Free fall continues, Sensex tumbles another 150 pts
Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha's assurances on the impact of Union budget proposals failed to arrest the slumping share prices on Friday.



Nasdaq 5,000 in short reach
Nasdaq composite index is menacing the 5,000 mark with confidence. The broad market index, with increased notoriety for both its spectacular, four-month rally and for becoming a proxy for the `new economy,' is poised to smash yet another millennium mark.



SHCIL plans IPO, new bank
India's leading depository participant Stock Holding Corporation of India Ltd (SHCIL) will make an initial public offering (IPO) in the third quarter of 2000.



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Rahul Bajaj ordered to explain misleading ad campaign
Budget to crub hotel expansion
Nokia says cell phones to topple PCs as Web tool
Govt likely to reduce fiscal deficit to 5.5 pc
Internet stocks can climb more
Govt hints at cut in bank rate
Aptech to list on Nasdaq next year
SAIL plans to emerge out of red by selling seven ventures
Britain to sell 150 tonnes of gold in 2000-2001
US Rohm and Haas to set up manufacturing base in India
WB loan may get delayed without bus fare hike
Tata Tea prices GDR at discount