Ratan Tata (R), Chairman of Tata Motors Ltd, and Vice-Chairman Ravi Kant attend the company's Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Mumbai August 25, 2009. Reuters Pictures 3 months ago

Ratan Tata (R), Chairman of Tata Motors Ltd, and Vice-Chairman Ravi Kant attend the company's Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Mumbai August 25, 2009.

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  1. West Bengal state Industrial Minister Nirupam Sen and Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata make their way to a press meet in Kolkata on September 1, 2009. India's Tata group moved out of an unfinished factory built to make the world's cheapest car the Tata Nano due to violent protests over a land dispute.'We do not want to sit on the land. We will return it if the state government compensates us for the investments made there,' Tata told reporters on the sidelines of Tata Tea's AGM here, reported local media.
  2. Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata gives a press conference in Kolkata on September 1, 2009. India's Tata group moved out of an unfinished factory built to make the world's cheapest car the Tata Nano due to violent protests over a land dispute.'We do not want to sit on the land. We will return it if the state government compensates us for the investments made there,' Tata told reporters on the sidelines of Tata Tea's AGM here, reported local media.
  3. (L-R) Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata and West Bengal state Industrial Minister Nirupam Sen give a press conference in Kolkata on September 1, 2009. India's Tata group moved out of an unfinished factory built to make the world's cheapest car the Tata Nano due to violent protests over a land dispute.'We do not want to sit on the land. We will return it if the state government compensates us for the investments made there,' Tata told reporters on the sidelines of Tata Tea's AGM here, reported local media.
  4. Ratan Tata (R), Chairman of the Tata Group, leaves the venue after attending the annual general meeting of shareholders of Tata Tea Ltd as a hotel staff looks on in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata September 1, 2009. Tata Tea Ltd sees tea prices coming under pressure due to bad monsoon in the growing regions, a top official said on Tuesday.
  5. U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (C) talks to Ratan Tata (L), Chairman of the Tata Sons, and O.P. Bhatt, Chairman of the State Bank of India, during a roundtable discussion with business leaders from India at the Treasury department in Washington November 24, 2009.
  6. U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (R) speaks next to Ratan Tata, Chairman of the Tata Sons, during a roundtable discussion with business leaders from India at the Treasury department in Washington November 24, 2009.
  7. U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (R) sits next to Ratan Tata, Chairman of the Tata Sons, during a roundtable discussion with business leaders from India at the Treasury department in Washington November 24, 2009.
  8. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, center, meets with CEOs and business leaders from India, at the Department of the Treasury in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. From left to right are: Chanda Kochar, CEO of IICI Bank Ltd., Ratan Tata, chairman of the Tata Group, Geithner, O.P. Batt, chairman of the State Bank of India, and Sunil Bharti Mittal, CEO of Bharti Airtel.
  9. Tata Motors President - passenger cars - Rajiv Dube (L) and Head - Premium car division - Rohit Suri unveil a ' Freelander 2' during a launch function in Mumbai on September 22, 2009. The Freelander 2 which will be available in three trim levels in India is priced at upwards of Indian Rupees 3,379,000 (USD 70,147). India's leading vehicle maker Tata Motors, which owns the British luxury carmaker Jaguar LandRover after completing its 2.3-billion-dollar acquisition of JLR from the Ford Motor Co. in June last year earlier posted a first-quarter net loss for the three months to June, hit by weak sales of its British premium brands Jaguar and Land Rover. Indian car sales jumped by nearly a third in July -- the country's sixth monthly rise in car sales -- as new model launches and cheaper loans prompted customers to flock to automobile showrooms.
  10. Tata Motors President - passenger cars - Rajiv Dube (L) and Head - Premium car division - Rohit Suri unveil a ' Freelander 2' during a launch function in Mumbai on September 22, 2009. The Freelander 2 which will be available in three trim levels in India is priced at upwards of Indian Rupees 3,379,000 (USD 70,147). India's leading vehicle maker Tata Motors, which owns the British luxury carmaker Jaguar LandRover after completing its 2.3-billion-dollar acquisition of JLR from the Ford Motor Co. in June last year earlier posted a first-quarter net loss for the three months to June, hit by weak sales of its British premium brands Jaguar and Land Rover. Indian car sales jumped by nearly a third in July -- the country's sixth monthly rise in car sales -- as new model launches and cheaper loans prompted customers to flock to automobile showrooms.
  11. Tata Motors Passenger Cars President Rajiv Dube launches the Tata Indigo Manza in New Delhi on November 12, 2009. Built on a new car platform, the Indigo Manza succeeds the Tata Indigo which became a bestseller in its very first year.
  12. FILE - In this July 14, 2009 file photograph, people gather for a close look as the ultra-cheap Tata Nano cars are unloaded at a rail dock yard in Hyderabad, India. India's Tata Motors said Monday its quarterly profit more than doubled, thanks to reviving demand for both commercial and passenger vehicles and low commodity costs. Tata Motors has so far delivered 7,506 of its super-cheap Nano cars, which sell for as little as 100,000 rupees ($2,145) plus tax and transport fees.
  13. A worker cleans a Tata Motors logo outside its showroom in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad October 26, 2009. Tata Motors Ltd, India's largest vehicle maker, reported a sharp jump in quarterly net profit, beating forecasts, on improved margins from lower input prices, recovery in volumes and aided by lower foreign exchange losses.
  14. A worker cleans a Tata Motors logo outside its showroom in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad October 26, 2009. Tata Motors Ltd, India's largest vehicle maker, reported a sharp jump in quarterly net profit, beating forecasts, on improved margins from lower input prices, recovery in volumes and aided by lower foreign exchange losses.
  15. Flags fly outside the Jaguar assembly plant in Castle Bromwich, Birmingham, central England September 24, 2009. India's Tata Motors said on Thursday it will merge two of its three Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) auto plants in England by 2014.
  16. A Jaguar car logo is seen on a vehicle hubcap in central London September 24, 2009. India's Tata Motors said on Thursday it will merge two of its three Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) auto plants in England by 2014. A spokesman for Tata said there would be no compulsory redundancies and it would develop a new low-carbon Range Rover model, creating new jobs.

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