The union finance ministry hopes to meet the target of raising Rs 30,000 crore through the disinvestment of the government stake in public sector undertakings in 2012-13. But some financial market observers feel that the market may not have the capacity to absorb the huge avalanche of shares in such a short span. They point out that divestment in shares of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) last March had no takers and
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JSW Steel to benefit from merger of JSW Ispat
JSW Steel Chairman Sajjan Jindal expects a lot of synergy in operation and economies of scale from the merger of JSW Ispat with itself. The company could implement brown-field expansion at Vijayanagar in Karnataka and Dolvi in Maharashtra, Jindal said
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Promoter firms offload 6.38% stake in JSW Ispat
Through both off and on market transactions, 10 promoter group companies of JSW Ispat Steel offloaded 6.38 per cent stake in the firm for Rs 174.47 crore, according to a communication to the stock exchange. All the 10 promoter firms belong to Pramod and Vinod Mittal or their families, which held less than 20 per cent
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ADB’s stake in Petronet eyed by IGL
Asian Development Bank (ADB), which is in the process of offloading its 5.2 per cent shareholding in Petronet LNG is set to get a buyer as Indraprastha Gas is interested in picking up the stake. Although Petronet's promoter companies IOC, ONGC, GAIL and BPCL were originally interested in buyi
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Govt plans to offload stake in Oil India in mid January
During the middle of January, government plans to launch the divestment of its 10 per cent stake in Oil India. The government plans to mop up around Rs 2,700 crore by offloading its 10 per cent stake in the firm at the p
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ArcelorMittal to trim debt via stake sale
As part of its strategy to offload assets and reduce debt, ArcelorMittal decided to sell 15 percent stake in Canada's Labrador Trough iron ore mining and infrastructure asset. The stake would be bought by a consortium that includes South Korean steelmaker POSCO and Taiwan-listed China Steel Corp in a deal valued at $1.1 billion, repo
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Board of Punjab & Sind Bank clears Rs 10 bn capital plan
The board of directors of Punjab & Sind Bank passed an enabling resolution for the bank to raise up to Rs 1,000 crore capital through preferential allotment route. According to media reports, the bank may issue the preferential equity shares to the government during the current quarter. PK Anand, Executive Director of the bank said the capit
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Emerging mkt funds deploy huge amount in Indian mkt
Reports suggested that emerging market funds deployed a sizable amount of funds into Indian equity markets in 2012.These funds, that are a section of foreign institutional investors (FIIs), invest in markets such as India, China, South Korea and Taiwan, among others. On the other hand, India-focused funds witnessed sharp redemptions from their abroad clients during the year, quas
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Govt may offload 10% stake in Oil India by Jan 15
The 10 percent stake sale in Oil India, through which the government aims to garner Rs 2,500 crore, may be completed by January 15, reports suggest.
It is learnt that there is consensus between finance and oil ministries on the stake sale date. The oil ministry had earlier expressed reservations over bringing issues of oil sector companies "in a hurry", saying at least two offers for s
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Board allows McNally to raise upto Rs 1.2 bn
In a move that may contribute to the business growth of McNally Bharat Engineering, the board of the company cleared the proposal to issue non-convertible preference shares of up to Rs 120 crore in one or more tranches. Consequently, the board also permitted the raising of the authorised share capital of the firm to Rs 160 crore from Rs 40 crore earlier. In a communication to the stock exchange, the company said i