Business

March 5, 2012 12:35 PM

Sensex falls by 228 pts

The Sensex at the Bombay Stock Exchange, which fell by 163 points in the early trade today, lost further ground in late morning deals and was trading 228 points in the negative territory at 17,409, when reports last came in. After gaining 53 points in the previous two sessions, the 30-share index fe...

March 5, 2012 10:34 AM

Oil prices rise in Asian trade

Oil prices rose in Asian trade today on prospects for stronger US economic growth and jitters sparked by sabre-rattling over crude producer Iran's nuclear programme. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in April, gained 50 cents to 107.20 dollars per barrel and ...

March 5, 2012 10:04 AM

Rupee falls by 25 paise against dollar

The rupee fell 25 paise to 49.75 rupees against dollar in early trade on the Interbank Foreign Exchange market today following fresh demand from importers for the American currency.The rupee had lost 29 paise to close at three-week low of 49.51 rupees against the US currency on sustained dollar dema...

March 5, 2012 10:02 AM

Sensex falls by 163 pts in early trade

The BSE benchmark Sensex fell by 163 points in the early trade today on fresh selling by funds amid a weak trend on other Asian bourses.The wide-based National Stock Exchange index Nifty declined by 48.25 points to 5,311.15 points.In Asian, the Hong Kong's Hang Seng index fell by 0.18 per c...

March 4, 2012 8:54 PM

Sensex ends unchanged at 17,637 points

The Sensex at the Bombay Stock exchange ended unchanged at 17,637 points, on Saturday, in a special, one and half hour trading session. The Bombay Stock Exchange tested its Disaster Recover Site with this special trading session. The Nifty of the National Stock Exchange also ended flat at 5,359.

March 4, 2012 8:53 PM

Govt declines to bailout pvt airlines

The government has again declined to bail out private airlines facing cash crunch. Reiterating its stand, Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh said in New Delhi that the centre will not pursuade banks to lend money to cash-strapped Kingfisher Airlines. He said the airline must stick to its schedule.Si...

March 3, 2012 7:56 PM

Sensex ends unchanged at 17,637 points

The Sensex at the Bombay Stock exchange ended unchanged at 17,637 points, today, in a special, one and half hour trading session. The Bombay Stock Exchange tested its Disaster Recover Site with this special trading session. The Nifty of the National Stock Exchange also ended flat at 5,359.

March 3, 2012 7:09 PM

States ask centre to hike CST to 4% or compensate adequately

States have asked centre for adequate compensation for their revenue loss due reduction in the Central Sales Tax -CST. Otherwise, the levy should be increased to the earlier rateof 4 per cent. Empowered Committee of the State Finance Minister in New Delhi also finalised a negative list of 35 service...

March 3, 2012 5:41 PM

Govt declines bailout pvt airlines

The government has again declined to bail out private airlines facing cash crunch. Reiterating its stand, Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh said in New Delhi that the centre will not pursuade banks to lend money to cash-strapped Kingfisher Airlines. He said the airline must stick to its schedule.Si...

March 3, 2012 5:41 PM

Govt, society not keeping pace with tech changes: Nilekani

Co-founder of INFOSIS and Chairman of Unique Identification Authority of India Nandan M Nilekani says, government and society are not keeping pace with rapid changes on the technology front. He was speaking at a function in Bangalore organised for releasing the Kannada version of his book "...

Most Read

View All arrow-right

No posts found.