By Sarita Chaganti Singh (Reuters) -The Indian government has appointed CS Setty as chairman of the State Bank of India, according to a document seen by Reuters on Tuesday. The tenure of Setty, who will succeed Dinesh Khara, will be for a period of three years starting on or after Aug. 28, the document said. …
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BENGALURU (Reuters) – Auto parts-maker Bosch, the Indian unit of German automotive supplier Robert Bosch GmbH, reported its smallest profit climb in the last five quarters on Tuesday as its inventory built up due to slow retail sales of cars. Its net profit rose almost 14% year-on-year to 4.66 billion rupees ($55.5 million) in the …
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BENGALURU (Reuters) – Indian two-wheeler maker TVS Motor Company reported a better-than-expected first-quarter profit on Tuesday, led by firm demand for its two-wheelers and strong margins. The company, which makes the Jupiter brand of scooters and the Apache line of motorcycles, said its profit rose 23.5% to 5.77 billion rupees ($68.77 million) in the quarter …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s highways authority said on Tuesday it plans to monetise up to $4 billion worth of road projects in the current fiscal year ending March through an infrastructure investment trust route as it looks for ways to reduce its massive debt. The state-owned National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has an …
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BENGALURU (Reuters) – Indian mining group Vedanta’s reported a bigger-than-expected first-quarter profit on Tuesday, reflecting higher prices of aluminium and zinc, its biggest two businesses. The conglomerate, led by billionaire Anil Agarwal, said its consolidated net profit surged 37% to 36.06 billion rupees (around $430 million). Analysts on average were expecting a profit of 24.83 …
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BENGALURU (Reuters) – India’s Bajaj Electricals posted a smaller-than-expected first-quarter profit on Tuesday, hurt by dampened demand for kitchen appliances and price erosion in key lighting segment. Its consolidated net profit fell 25% to 281.1 million rupees ($3.4 million) for the quarter ended June 30, missing consensus analysts expectation of 323 million rupees, as per …
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(This Aug. 5 story has been corrected to fix the milestone in paragraph 8, and to say that palladium hit its lowest levels since July 2017, and not August 2018, in the first bullet ) By Anushree Ashish Mukherjee (Reuters) – Gold fell more than 1% on Monday, caught in the slipstream of a global, …
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BENGALURU (Reuters) – Shree Cement, India’s third-largest cement maker by market capitalisation, reported on Tuesday a first-quarter profit that missed estimates due to lower demand and prices. The company said its profit for the quarter ended June 30 stood at 3.18 billion rupees ($37.9 million), missing analysts’ estimates of 5.25 billion rupees, per LSEG data. …
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BENGALURU (Reuters) – 3M India reported on Tuesday a 22% jump in its first-quarter profit, as a decrease in total expenses helped lift the diversified products maker’s bottomline. The company, which makes everything from ‘Post-it’ notes to power tools, reported a consolidated profit after tax of 1.57 billion rupees ($18.7 million) for the quarter ended …
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BENGALURU (Reuters) – Indian infrastructure firm NCC reported a 21% rise in first-quarter profit on Tuesday, helped by the execution of previously commissioned projects. Consolidated net profit after tax rose to 2.1 billion rupees ($25 million) for the quarter ended June 30 from 1.74 billion rupees a year ago. Revenue from operations rose 26.2% to …
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