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Sensex shrugs off high oil

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:47:25 -0400

By Our Special Correspondent Mumbai July 4: The market on Friday shrugged off the high crude price and the slightly negative cues from the Asian markets and

Oil machine rolls out millionaires

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:51:14 -0400

By JAMES MACPHER BEULAH July 4: Mr Oscar Stohler, was raised in a sod house in western North Dakota and ranched there for nearly seven decades. He

RBI for financial reforms

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:51:47 -0400

By Our Correspondent Mumbai July 4: The RBI governor, Dr Y.V. Reddy, has questioned, whether the benefits of financial liberalisation and financial globalisation need to be re-evaluated. He

Inflation hits 13-yr high at 11.63%

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:52:16 -0400

By OUR CORRESPONDENT New Delhi June 4: There are no signs of stabilisation in the rising inflation. It has hit a new 13-year at 11.63 per cent

Mittal conquers British Raj

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:52:45 -0400

London, July 4: Money and power being "natural bedfellows" is not necessarily true in the British business world, except for steel tycoon, Mr Lakshmi Mittal,

Face-off may hit MTN deal

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:44:47 -0400

By Rina Chandran Mumbai July 4: Reliance Commun-ications Ltd has only days to reach an agreement for a tie-up with South Africa’s MTN Group, but falling shares

UBS could see lower loss in Q2

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:45:25 -0400

Zurich: Swiss banking giant UBS, which had been hit hard by the subprime crisis, said it would break even or report a slight loss for

CUMI to acquire FZL

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:45:59 -0400

By OUR CORRESPONDENT Chennai July 4: The Carborundum Universal Ltd (CUMI) has entered into an agreement with Foskor Ltd, South Africa, to acquire 51 per cent equity

Mphasis to tap tier 2, 3 cities

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:46:26 -0400

By OUR CORRESPONDENT Chennai July 4: IT and BPO company Mphasis will concentrate on tier II and tier III cities to scale up its operations in the

Direct tax flow increases

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:46:52 -0400

New Delhi, July 4: Belying fears of economic slowdown impacting government revenue, direct tax collections have gone up by 38.6 per cent in the first