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After Mittal, Total quits $10-bn Vizag refinery

Wednesday 16 September '09

The fate of the $10-billion refinery-cum-petrochem project at Vizag in Andhra Pradesh hangs in balance as Total SA of France...
Advance tax collections healthy

Wednesday 16 September '09

The Indian economy seems to be on the mend with advance tax payments by banks, oil and auto companies showing a healthy...
Better demand slows export contraction

Friday 11 September '09

India’s merchandise exports shrunk at the slowest pace in eight months, dipping 19.7% in August. Significantly, in value terms, August...
TechMa bags Etisalat’s Rs 2,000-crore deal

Tuesday 8 September '09

Etisalat DB, formerly known as Swan Telecom, on Monday awarded a 10-year contract to Tech Mahindra to manage its...
Real gets a reality check, no new shows since July

Tuesday 8 September '09

Real, a Hindi general entertainment channel (GEC) launched six months ago, has hit a rough patch. The channel, set up by Real...
NTPC moves SC against HC ruling on gas dispute

Sunday 6 September '09

In another significant development in the row over gas from Reliance Industries K-G D6 fields, stated-owned NTPC Ltd on...
SBI slashes interest rates on agri loans

Friday 4 September '09

Public-sector lender State Bank of India (SBI) on Thursday slashed rates for farmers looking for minor irrigation and crop...
Inflation at -0.21 pc on higher food prices

Friday 4 September '09

Inflation remained in negative for the twelfth consecutive time at minus 0.21% for the week ended August 22.
Service tax on railway freight withdrawn

Thursday 3 September '09

In a clear anti-inflationary move, the finance ministry has rolled back the proposal to impose a 10.3% service tax on goods...
Deora for another eGoM on gas to new customers

Tuesday 1 September '09

Amid the ongoing dispute over K-G D6 gas supply and pricing, the petroleum minister Murli Deora has made a strong plea for...
Banks expect stable interest rates for next six months

Saturday 29 August '09

Indian banks, including the largest lender State Bank of India (SBI), expect interest rates to remain stable in the next six months....
Govt ups 3G base price, auction in 3 months

Friday 28 August '09

Private telcos can now bid for starting high-speed data and mobile, aka 3G (third generation), services with the government today fixing Rs 3,500 crore as the reserve price for a pan-India auction of spectrum.
Bharti set to sweeten MTN deal by $10 mn

Friday 28 August '09

Keen to seal the $23-billion deal with MTN, Bharti Airtel has reportedly agreed to a small sweetener in its offer to the South African telecom major.
July Infra growth slips to 1.8 pc

Thursday 27 August '09

Output growth from infrastructure-related industries in July stood at a seven- month low of 1.8 per cent due to a record...
Infosys, TCS, Wipro, IBM bag billion-dollar BP deals

Thursday 27 August '09

Indian IT bigwigs TCS, Infosys and Wipro, along with American technology giant IBM announced separately that they have bagged ADAM contracts from oil and gas major British Petroleum.
Investors upbeat on disinvestment plans

Monday 24 August '09

Foreign and domestic institutional investors have told the government that the disinvestment programme will sail through...
Jet pilots to strike over colleagues’ dismissal

Sunday 23 August '09

As many as 700 pilots of private carrier Jet Airways have decided to serve a strike notice to the airline’s management on...
Inflation at -1.53%, food prices still rising

Friday 21 August '09

Inflation rose marginally to (-) 1.53 per cent for the week ended August 8 from (-) 1.74 in the previous week, even as food prices....
Star TV Asia split into 3 units, focus shifts to India after cut in HK staff

Wednesday 19 August '09

As part of an extensive restructuring exercise, Star TV Asia, the television operation under Rupert Murdoch’s News...
NTPC seeks govt help in K-G gas row

Wednesday 19 August '09

Even as NTPC is moving the Supreme Court after advise by attorney-general Ghulam Vahanvati and solicitor general Gopal...
Shinde says ready to advise PSU

Wednesday 19 August '09

Power minister Sushilkumar Shinde said on Tuesday the power ministry would advice NTPC in its ongoing battle with RIL on gas supply...
Unitech Wireless gets $1-bn loan from SBI

Wednesday 19 August '09

Telenor-controlled Norwegian mobile operator Unitech Wireless said on Tuesday that it has secured a loan of up to $1 billion from...
8 pc rise in rupee may see firms rush to hedge risks

Monday 17 August '09

The rupee is expected to touch 44 to a US dollar by March 2010, a rise of over 8 per cent from the current 48, says a research report from Axis Bank.
Too early to worry about prices, says Subbarao

Saturday 15 August '09

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is not in favour of raising interest rates, despite rising food-price inflation that has been exacerbated by the current drought spell.
Arms help SBI enter new areas sans govt funds

Wednesday 12 August '09

State Bank of India has fleshed out a robust expansion plan that neatly complies with government rules on keeping its shareholding structure...
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