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Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Lenders’ hopes of recovering their dues get hit for a six with Reliance taking control of over 900 stores + Lessors begin taking back aircraft from Hyderabad-based TruJet.
Editor's note: Surendar here. As you read, lenders to the Future Group seem to have finally woken up for some last-minute bargaining even as the retailer’s deal with Reliance Industries is put to the vote. My question: What were they doing till now when what looked like a daylight robbery was taking place right under their noses? Separately, another company is trying hard to survive. But where Future has a deal that could still save it, TruJet has had no such luck so far. Read on. Banks get short shrift in Future-Reliance deal For nearly two years, banks and other financial lenders who have collectively lent over Rs 28,000 crore to Future Group entities have been watching from the sidelines, in the hope that some of their debt will be repaid. They drew comfort from the fact that as India’s largest company, Reliance Industries, had inked a deal with Future to buy out its assets, there was little chance that their borrower would go under. The story has had many twists and turns, including an as yet unfinished court battle with e-commerce …
Lenders’ hopes of recovering their dues get hit for a six with Reliance taking control of over 900 stores + Lessors begin taking back aircraft from Hyderabad-based TruJet.
Editor's note: Surendar here. As you read, lenders to the Future Group seem to have finally woken up for some last-minute bargaining even as the retailer’s deal with Reliance Industries is put to the vote. My question: What were they doing till now when what looked like a daylight robbery was taking place right under their noses? Separately, another company is trying hard to survive. But where Future has a deal that could still save it, TruJet has had no such luck so far. Read on. Banks get short shrift in Future-Reliance deal For nearly two years, banks and other financial lenders who have collectively lent over Rs 28,000 crore to Future Group entities have been watching from the sidelines, in the hope that some of their debt will be repaid. They drew comfort from the fact that as India’s largest company, Reliance Industries, had inked a deal with Future to buy out its assets, there was little chance that their borrower would go under. The story has had many twists and turns, including an as yet unfinished court battle with e-commerce …
Brands are struggling amid plunging prices of lab-grown diamonds, poor margins, intense competition, shaky global demand and a domestic market where tradition continues to shape buying decisions.
A regulatory easing could see the billionaire’s conglomerate move from running airports to owning an airline—an idea he is warming up to, with multiple options open.
While the Rs 9,000 crore promoter investment in Q1 brings a measure of reassurance, investors will still have to wait for Jio and retail to work through their challenges.
Brands are struggling amid plunging prices of lab-grown diamonds, poor margins, intense competition, shaky global demand and a domestic market where tradition continues to shape buying decisions.
A regulatory easing could see the billionaire’s conglomerate move from running airports to owning an airline—an idea he is warming up to, with multiple options open.
While the Rs 9,000 crore promoter investment in Q1 brings a measure of reassurance, investors will still have to wait for Jio and retail to work through their challenges.
