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BSE Sensex down 500 points, Nifty break 4700; fresh 2011 lows

BSE Sensex down 500 points, Nifty break 4700; fresh 2011 lows

The National Stock Exchange’s Nifty fell below strong support level which is likely to put more pressure on the benchmark in the short-term. Global factors like eurozone worries, slowing US economy and weaking rupee back home has been hurting investors sentiments. At 12:10 pm; the Nifty was at 4707.65, down 104.70 points or 2.18 per [...]

November 23, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Action against Reliance Industries (RIL) in three-four weeks: G C Chaturvedi, Oil Secretary

Action against Reliance Industries (RIL) in three-four weeks: G C Chaturvedi, Oil Secretary

The government will initiate action to limit the amount of expenditure Reliance Industries is allowed to recoup from its flagging KG-D6 gas fields in 3-4 weeks, Oil Secretary G C Chaturvedi said today. "We had sought an opinion of the Law Ministry (on restricting cost recovery — now at 100 per cent — in proportion [...]

November 22, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Sensex below 16000, Nifty at 4790; rupee falls to 52/$

Sensex below 16000, Nifty at 4790; rupee falls to 52/$

With rupee breaching the 52/USD mark, the stock market sentiment has been bruised further. The 30-share BSE Sensex fell 387 points to below 16000 at 15984.42 and the 50-share NSE Nifty crashed 118 points to 4,788. Global environment, which has been the key reason for today’s capitulation, has shown no signs of reversing the trend. [...]

November 21, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Reliance say No for Vijay Mallya’s Kingfisher stake-buy talks

Reliance say No for Vijay Mallya’s Kingfisher stake-buy talks

A spokesman for Reliance Industries denied on Wednesday a newspaper report the Indian energy major was in talks to buy a stake in cash-strapped Kingfisher Airlines. The Business Line newspaper had reported that Reliance might make a financial investment or pick up a stake through a preferential offer by the carrier, which could be followed [...]

November 16, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Kingfisher Airlines to sell property to cut debt; shares surge 4%

Kingfisher Airlines to sell property to cut debt; shares surge 4%

Shares of Kingfisher Airlines rose more than 4 per cent on Monday on Economic Times’ report that the cash-strapped carrier would consider proposals, including selling property, to cut its $1.3 billion debt by more than half. The board of Kingfisher Airlines (KFA) will consider a proposal to cut debt by more than half by selling [...]

November 15, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Sensex ends near 17200;Hindalco,Tata Steel,SBI down

Sensex ends near 17200;Hindalco,Tata Steel,SBI down

The Bombay Stock Exchange’s Sensex pared some of the intraday losses taking cues from positive European peers. Gains in oil&gas and auto stocks were offset by losses in banks, realty and capita goods space. Earlier in the day, disappointing Index of Industrial Production numbers had dampened sentiments and the benchmarks slipped to intermediate support levels. [...]

November 11, 2011 | 0 Comments More
RBI considers SLR holdings for BASEL III

RBI considers SLR holdings for BASEL III

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is considering to what extent banks’ holdings under the statutory liquidity ratio (SLR) can be used to meet capital requirements for Basel III global banking rules, a central banker said on Sunday. SLR or the proportion of deposits that banks need to invest in government debt and other approved [...]

November 7, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Greece crisis: Euro has new politburo but no solution yet

Greece crisis: Euro has new politburo but no solution yet

Europe has a new informal leadership directorate intent on finding a solution to the euro zone’s debt crisis, but it has yet to prove its ability to come up with a lasting formula. Forged in the fire of a bond market inferno, the shadowy so-called Frankfurt Group has grabbed the helm of the 17-nation currency [...]

November 7, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Sesa Goa gains on inking pact with Goa Energy to acquire 100% stake

Sesa Goa gains on inking pact with Goa Energy to acquire 100% stake

The announcement was made after market hours on Thursday, 3 November 2011. Shares of Videocon Industries were up 1.42% to Rs. 174.95. Meanwhile, the BSE Sensex was up 159.36 points, or 0.91%, to 17,641.29. On BSE, 3.88 lakh shares were traded in the counter as against an average daily volume of 5.67 lakh shares in [...]

November 4, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Supreme Court grants bail to Satyam founder Raju Ramalinga

Supreme Court grants bail to Satyam founder Raju Ramalinga

The CBI did not file a charge-sheet against Raju within the statutory period, according to a court order seen by Reuters. According to Indian law, charge-sheet against an accused has to be filed within 90 days of arrest. Raju, a management graduate from Ohio University who founded Satyam in 1987, shocked investors in January 2009 [...]

November 4, 2011 | 0 Comments More