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Inside Companies & Sectors Moneylife Digital Exclusives Ashok Shaw ‘Property rates becoming unaffordable for average buyer’ High property value and interest rates, coupled with a lower loan- to-value ratio are becoming serious obstacles for average home buyers, says researcher Interest rates may hurt auto sales after the festive season Despite interest rate and fuel price hikes, coupled with production constraints, Indian automakers have exhibited good sales numbers in August, which marks the start of the festive season Merchant power: All plug and no play? The recent rise in merchant power bid rates has created enthusiasm in the Street, but rates may soften in the next four years. Here’s a current account of various broker views India loses $65 billion every year due to inefficient supply chain systems Inadequate supply chain infrastructure, complex taxation laws, high levels of intermediaries, product proliferation and lack of supply chain visibility are a few supply chain challenges faced by the retail industry in India IDBI Mutual Fund to launch Nifty Junior Index Fund IDBI Bank deals itself a triple whammy After changing its employee incentive plan to meet targets; de-emphasising sales of non-banking products, it has now also done away with a number of fee-based charges for banking products These sectors look good: IT in the near term, metals over the long term Over the past month, the BSE Metals and IT indices have been sluggish performers. In the last few sessions they have actually slipped into a bearish mode. Is there an opportunity here? Or are IT and metal stocks best avoided? What is India’s real GDP growth? 8.8% or 3.7%? While the real GDP growth at factor cost is estimated at 8.8%, at market prices, Nomura estimates the same at just 3.7%. But that depends on whether you trust government data Reliance and EIH: The white knight and the elephant Despite being India's third largest hotel chain, EIH's expansion and growth has remained stagnant over the past few years. RIL buying stake and infusing the much-required cash inflows will help EIH both in terms of survival and expansion Smaller engineering companies may benefit from higher capex An Edelweiss Securities survey points out that infrastructure companies have firmed up higher capex plans over the next two years. This will benefit smaller engineering companies Inside Companies & Sectors More ML Digital Exclusives Moneylife Digital Team Cash-strapped TV18 bails out Infomedia’s rights issue The just-concluded Infomedia18 rights issue was undersubscribed, requiring promoters TV18 to pump in up to Rs12 crore of the unsubscribed portion of the issue, even as TV18 is haemorrhaging cash Pallabika Ganguly After affordable homes, K Raheja plans low-cost villas K Raheja Corp is planning to launch low-cost villas in Hyderabad, Pune and Goa for around Rs45 lakh-Rs65 lakh Pallabika Ganguly Provogue to enter FMCG market; will tie up with JL Morison Provogue India is signing a joint venture deal with FMCG distributor JL Morison for the distribution of its body-care products Amritha Pillay Domestic tankers, coastal trade to benefit from new cabotage policy If the proposed cabotage policy to bar foreign flagships in Indian costal trade is implemented, it will help the indian tanker segment Pallabika Ganguly Spirituality for the masses, now wrapped in print The Times of India will soon launch a weekly newspaper based on ‘The Speaking Tree’, a spiritual column which is now published in the inside pages of the newspaper Yogesh Sapkale with Ravi Samalad Bhuruka Gases calls for EGM to buy back equity Minority shareholders of BGL are crying foul over the move. Next year, the company is planning to go for overseas trading operations in coal and bio-diesel, which could yield huge profits Amritha Pillay Land incentives may make road projects attractive The road transport ministry is mulling over a proposal to allot land tracts alongside road projects to make these constructions economically viable Sanket Dhanorkar with Ravi Samalad TeleCanor’s private investor cries foul Wealthy private investor Hemant Gupta alleges misuse of his funds by TeleCanor Global; the company on its part claims malicious propaganda is being spread by Mr Gupta to manipulate its stock price JSW Energy plans to ramp up capacity Power company JSW Energy plans to increase its power capacity up to 11,390MW by 2016. However, officials from the company agree that the risk factor involved in coal imports needs to be addressed Indian textile exporters target fresh markets India—the world’s fifth largest textiles exporter—has been forced to shift its focus to newer markets from traditional markets like the US and EU, due to tougher competition and withdrawal of incentives from the government March 2010 target for road development unlikely to be met Major companies in build-operate-transfer (BOT) road projects believe the March 2010 target could be difficult to meet and the sector could be plagued by problems like late bidding for projects and hitches in land acquisition Office rents are falling in Tier I cities Office rents in Tier I cities, like Mumbai and New Delhi, are falling with higher supply and lower demand for office space Smart grids could open up prospects for various sectors Setting up of the smart grid system would prove beneficial for industries like IT and the renewable energy sector along with power utilities, metering and power equipment providers Pipeline to Profits Indian pipeline manufacturers are benefiting from large-scale US gas pipeline expansion The Indian pharmaceutical saga: Strong on generics, weak in R&D Despite an investment of $3 billion in R&D, the Indian pharmaceutical industry has been unable to come out with a single new drug This is the age of 'compact' vehicles With Tata Nano starting a new segment of compact cars in India, the 'compact' bug now seems to have bit other segments as well IOL Netcom in dire straits, claim employees Disgruntled employees allege IOL Netcom has been withholding salaries since January 2009, allegedly due to cash problems. Natural gas production to double in four months Increasing number of wells in KG basin will generate 82 million cubic metres of gas per day Inside Companies & Sectors Recent ML Digital Exclusives 
India keen to buy BP's assets in Vietnam: DeoraOil minister Murli Deora flew into the Vietnamese capital today with heads of blue chip Indian oil 
'Coal supply shortage will not affect power projects'GMR group unit GMR Energy is investing around Rs18,000 crore over the next three years to add 
‘India is getting back to speed. We had merely taken our foot off the accelerator’K V Kamath, Chairman, ICICI Bank, says that the India growth story is still intact, despite the 
‘Industrial recovery was stronger than expected’Moneylife presents the second part in a three-part series of the interview with Vetri Subramaniam, 
Unseasonal rain turns spoilsport for wineries in MaharashtraIndian winemakers and grape growers in Maharashtra may gnash their teeth, but there is little they 
Higher sugar prices impact food products industryThe food products industry is still reeling under higher commodity prices, especially those of 
Who played spoilsport in the Bharti-MTN deal?The much hyped Bharti Airtel-MTN merger deal has been called off, thanks to the flip-flop attitude 
‘We will match industry growth’Ramesh Chandak, MD and CEO, KEC International Ltd, talks to Yogesh Sapkale on his 
“The new generation of wealthy are the ones open to using wealth-management services”European banking and financial group BNP Paribas’ Indian unit BNP Paribas Wealth Management 
'For India, things are looking bright'Chanda Kochhar, CEO of ICICI Bank, is bullish for the right reasons 
3 Winning Sectors Now and the Right Stocks to BuyThe Indian economy is limping back to recovery. We have identified three sectors—some key Inside Companies & Sectors Moneylife Articles
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 IDBI Bank deals itself a triple whammy After changing its employee incentive plan to meet targets; de-emphasising sales of non-banking products, it has now also done away with a number of fee-based charges for banking  Investors furious over SEBI’s hike in arbitration With less then 24 hours to the implementation of a SEBI-mandated hike in arbitration fees, investors appeal to the finance ministry for help; they point out that 84% of  Mid-cap Scanner: Adhunik Metaliks Not heavily traded and lesser tracked, this stock has some untapped potential  Smaller engineering companies may benefit from higher capex An Edelweiss Securities survey points out that infrastructure companies have firmed up higher capex plans over the next two years. This will benefit smaller engineering companies  NSE ‘refutes’ its own data which indicates that Ravi Narain, MD of the National Stock Exchange, believes that the bourse under his control is not hollow, shallow or illiquid. But his ‘explanation’ only raises more
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