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January 2, 2012 1:10 PM

Sensex down 72 pts in afternoon trade

Erasing initial gains, the Sensex at the Bombay Stock Exchange was trading 72 points in the negative territory at 15,383 in afternoon trade.In the opening trade today, the 30-share index rose by 69 points to 15,524 after the government decided to allow Qualified Foreign Investors to directly invest ...

January 2, 2012 1:06 PM

Rupee declines 30 paise to 53.40 against dollar<br/>

The rupee depreciated by 30 paise to 53 rupees 40 paise against the dollar in early trade today. The fall was due to a sustained demand of the US currency from importers on the back of firm dollar in overseas markets.The domestic currency had shed 3 paise to close at 53 rupees 10 paise against the U...

January 2, 2012 10:24 AM

Rupee down by 17 paise to 53.27 against Dollar

The rupee fell by 17 paise to 53 rupees 27 paise per dollar in early trade on the Interbank Foreign Exchange today on increased demand for the US currency from importers.However, firm equity markets capped the rupee losses.The rupee had shed 3 paise to close at 53.10 rupees against the US dollar in ...

January 2, 2012 9:50 AM

Sensex up 69 pts in early trade

The BSE benchmark Sensex gained over 69 points in early trade today.The 30-share index rose by 69.12 points, or 0.45 per cent to trade higher at 15,524.04 points after the governmentdecided to allow Qualified Foreign Investors to directlyinvest in the Indian equity market. The broad-based National S...

January 1, 2012 9:02 PM

New Delhi inks double taxation avoidance agreement with Macau

In another attempt to bring back the black money stashed outside the country, India and Macau are to ink a double taxation avoidance agreement .This will facilitate the exchange of tax-related and banking information between the two and prevent tax evasion.Macau is one of the most well-known offshor...

January 1, 2012 7:59 PM

India needs to invest more in agriculture & allied sectors: RBI

Expressing concern at the high level of regional and inter and intra state disparities in agricultural production and productivity, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) feels that India needs to invest more in agriculture and allied sectors. It says that the country needs higher production and productivi...

January 1, 2012 4:57 PM

Govt allows QFIs to directly invest in equity market

The government has decided to allow Qualified Foreign Investors, QFIs, to directly invest in the Indian equity market, starting off the New Year on a liberalisation note. An official statement issued in New Delhi said, this has been done to widen the class of investors, attract more foreign funds an...

January 1, 2012 12:40 PM

FDI in India surges 36 percent to over USD 23 billion

Foreign direct investment, FDI in India, has surged by 36 per cent to 23.68 billion US dollars during the January-October period last year. During January-October 2010, the country had attracted FDI worth 17.36 billion US Dollars.According to the Industry Ministry&apos;s latest data, the sectors...

December 31, 2011 7:10 PM

Oil companies cut jet fuel price by 622 rupees per kilolitre

Oil companies have cut jet fuel - ATF - price by 622 rupees per kilolitre. This is for the second time this month ATF prices have been cut with softening in the commodity&apos;s international rates. Today&apos;s cut works out toover one per cent. In Delhi, it will cost 63,077 per kililitre. ...

December 31, 2011 8:47 AM

Indraprastha Gas increases CNG price in NCR

Indraprastha Gas Limited has increased the price of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) by Rs. 1.75 per Kilogram in the national capital. The revised price came into effect on Friday midnight. It is now Rs. 33.75 per kg in Delhi. The CNG prices have also gone up in Noida, Greater Noida and Ghaziabad by Rs....

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