Here is a lesson for investors. A combination of the best corporate brand, outstanding innovation and aggressive acquisition is not enough for you to make money. Tata Motors is a showpiece of Indian innovation, ‘right-pricing’ of products and great manufacturing skills. If its success in creating a new car platform and the market success of Indica and Indigo drew approving nods from global car...

For the week ended 11 April 2008, the Sensex closed at 15,807.64. Until now, the index has held above the 15,000-15,500 levels, which is approximately the half-way mark between the (weekly) all-time high of 20,827 on 11 January 2008 and 9,810 on 9 June 2006. While we stand by what we had previously said – that we are not in a bear market – we cannot still conclude that the bearish phase in the...

The US market economy is in a bad shape. But could hard times be actually a great opportunity for certain kinds of businesses? How about this news release regarding the earnings of a certain company? “For the quarter ended December 31, 2007, our net income increased 29% to $12,555,000 compared to $9,761,000 for the quarter ended December 31, 2006. Total revenues for the quarter increased 22%...