Despite a rally of sorts in March 2008, the composite index of infrastructure industries rose by a tepid 5.6% during 2007-08.
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'IDFC will stay an institutional player'
Set up on January 30, 1997, as a specialised financial intermediary for infrastructure projects, Infrastructure Development Finance Company (IDFC) has come a long way.
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'The oil shock is about to come'
China and India have grown economically and politically in stature over the last two decades.
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Want to get into MFs directly? Read this
Fund houses have effected a sea change in their services since the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) waived the entry load for investors getting into mutual funds directly.
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Fuzzy note holds up steel goods exports
Manufacturers of value-added steel products such as pipes and tubes, among others, are a troubled lot.
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Royal Sundaram bets on customised plans
Like most general insurers, Royal Sundaram Alliance Insurance (RSA) too has witnessed a slowdown in growth of premium income in the detariff regime.
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Cons goods IIP riddle: relook at items, weighting diagram
When the index of industrial production for March 2008 was released recently, the serious loss in the momentum of growth caused a great deal of consternation.
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RPL refinery to redraw fuel trade routes
When Reliance Industries opens a second huge refinery this summer, world oil consumers may heave a sigh of relief at the injection of extra fuel into a market.
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SC relief for Tata Power on Aptel order
SC has stayed the Appellate Energy Tribunal (Aptel)'s order, which asked the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (Merc) to consider Reliance Energy Ltd's claim.
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And with Urja, we seduced the world of fashion
For many years, I had travelled around India and wondered how to take advantage of the tremendous craftsmanship that exists in the depths of India.
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PE players home in on mid-segment housing projects
Private equity (PE) investors are now looking at investing only in residential projects priced between Rs 30 lakh and Rs 70 lakh.
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Phoenix Mills will build 25 hotels in 5 yrs
The hospitality business of Phoenix Mills will now expand beyond the luxury hotel coming up in its Mumbai property.
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Jain Irrigation to invest Rs 550 cr in Jalgaon
Diversified agri-irrigation company Jain Irrigation will invest Rs 550 crore in Jalgaon district in Maharashtra in two projects under the state government's mega projects policy.
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Fuel costs, forex loss may hit Jet
Exorbitant jet fuel and foreign exchange losses are likely to pull full service carrier Jet Airways into losses in the fourth quarter of 2007-08.
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New tech can cut EPO, insulin prices to one-eighth
Pharmaceutical companies will be able to produce life-saving proteins such as insulin, erythropoietin and interferon at one-eighth their current cost.
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Thai Airways announces four new flights from India
Thai Airways today announced the introduction of four new flights between Delhi and Bangkok from May 16.
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Give telcos due credit for low tariffs: Mittal
Sunil Mittal feels that Indian mobile operators, who are praised worldwide for offering low tariffs, are not given due credit at home but rather accused of forming cartels.
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Sensex up 375 points on good infrastructure growth
A healthy infrastructure growth number encouraged buying in capital goods sector that led the BSE benchmark Sensex to a gain of 375 points to end at 17,353.54 points.
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SC dismisses ICICI Bank's plea on recovery agents
The SC in a landmark judgement reiterated its earlier stand that banks cannot deploy musclemen for recovery of loans from defaulters thus forcing them to end their lives.
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Airtel crosses 4-mn subscriber mark in Delhi
Country's leading mobile service provider Bharti Airtel on Thursday said it has become the first Indian telecom firm to cross the four-million subscriber mark in Delhi.
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