Business
Agri-business loans up 49 pc: SBI
State Bank of India has registered 49 pc rise in agri business loan outstandings, touching Rs 30,516 crore during 2005-06.
Air travel to become costlier now
Jet Airways has revised fuel surcharge on all domestic routes to Rs 500 from the current Rs 300 due to soaring fuel prices.
BPO fraud: Kashmiri to face lie detector
Nadeem Kashmiri, an employee of the HSBC BPO arm was arrested on June 27 after the company lodged a complaint.
Jet, Sahara carry on legal battle
Jet files suit in Mumbai for the recovery of the advance amount, while a Lucknow court defers hearing on another case.
Bangalore woos foreign capital funds
Authorities in the technology hub of Bangalore are wooing foreign capital to crank up its creaking infrastructure.
Govt slashes import duty on wheat
The decision was taken keeping in view the increase in prices of essential commodities in the domestic market.
What actually fuelling the inflation
Reduction in carrying capacity of vehicles, and not hike in fuel prices, has led to the hike in transportation cost.
Govt denies delay in Jet deal
Under pressure to come clean, Government says Jet-Sahara deal did not fail due to procedural delays.
Aus resolves wheat issues with India
AWB has resolved quality issues with India for exporting the remaining 400,000 tonne of the wheat consignment.
Severstal may spoil Mittal party
Severstal has said it would improve its offer to the Luxembourg-based steel giant to thwart a partnership with Mittal Steel.
No job loss at Arcelor’s Europe plants
Arcelor released details of its partnership deal with Mittal, saying there would be no job losses at its Europe plants.
Dollar at two-months high against euro
The dollar rallied to a 2-months high against euro on rising expectations that the Fed Reserve will increase interest rates.
Mittal-Arcelor deal inevitable: Kepler
European strategist at Kepler Equities, Edmund Shing says that the Mittal-Arcelor deal has a 75 pc chance of going through.
Enter gold at support levels: Analysts
Gold and stock mkts, both have been on a bull run since three years and now are trying to catch up with the bears.
RBI Amendment Bill enacted
The Act enables RBI to deal with unforeseen eventualities like excess or lack of liquidity in the banking system.
Indians want self-service at airports
A survey revealed that Indian consumers show a significant keenness to use self-service technologies at airports.