The country’s largest lender, State Bank of India, plans to rope in a strategic advisor to conserve capital, increase return on assets and optimise the balance sheet. This comes in the backdrop of a decline in net loss to Rs 65.47 billion in 2017-18 due to a sharp rise in provisions for bad loans.

According to SBI executives, the aim is to do things efficiently with an eye on profitability, and get a feedback on areas, including which business to enter and which to exit.

The boards of Mangalore Refineries and Petrochemicals (MRPL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) are set to take up the proposal for merger of the two companies by August. After the acquisition of majority stake in the HPCL by Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), it was expected that ONGC may look at further synergy in business by merging the two subsidiaries.

KOLKATA: Coal India plans to offer a mix of 30 million tonnes of thermal and coking coal at its recently announced fourth tranche of long-term supply contract for the non-power sector.

In the auction, the offer price for the coal would be the notified price for the non-power sector. Notified price for non-power is almost 20% higher than price fixed for the power sector.

Kamal Mahajan says he’s being asked just one question: how did he make money as peers lost $4.4 billion during India’s worst bond-market rout in two decades?

The answer, according to the head of treasury and global markets at Bank of Baroda, goes back to a contrarian bet taken two years ago.

India and Seychelles on Monday agreed to work together on a project to develop a naval base at the Assumption Island keeping each other's concerns in mind after talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Danny Faure.

India also announced a USD 100-million credit to Seychelles for augmenting its defence capabilities.

Tata Motors-owned Jaguar Land Rover has lined up investment worth 13.5 billion pounds (around Rs 1.2 lakh crore) in the next three years on new models, technology development and capacity addition.

The company will launch four new models by FY24 taking the total nameplates in its portfolio to 16 from 12 at present. Besides, it has also lined up a total of 99 different 'product actions' during the time period.

Cellular Operators' Association of India (COAI) has raised concerns over Trai's draft rules to curb pesky calls, stating that they do not effectively deal with pain-points faced by users.

The industry body of large mobile operators has insisted on a “cost-benefit analysis” before financially-stressed telcos are asked to overhaul the existing system.

Mumbai, Jun 25 () The BSE Sensex declined about 67 points in early session today on profit-booking by speculators amid mixed Asian cues on worries over a US-China trade war.

The 30-share flagship index was down 67.80 points, or 0.18 per cent, to 35,621.80.

Mumbai: Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) is considering an initial public offering (IPO) of its telecom unit Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd in the next two to three years, a person with knowledge of the matter said.

RIL plans to list Reliance Jio on the exchanges after the company’s consumer businesses, which includes Reliance Jio, overtakes its energy business in terms of revenue, the person said on condition of anonymity.

Both LIC and SBI have written to the board of UTI Asset Management Company (AMC), asking it to allow the term of Leo Puri, the current MD and CEO, to expire and to appoint a non-executive chairman from among the “independent directors”. The so-called independent directors are nominees of the PSU financial institutions that, together, own 73% of UTI’s shares. At present, there are two nominees each from LIC and SBI and one from PNB.

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