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Twin blows in three months

Govt must move on, accept retro tax arbitration awards

Indian corporate boards not really independent: Local Circles survey

Many independent directors are not really independent and that a majority of independent directors in publicly traded Indian firms

Antony Waste Handling Cell IPO subscribed 15 times on the last day

The initial public offer of Antony Waste Handling Cell was subscribed 15 times on the last day of subscription on Wednesday.

Durables makers end 2020 at record low, sales down 30% amid Covid-19

While the countrywide lockdown between late March and May wiped out sales for three months, falling demand after Diwali has been a crippling factor

Markets return to winning ways; Sensex gains 453 pts, Nifty ends at 13,466

Indices reclaim a third of Monday's losses as those who missed out earlier see an opportunity

India's two looming challenges

Government's New Year resolutions should be to revive domestic demand while addressing the Chinese threat

Wistron's labour pains

Lessons from the controversy over unpaid workers

Best of BS Opinion: Wrong call on IBC, Paris agreement, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Contract workers of listed companies may soon have stock benefits

Sebi plans to tweak the definition of 'employee' by deleting permanent from it; to merge sweat equity rules

Hear the drumbeat, it is green

From the PM, to regulators, to those setting global standards, to investors, to the communities companies operate in, to the millennials who will be their future customers, the drumbeat is changing

Wrong call on IBC

Govt should not have extended suspension of bankruptcy work

Market value of 8 of 10 most valued firms zooms Rs 1.25 trillion

HDFC, TCS, and Bajaj Finance emerged as the biggest gainers

Past imperfect, present better, future uncertain

Incidents of corporate loans turning bad could be less than anticipated, but the banks' challenge will be retail loans. Large-scale job losses will have a bearing on the retail portfolio

Time ripe for M&A in financial services

Financial services have been a mainstay for the broader M&A markets across cycles in India

Barely a week before the deadline, IBC resumption hangs in balance

The official said that while on the one hand green shoots were visible in the economy and the stock market was booming, on the other things were not moving under IBC

The emerging future role of boards

Management needs new ways of thinking to make companies survive and grow for the long term, and to be sustainable companies in every sense of the word

Small firms see sharp decline in staff costs amid Covid-19 pandemic

Salary bill of firms below top 200 in net sales was down 10.3% in H1

Planning for non-core asset sale, govt dividend now mandatory for PSUs

Listed public sector firms will have to maintain their m-cap at a certain level

Preserve financial stability

Higher inflation tolerance will increase risks

As Vivad Se Vishwas scheme draws to close, tax officers face the heat

Vivad Se Vishwas scheme allows the waiver of interest, penalty, and prosecution for settling tax disputes due up to January 31, 2020