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Wal-Mart, made it into this infamous list after showing extremely low capital appreciation over the past two years. Diversified companies have indubitably been able to improve shareholders’ value and extract profits over the years, and have also done justice to the sectors in which they are present. That formed the leviathan basis of our motivation to present to you the top ten most profitable diversified corporations in India. And in our researches, a company like Grasim, which has its presence in business spaces as diverse as cement, sponge iron and fibres – and which occupies the 25th position in the overall B&E Power 100 list – comes in rollicking at #1, when considered in an aggregate perspective relative to diversified companies. But predictably so, companies from the most well known groups of India, namely Tatas and Birlas, were bang on behind at number two and number three respectively. So, should India finally be going the diversified way? Well, at least we know of this guy called Ambani who thought so...
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Source:- IIPM-Business and Economy, Initiative:- Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri - 2006
Wal-Mart, made it into this infamous list after showing extremely low capital appreciation over the past two years. Diversified companies have indubitably been able to improve shareholders’ value and extract profits over the years, and have also done justice to the sectors in which they are present. That formed the leviathan basis of our motivation to present to you the top ten most profitable diversified corporations in India. And in our researches, a company like Grasim, which has its presence in business spaces as diverse as cement, sponge iron and fibres – and which occupies the 25th position in the overall B&E Power 100 list – comes in rollicking at #1, when considered in an aggregate perspective relative to diversified companies. But predictably so, companies from the most well known groups of India, namely Tatas and Birlas, were bang on behind at number two and number three respectively. So, should India finally be going the diversified way? Well, at least we know of this guy called Ambani who thought so...For Complete IIPM - Article, Click on IIPM-Editorial Link
Source:- IIPM-Business and Economy, Initiative:- Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri - 2006
over again; market pundits are now sounding bullish; bulls are taking charge; Sensex well above the magic 12,000 mark – it seems that stock markets are all set to test the limits again. The dampness is finally starting to wither off and investors are looking positive once again. According to a recent report by Standard and Poor’s on emerging economies (particularly the BRICS economies made famous by the 2004 Goldman Sachs report), India is the most preferred investment destination behind Brazil. Besides, while the emerging markets outperformed developed markets in the month of August, India ranked 1st and 2nd (behind Mexico) in terms of 1 month and 3 months returns according to the Standard and Poor/Citigroup BMI index.