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Golden share rule for Shipping Corp selloff
The government wants to bring in a provision for a ‘golden share’, in a diluted form, while selling the Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) off to a strategic partner. ...  | Read.. 
 
Steel majors to jack up prices again
Steel companies are ratcheting up prices again — the second time within a month. ...  | Read.. 
 
Stocks rebound, wait for next move on Iraq
Stocks rebounded, safe haven gold lost its lustre, oil prices rose while the dollar steadied on Tuesday as markets round the ...  | Read.. 
 
Bond yields rise
Bond yields shot up today by 10-15 basis points as a market, already jittery over war-fears in Iraq, reacted negatively to t ...  | Read.. 
 
Debt swap scheme set for debut
The Centre will launch a debt swap scheme shortly for states mired in high-cost borrowings with their overall debt burden ru ...  | Read.. 
 
Parting handshake: Sony director and chairman of the board Norio Ohga (left) with chairman and chief executive officer Nobuyuki Idei at a press meet in Tokyo on Tuesday. Ohga announced his retirement as director effective from January 29, 2003, his 73rd birthday, and will become honourary chairman of Sony. Idei will act as chairman/CEO and chairman of the board of Sony from January 30 until the shareholders meet in June this year. (AFP)
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Damodaran puts faith in US-64
The Unit Scheme-64, at one time the flagship scheme of the Unit Trust of India (UTI), may yet again..  | Read.. 		 GM hopes hatchback Corsa will ignite sales
General Motors India plans to launch an international hatchback model of the Corsa in the compact s..  | Read.. 
 
L&T board to take up twin proposals
After a lull of nearly a month, the Larsen & Toubro (L&T) board is meeting here tomorrow to..  | Read.. 
 
Private basic operators play safe
The private basic telecom operators are likely to beak ranks with the state-owned telephony maj..  | Read.. 
 
IDBI net profit jumps 14%
The Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) has posted a 14 per cent rise in net profit at ..  | Read.. 
 
Dr Reddy’s net income in third quarter falls 47%
Passing through difficult times, pharma major, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories’ (DRL) net income fell b..  | Read.. 
 
Paradip-Haldia pipeline project gains steam
Indian Oil Corporation is pushing ahead with a Rs 1,000-crore mega project to lay an inter-stat..  | Read.. 
 
Counsel harps on Ketan’s motive
Ketan Parekh’s lawyers today said the Big Bull had tried to bail out some of the defaulters of ..  | Read.. 
 
Ficci moots dedicated fund for small units
The Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry is suggesting the creation of a small..  | Read.. 
 
Law to deal with cyber crimes
The spate of recent computer virus attacks that hit South Korea and the US has prompted the Ind..  | Read.. 
 
Bharat Sanchar charts two annual plans
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd, the state-owned telecom service provider, has sent two separate annua..  | Read.. 
 
Hind Lever channel to focus on direct sales
Extending its direct sales initiative to include Home Care products, Hindustan Lever today laun..  | Read.. 
 
AROUND THE GLOBE
ChevronTexaco settles Kazakh oil dispute
Kazakhstan has reached an agreement with an international consortium led by ChevronTexaco over ..  | Read.. 
 
Court provides leeway to Microsoft
A federal judge on Monday granted a motion by Microsoft Corp. to throw out five of the consumer ant..  | Read.. 
 
Deutsche Tele in selloff mode
Deutsche Telekom is planning sell six regional cable-television networks to a group of American..  | Read.. 
 
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