 77,266.20 crore as against Rs 57,746.30 crore in 2015-16, up by 34 per cent.

Profitability or the return on equity for the highway monetisation contracts that the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is offering to the concessionaires is 12-13% of the equity, according to a report by rating agency CRISIL.

equity IRR (internal rate of return) of the first bundle of highways being auctioned under the toll-operate-transfer (TOT) model would range between 12% and 13%, based on NHAI's initial estimated concession value, an analysis by CRISIL Research shows. The level of bidding intensity will drive the final returns earned by the concessionaire," Crisil Research report said.

Top shuttlers P V Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth would be aiming for a great finale to what has been a good year for Indian badminton when they take the court at the USD one million Dubai Super Series Final starting on Wednesday.

Only the very best participate in this prestigious tournament with only the top eight in the respective men's and women's singles rankings earning the right to compete.

State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) has sought access to a data room to help fix the price at which it can acquire government's 51.11 per cent stake in HPCL.

India's largest oil and gas producer has so far been given an information memorandum (IM) by government's transaction advisor which ONGC feels is not sufficient to arrive at a valuation of Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL), sources privy to the development said.

Leading commercial vehicles maker and Hinduja Group flagship Ashok Leyland said it would invest Rs 400 crore over the next two years in developing new products, including left-hand-driving trucks.

"We are coming up with a new product every six months, so the next product would be launched in April or May next year. Ashok Leyland would invest Rs 400 crore on new models in the next two years. The new products are also targeted for export markets", Nitin Seth, president (light commercial vehicles), Ashok Leyland Ltd.

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