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Private pill in PSU therapy

Finance minister P. Chidambaram today urged private companies to bid for ailing public sector enterprises and take up the challenge of forming joint ventures to turn them around. ... | Read..

Hoarding blamed for petro price pangs

The government today accused oil-producing countries of exploiting the petro crisis and indicated that some companies have b ... | Read..

Oil prices slide further

Crude oil futures slid today to their lowest levels in more than two weeks as concerns over supplies ahead of the northern h ... | Read..

Grasim cements growth plans

Grasim Industries has earmarked funds for expansion and lowered costs in its three core businesses ? cement, viscose staple ... | Read..

Crackdown looms on excise evaders

The finance ministry is planning a major crackdown on excise evaders as it feels collections do not reflect the consumer boo ... | Read..

Finance minister P. Chidambaram with CII president Sunil Kant Munjal (extreme right) and vice-president Y. C. Deveshwar in New Delhi on Thursday. Picture by Ramakant Kushwaha

Sensex

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Stock Indices

BSE-100	3048.66	(+25.35)
S&P CNX Nifty	1800.01	(+16.25)

Cadbury gets bubbly about new offerings
Cadbury India Limited, synonymous with chocolates in India, is gearing up to get into other cat.. | Read..

Price wars slice Lever net by 27%
Bottomline blues for Hindustan Lever continued in the third quarter of its accounting year as a bru.. | Read..

Colt conqueror turns vaccine victor in rabies battle

Horses and vaccines make for uneasy companions, but a drug baron with a penchant for cars and c.. | Read..

Reliance talk-time bonanza

Reliance Infocomm has introduced a pre-paid recharge voucher of Rs 440, permitting unlimited lo.. | Read..

Maran sells India dream

Dayanidhi Maran, Union minister for communications and information technology, today asked loca.. | Read..

Deutsche Bank roots grow deeper

Deutsche Bank has increased Tier I capital for its Indian branches by Rs 419 crore. This infusi.. | Read..

Taiwan model for chip growth

Following Taiwan?s success in semiconductors (silicon chips), 31 foreign and local firms based .. | Read..

Rural banks to offer insurance schemes

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has allowed regional rural banks (RRBs) to undertake insurance busi.. | Read..

ONGC bottomline grows 37% in first half

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), the upstream oil major, has posted a record net profit .. | Read..

Bharti earnings leap

Bharti Tele-Ventures Ltd has registered a 250 per cent jump in net profit at Rs 334 crore for t.. | Read..

Thin rise in Kotak net

Kotak Mahindra Bank has registered a 4 per cent increase in profit after tax at Rs 20.65 crore .. | Read..

AROUND THE GLOBE

Single board to run Royal Dutch Shell

Oil major Royal Dutch/Shell Group said it was merging its Dutch and British holding companies as it.. | Read..

STOCK MARKET

Mutual Funds

CORPORATE BRIEFS

Birla Sun Life gets new cash

Share Prices

Name	BSE	NSE
HLL	124.09 (+4.05)	125.01 (+4.75)
ITC	1086.08 (+1.75)	1086.25 (+0.07)
Infosys	1948.25 (+79.85)	1948.08 (+81.00)
Reliance	539.65 (-1.55)	538.06 (-2.00)
Wipro	658.08 (+17.35)	658.08 (+17.01)
Zee	150.95 (-3.03)	151.00 (-3.02)

Foreign Exchange

US $1 : Rs 45.55	UK £1 : Rs 83.21
Euro : Rs 57.88	Yen 100 : Rs 42.86
HK $1 : Rs 5.75	SW Fr1 : Rs 37.03
Sing $1 : Rs 26.95	Aus $1 : Rs 33.07

Bullion

Bombay
Gold Std (10gm)	Rs. 6400
Gold 22 Carat	Rs. 6370
Silver bar (1kg)	Rs. 11485
Silver Portion	NA
Calcutta
Gold Std (10gm)	Rs. 6480
Gold 22 Carat	Rs. 6120
Silver bar (1kg)	Rs. 11350
Silver Portion	Rs. 11450