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Conglomerates

A call to dismantle them when the world hasn't done so is economic hara-kiri

Updated On: 04 Apr 2023 | 10:21 PM IST
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It's good that cronyism is being debated robustly. But the much bigger failure of incredibly powerful, rich and successful conglomerates - Adani, Ambani, Tata- lies in India's fully brand-free growth

Updated On: 18 Mar 2023 | 9:30 AM IST
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The experience of South Korea, Japan and Russia has shown that the conglomerate model often comes with political connections, but such comparisons can be overblown, writes T N Ninan

Updated On: 17 Feb 2023 | 10:09 PM IST
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Many small brands swallowed up in catch-up acquisition spree

Updated On: 15 Jan 2023 | 10:50 PM IST
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Business Standard analyses what large business houses have added as net fixed assets since the pandemic

Updated On: 11 Jan 2023 | 9:51 PM IST
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The top court's order and cash-for-loans scandal later, rocked the group across verticals; its fate now hinges on SC's ruling on bankruptcy even as the quid pro quo case involving Kocchars goes on

Updated On: 27 Dec 2022 | 12:46 AM IST
Bs_logoFrom industry icon to defaulter: How Venugopal Dhoot lost his empire

Company says gross margins shrank 230 bps in Q2FY23 due to inflationary pressures and an unfavourable portfolio mix due to extraordinary high sales of pain management products last year

Updated On: 11 Nov 2022 | 4:54 PM IST

Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI) has rebranded all its network channels to be more aligned with the Japanese conglomerate's global ethos, the company said in a statement on Monday. According to N P Singh, managing director and CEO, SPNI, "The power of the Sony brand and its values have driven our work ethics so far, and today, it reflects in our channel-brand architecture as well." "The work that we started three years ago has now reached fruition. We are creating a powerful unified entertainment conglomerate with a broader appeal by refocusing our existing channel portfolio in its latest look and feel," he added. Sony's networks exist at the intersection of technology and entertainment -- and the logos reflect this. The new branding colours are energetic, inspiring and remind us of a brilliant light spectrum, it said. "The curve in the logo comes from the swing of the Sony-S, with the dominant background being synonymous with the Sony brand. With this uniform shape and the ...

Updated On: 24 Oct 2022 | 10:19 PM IST

Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, Asia's richest man, is making his biggest media bet with a bid to buy a majority stake in New Delhi Television (NDTV)

Updated On: 24 Aug 2022 | 12:56 PM IST

Johnson and Johnson, GE and Toshiba recently announced split into multiple entities. Do the demands of an emerging market like India require a different approach? Let's find an answer to this question

Updated On: 24 Nov 2021 | 8:15 AM IST

A related problem in conglomerates is a complex web of crossholdings of shares among subsidiary and associate companies

Updated On: 17 Nov 2021 | 11:46 PM IST

The third company will own Toshiba's 40.6% stake in unlisted memory chipmaker Kioxia.

Updated On: 12 Nov 2021 | 12:52 PM IST

With its unrelated new initiatives, the group will enter the turfs dominated by the likes of Intel, Samsung, Tesla, Huawei, Amazon and Walmart- all of which are more focused than it - writes T N Ninan

Updated On: 13 Aug 2021 | 11:32 PM IST

The board of directors has recommended a dividend of Rs 33 per share for FY21.

Updated On: 13 May 2021 | 7:27 PM IST

Revenues from operations stood at Rs 2,146 crore, up 24.9% YOY and 17.7% over the previous quarter

Updated On: 12 May 2021 | 8:14 PM IST

Va­lued at over Rs 17 trillion ($232 bn), their combined worth has increased about 47 per cent since the start of last year

Updated On: 10 Mar 2021 | 2:02 AM IST

The restructuring will give each family group complete ownership of businesses they manage while scrapping the holding company

Updated On: 30 Jan 2021 | 6:30 PM IST

The company, however, faced cost pressure in the December quarter, with an increase in raw material, power and fuel costs

Updated On: 23 Jan 2021 | 7:09 PM IST

While foreign investors like Japan's Softbank, China's Alibaba, and the US' Sequoia are big players in the start-up space, India doesn't have a serious VC sector with risk appetite, writes T N Ninan

Updated On: 16 Jan 2021 | 8:47 AM IST

PEs have deep pockets with the ability to recapitalise the bank as and when needed

Updated On: 09 Dec 2020 | 6:10 AM IST