If there is one thing that Chandrashekar Bhave is dead serious about, in his role as chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), it is to streamline processes and remove anti-investor procedures that force ordinary persons to run from pillar-to-post to redress their grievances. Within days of taking over as the market regulator, he initiated an organisational shake-up to...

These stocks are recording improved financial performance and are inexpensive. Debashis Basu and Shailendra Lotlikar analyse why they are worth betting on

As we had suggested about a month ago, the panic about a global liquidity crisis has subsided and the market has started stabilising. From a high of 21,207 on 11 January 2008, the Sensex hit a low of 14,677.24 on 19th March. But until...

Panacea Biotec is a research-based pharma company that manufactures and markets branded pharmaceutical formulations, vaccines and natural products. Panacea Biotec was ranked 68th among the fastest growing mid-sized and small companies in Asia, in a November 2007 survey by the US-based financial magazine Business Week. Panacea’s product portfolio includes highly innovative prescription products...