From COMPANIES May 16, 2013

Pandit returns to banking via India

Vikram Pandit, chief executive officer of Citigroup Inc.

Former Citigroup chief takes stake in JM Financial

©Lloyd Thatcher From COMMENT May 15, 2013

India: Patents and precedents

Pharmaceutical companies fear that the battle raging in India over patents will inspire other countries to change their laws

Phanindra Soma CEO of RedBus photographed in a bus in Bangalore, India on Friday, May 10, 2013 ©Namas Bhojani From MANAGEMENT May 14, 2013

How India’s buses got connected

When Phanindra Sama couldn’t buy a bus ticket he started a company to make it easier

Port Talbot ©Getty From COMPANIES May 14, 2013

European downturn tests Tata’s steel

Little has gone to plan since Indian group bought Corus in 2007

Tata Steel ©PA From COMPANIES May 14, 2013

Tata Steel reveals $1.6bn writedown

European operations hit by shock announcement

Notebook from COMMENT May 13, 2013

Graft gets your goat in India

In election time, unscrupulous politicians start looking to animal spirits, writes James Crabtree

Lakshmi Mittal ©Bloomberg From GLOBAL ECONOMY May 12, 2013

Mittal seeks Europe-China trade barriers

Steelmaker attacks austerity policies that stifle demand

From COMPANIES May 12, 2013

India’s Axis Bank to open first China branch

Rival ICICI expected to follow suit later this year

A customer uses his mobile phone while workers at a Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. car dealership clean the exterior of a XUV 500 sport utility vehicle (SUV) in New Delhi, India, on Thursday, July 26, 2012. Mahindra & Mahindra suspended plans to develop an automobile for the U.S. market earlier this month. ©Bloomberg From COMPANIES May 10, 2013

Indian car market extends bad sales run

Weak consumer confidence still plaguing sector

Buildings rise into the Mumbai skyline as seen from the Imperial residential towers in the Tardeo area of Mumbai ©Bloomberg From COMPANIES May 9, 2013

3i Infrastructure shifts out of India

Buyout group decides to stop investing in the country

May 9, 2013

Border spat exposes Delhi-Beijing faultline

Hopes for improved economic relations dashed by stand-off

May 8, 2013

India’s BJP lose out in Karnataka

Ruling Congress party wins state election

From COMMENT May 7, 2013

Indian economy: An unfinished project

New Delhi has introduced reforms to revitalise business. But many disillusioned investors are not convinced

Notebook from COMMENT May 7, 2013

A game of big cats and cricket bats

What could be sadder than the lack of communication between the two halves of Punjab, writes Victor Mallet

From COMPANIES May 7, 2013

Hopes of Vodafone-India truce fading

Deal to settle $2.6bn tax row looks unlikely until next year, if at all

May 6, 2013

India and China end Himalayan stand-off

Questions raised over concessions made by New Delhi

From COMPANIES May 6, 2013

Indian groups plug gaps with equity sales

Pressure from lenders spurs family-run companies to dilute stakes

From COMPANIES May 5, 2013

US studios seek inroads into Bollywood

Disney, Viacom and Fox eye larger share of Imarket

From COMPANIES May 5, 2013

Hollywood taps Indian stars for films

Part of broader move to attract emerging market audiences

From GLOBAL ECONOMY May 3, 2013

India cuts rates to boost growth

Decision driven by slowdown in the economy