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Ravi Krishnan and Ashwin Ramarathinam 11:02 PM | November 22,2009
Companies have enjoyed an earnings surge, mostly thanks to costs shrinking; now they need to sell more
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Ravi Krishnan and Ashwin Ramarathinam 12:18 AM | November 02,2009
Sales growth declines, but analysts say fresh round of earnings upgrades likely in the next two fiscal years
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Ravi Krishnan and Ashwin Ramarathinam 01:01 AM | October 26,2009
FIIs increased their total holdings in Nifty companies to 14.83% in July-September, the highest in 10 quarters
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Ravi Krishnan and Ashwin Ramarathinam 01:00 AM | October 19,2009
133 firms benefit from low commodity prices and cost cuts, but profit growth in Q2 was slower than the earlier quarter
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Ravi Krishnan and Ashwin Ramarathinam 12:42 AM | October 10,2009
A Mint study of large-cap firms showed that the dividend payout ratio, or the proportion of net profit distributed to shareholders, declined to a seven-year low
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Ravi Krishnan and Ashwin Ramarathinam 01:15 AM | September 16,2009
The broader 50-stock Nifty index rose 83.50 points or 1.7% to close at 4892.10, on Tuesday
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Ravi Krishnan and Ashwin Ramarathinam 12:30 AM | August 25,2009
According to a Mint study, the collective return on equity of 807 firms for which data is available for at least a decade has declined to 15.39% for the fiscal year ended March, comparable with the 14.94% return in 2003
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Ravi Krishnan and Ashwin Ramarathinam 01:00 AM | July 27,2009
Foreign investors bought stocks worth $6.42 bn in Apr-Jun, but holdings still lower than a year ago
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Ravi Krishnan and Ashwin Ramarathinam 12:35 AM | April 24,2009
FIIs sold at least $13 bn worth of Indian stocks in 2008; in 2009 so far, FIIs have sold stocks worth $849.2 mn
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Ravi Krishnan and Ashwin Ramarathinam 11:39 PM | March 19,2009
One out of every two firms that constitute the BSE-500 index is now trading below its book value
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Ravi Krishnan and Ashwin Ramarathinam 12:52 AM | February 07,2009
Analysts and economists say the economic slowdown will also see a weak fourth quarter ending 31 March, raising fears that some companies might be headed for a debt trap
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Ravi Krishnan and Ashwin Ramarathinam 11:37 PM | February 03,2009
Revenue growth was also the lowest in at least 12 quarters for both Sensex and Nifty firms
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Ravi Krishnan and Ashwin Ramarathinam 12:54 AM | January 19,2009
Slowing domestic and international demand in the face of a global recession and tight credit conditions are forcing companies to slow investment
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Ravi Krishnan and Ashwin Ramarathinam 12:30 AM | December 26,2008
Amid a continued liquidity crunch as well as ongoing uncertainty over the health of most companies, investors have either stayed out of markets entirely or moved toward treasuries and gilt securities
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Sanat Vallikappen, Ravi Krishnan and Ashwin Ramarathinam 12:01 AM | December 25,2008
Stocks are expected to be volatile even if ‘cheap’, while dollar’s depreciation likely to also help gold
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