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SBI bites into deposits again
State Bank of India (SBI) today announced an across-the-board reduction in deposit rates, the second time in a month it pinched depositors hard. ...  | Read.. 
 
Stranglehold risk in sale of UTI-II
Top finance ministry officials fear that foreign institutional investors will gain total dominance over the Indian stock mar ...  | Read.. 
 
Grasim fails to win breather
The Securities and Appellate Tribunal (SAT) has deferred its decision on Grasim Industries’ appeal against the Securities an ...  | Read.. 
 
Kelkar blames tax sops for high interest rates
Vijay Kelkar, chairman of the task force on tax reforms, today defended the panel’s proposals to withdraw tax exemptions ...  | Read.. 
 
Birla Sun keen to buy Zurich, Alliance funds
Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund is keen to grow through acquisitions. It is eyeing Alliance and Zurich mutual funds, which ar ...  | Read.. 
 
Purwar: Hitting hard
Sensex
3101.36
+25.88
 
Stock Indices
BSE-1001527.04(+7.31)
S&P CNX Nifty1008.75(+7.15)
Calcutta105.91(+0.11)
 
 
Brokers block CSE accounts
Brokers blocked Calcutta Stock Exchange’s (CSE) accounts for fiscal 2001-02 at the annual general m..  | Read.. 
Gesco wades out of SCI selloff
Great Eastern Shipping Company (Gesco) today decided to pull out from the disinvestment process of ..  | Read.. 
 
Core sector in fine fettle, grows 6.1%
Sharp recovery in the petroleum refinery and electricity sectors helped the country’s six infra..  | Read.. 
 
Crisil spots recovery signals
Leading rating agency Crisil today painted an optimistic scenario on the possible turnaround of..  | Read.. 
 
More room for hotels in the City of Joy
Major five-star hotel chains are planning to increase their capacity by 40 to 80 per cent in Ca..  | Read.. 
 
Govt promises to get tough on bad loans
The central government today promised to come down heavily on major defaulters who had placed the e..  | Read.. 
 
Aviva expands operations in east
Aviva Life Insurance, one of the latest entrants in the private life insurance market, is sprea..  | Read.. 
 
Oil cos seek rise in LPG and kerosene prices
State-run oil firms have asked the government for increasing the price of domestic cooking gas (LPG..  | Read.. 
 
G-20 meet to focus on reforms
Finance ministers and central bank chiefs of the Group of 20 (G-20) countries will hold a two-day..  | Read.. 
 
Zydus inks deal with Swiss firm
Zydus Cadila, which has launched rabies vaccine, Vaxirab in technical collaboration with Swiss ..  | Read.. 
 
AROUND THE GLOBE
Jewellery adorns De Beers’ crown
More than 110 years after it mined its first rough diamonds, De Beers, the dominant force in th..  | Read.. 
 
CORPORATE BRIEFS
TCS, US firm sign pact
Tata Steel
ICICI Bank
Sansui India
SBI cards
HCL Info
 
Sensex at two-month high
Nicco debt
Maruti sale
IDBI bonds
Nedungadi
 
Share Prices
NameBSENSE
HLL163.08
(+0.65)
163.75
(+0.03)
ITC628.05
(+4.01)
628.07
(+4.05)
Infosys4519.05
(+111.65)
4526.85
(+118.06)
Reliance274.85
(+1.75)
274.07
(+1.25)
Wipro1604.01
(+28.95)
1598.95
(+16.95)
Zee96.65
(+0.15)
97.05
(+1.01)
Foreign Exchange
US $1 : Rs 48.19UK £1 : Rs 75.86
Euro : Rs 48.32Yen 100 : Rs 39.35
HK $1 : Rs 6.01SW Fr1 : Rs 32.04
Sing $1 : Rs 26.09Aus $1 : Rs 26.06
Bullion
Calcutta
Gold Std (10gm)Rs. 5355
Gold 22 CaratRs. 5055
Silver bar (1kg)Rs. 7775
Silver PortionRs. 7875
Bombay
Gold Std (10gm)Rs. 5220
Gold 22 CaratNA
Silver bar (1kg)Rs. 7855
Silver PortionNA