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Price punch opens growth gash

Markets have started paying the price — for a late monsoon and the country’s thirst for oil. ... | Read..

Pump-primed for a flareup

The bad news is that inflation will rise further — and the villain of the piece has been the two rounds of fuel price increa ... | Read..

Bitter pill on sugar

Here’s the bitter truth: sugar prices in the country are expected to soar in line with global trends. ... | Read..

Loan soft corner gone

Interest rates on retail loans are expected to go up, reversing the trend of a soft-rate regime, as inflation rose to a thre ... | Read..

Better have nerves of steel

Steel prices will be heading northwards again — on top of the increase earlier this week —unless the government slashes cust ... | Read..

Price punch opens growth gash

Sensex

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Stock Indices

BSE-100	2773.25	(-27.18)
S&P CNX Nifty	1633.04	(-21.55)

Oberoi young turks check into EIH boardroom
Vikram and Arjun Oberoi — grandsons of late Rai Bahadur Mohan Singh Oberoi — have stepped into the .. | Read..

Chinese firms in search of ally
The China-based Shenzhen Hangsheng Electronics Company, a leading car electronics maker, is sco.. | Read..

Big potential in petrochem

Chinese equipment manufacturers in the petroleum and petrochemicals sectors are looking at the .. | Read..

CII feels selloff is a must

The government needs to continue with the divestment programme to raise resources for essential.. | Read..

GTB small investors up in arms

The small and marginal shareholders of Global Trust Bank (GTB) today filed an application with .. | Read..

Public view on unified licence sought

In a sharp break with earlier practice, the telecom regulator today chose to seek public opinio.. | Read..

More users

Telecom operators added another 2 million subscribers during July as the total base consisting .. | Read..

Govt gives clean chit to Centurion

The Union finance ministry has given a clean chit to Centurion Bank just before its proposed rights.. | Read..

India Inc dials Taiwan number

A Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) delegation on telecom and broadband will visit Taiwan .. | Read..

Sony, BMG close music deal

Sony Music Entertainment and BMG, the music unit of the German media conglomerate Bertelsmann AG, s.. | Read..

TI to make low-cost handsets

Texas Instruments Inc, the first multi-national company to set up a circuit design and development .. | Read..

Bajaj Electricals on fast track

Bajaj Electricals, with a Rs 503-crore turnover, has decided to unleash a major marketing initiativ.. | Read..

AROUND THE GLOBE

Google go-slow on mega flotation

Google Inc may delay its highly anticipated $3.3 billion IPO by about a week as the Web’s number on.. | Read..

STOCK MARKET

Share Prices

Name	BSE	NSE
HLL	116.15 (-0.65)	116.01 (-0.07)
ITC	1045.09 (-1.45)	1046.15 (-0.05)
Infosys	1526.03 (-30.65)	1526.08 (-31.00)
Reliance	493.85 (-9.01)	493.09 (-9.01)
Wipro	550.08 (-13.65)	551.15 (-13.55)
Zee	134.85 (-4.06)	134.85 (-4.65)

Foreign Exchange

US $1 : Rs 46.37	UK £1 : Rs 84.52
Euro : Rs 55.92	Yen 100 : Rs 41.55
HK $1 : Rs 5.09	SW Fr1 : Rs 35.09
Sing $1 : Rs 26.05	Aus $1 : Rs 32.25

Bullion

Bombay
Gold Std (10gm)	Rs. 6035
Gold 22 Carat	Rs. 6000
Silver bar (1kg)	Rs. 10865
Silver Portion	NA
Calcutta
Gold Std (10gm)	Rs. 6115
Gold 22 Carat	Rs. 5775
Silver bar (1kg)	Rs. 10550
Silver Portion	Rs. 10650