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Investors feast on stock lollies

The bonus bandwagon rolled at pharmaceuticals firms, lavishing handsome payouts days after technology titans played Santa to their investors. ... | Read..

Rupee bites Ranbaxy net

The sharp rise in the value of rupee has pulled down profit growth at Ranbaxy, the home-grown pharmaceutical multinational. ... | Read..

Nicholas Piramal bottomline swells 59%

Nicholas Piramal India (NPIL), the second largest pharmaceutical and healthcare company in the domestic market, has registe ... | Read..

Satyam posts Rs 513cr profit

Satyam Computer Services Ltd has posted a 47.93 per cent rise in its consolidated net profit at Rs 513.38 crore for the year ... | Read..

Move to pare broadband rates to Rs 600 a month

Broadband services haven’t caught on in India because of the high costs. The telecom regulator is now initiating a move to p ... | Read..

Trai chairman Pradeep Baijal

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Stock Indices

BSE-100	3178.03	(+27.94)
S&P CNX Nifty	1889.55	(+16.02)

Overseas buy suits Raymond
Raymond Ltd is looking at worsted suitings acquisitions abroad even as offers for outsourcing have .. | Read..

Bombardier power for Hero Motors
Moped maker Hero Motors today signed a technology agreement with Austrian firm Bombardier-Rota.. | Read..

US telecom firms keen to dial India

Telecom companies in the US that fled the country in the mid-nineties despairing over India’s tough.. | Read..

Annual core sector growth at 5.4%

The growth rate in the infrastructure sector dropped to 5.4 per cent in the fiscal ended March 31, .. | Read..

Zonal merger plan for rural banks

Regional rural banks in the country are in for a shakeout. A high-level meeting early next mont.. | Read..

Healthy growth in Exide net

A general uptrend in the automobile sector has helped Exide Industries, a leading power-storage.. | Read..

SBI Caps office in London

SBI Capital Markets plans to expand its operations overseas by setting up base in London and Si.. | Read..

Vizag Steel in talks with BHP

Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd, the second-largest profit-making domestic steel company, is in talks.. | Read..

Vijaya Bank net soars 109%

Vijaya Bank today announced a net profit of Rs 411.31 crore for the financial year 2003-04, a growt.. | Read..

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AirTel offers rate cuts

Share Prices

Name	BSE	NSE
HLL	153.35 (-1.04)	152.04 (-1.03)
ITC	1078.02 (+2.00)	1080.25 (+1.01)
Infosys	5384.65 (-40.00)	5385.08 (-39.07)
Reliance	568.75 (+0.65)	568.75 (+0.04)
Wipro	1610.00 (+13.05)	1612.08 (+15.55)
Zee	147.25 (+2.05)	147.35 (+2.45)

Foreign Exchange

US $1 : Rs 44.15	UK £1 : Rs 77.89
Euro : Rs 52.31	Yen 100 : Rs 40.03
HK $1 : Rs 5.55	SW Fr1 : Rs 33.05
Sing $1 : Rs 25.65	Aus $1 : Rs 31.65

Bullion

Bombay
Gold Std (10gm)	Rs. 5805
Gold 22 Carat	Rs. 5755
Silver bar (1kg)	Rs. 9890
Silver Portion	NA
Calcutta
Gold Std (10gm)	Rs. 5915
Gold 22 Carat	Rs. 5585
Silver bar (1kg)	Rs. 9700
Silver Portion	Rs. 9800