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Wednesday, January 30, 2002
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Rupee sheds 6 paise; securities rally
MUMBAI: THE rupee closed weaker on Tuesday by around 6 paise at 48.41/42 against the dollar as compared to the previous close of 48.3550/3650 in the forex market. Dealers attributed the fall in the rupee to the usual month-end scramble for ... More

INSURANCE


IRDA to set up institute in Hyderabad
HYDERABAD: The Insurance Regulatory Development Authority (IRDA) and the Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (APIIC) have signed up to establish a global institute for insurance, risk management and other allied ... More

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Sundaram Finance net down 15 pc
CHENNAI: Sundaram Finance Ltd has reported a 15 per cent drop in net profit and a 2.6 per cent fall in income from operations for the quarter ended December 31, 2001, over the corresponding period last year. It had a net profit of Rs ... More

GENERAL INSURANCE


3 options for insurance development officers
THE process of relocation/retrenchment of 12,000-odd development officers (DOs) of Government-owned insurance companies has commenced, with General Insurance Public Sector Association (GIPSA) preparing a detailed paper on repositioning their ... More

Insurance brokers set to return; await licences
INSURANCE brokers are awaiting the issue of licences in order to take advantage of the opportunities arising in general insurance. According to the recently formed Insurance Brokers' Association of India (IBAI), the Insurance Regulatory and ... More

FINANCIAL POLICY


Deflation is the new enemy
Mr Alan Greenspan's policies have received the stamp of approval from the acolyte of monetarists. Writing in the Wall Street Journal, Mr Milton Friedman, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for his work in monetary economics, commends the US ... More

PRIVATE BANKS


Centurion Bank posts Rs 26-cr loss
MUMBAI: Lower income (both interest income and income from investments) and higher provisioning in the third quarter pushed Centurion Bank Ltd deep into the red. The bank has reported a net loss of Rs 26.04 crore for the quarter ended ... More

IndusInd net up marginally
MUMBAI: IndusInd Bank has posted a marginal rise in net profit at Rs 16.50 crore for the third quarter ended December 31, 2001, as compared to Rs 16.33 crore in the corresponding period in the previous year. Total income was at Rs ... More

GTB net sinks on provisioning
HYDERABAD: Global Trust Bank (GTB) has registered a fall of 12.27 per cent in total income and 74.12 per cent in net profit for the third quarter of current fiscal year ended December 31, 2001. Though both the operating expenses and ... More

Federal Bank net rises 45 pc
KOCHI: The net profit of the Aluva-based Federal Bank grew by 45 per cent to Rs 64.05 crore (Rs 44.18 crore) during the first nine months of the current fiscal. The gross profit grew by 90 per cent, a fax from the bank said. The ... More

ICICI Bank in ATM pact with Bharti
MUMBAI: ICICI Bank and Bharti Cellular have formed a strategic partnership which will allow consumers to recharge the latter's pre-paid cash cards (Magic) at ICICI ATM machines. The service is currently available to AirTel subscribers ... More

PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS


Vijaya Bank net zooms 172 pc
BANGALORE: Vijaya Bank reported a net profit of Rs 44.05 crore in the quarter ended December 31, 2001, up 172.6 per cent from Rs 16.16 crore for the same period a year ago. The bank's net profit shot up by 43.06 per cent sequentially ... More

SBI `relief package' for slowdown-hit units
STATE Bank of India has taken the lead in providing a lifeline to weaker units hit by the current economic slowdown. The bank is offering a "relief package" to units in the worst affected sectors. Mr Janki Ballabh, Chairman, SBI, today said the ... More

BoB net crawls up
MUMBAI: Bank of Baroda has reported a five per cent rise in net profit at Rs 158.13 crore for the third quarter ended December 31, 2001, as compared to Rs 150.79 crore in the corresponding period in the previous year. According to the ... More

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS


IDBI third-quarter net plunges 77 pc
INDUSTRIAL Development Bank of India (IDBI) has taken a hard knock on its bottomline with net profit for the third quarter plunging to less than a fourth compared year on year. The institution's total assets have also contracted three per cent ... More

ECONOMIC OFFENCES


Letter of credit: A scam in the making?
"THIS corrupt Government must go right now,'' said the erudite spokesman of the main Opposition party on the March 20, adding that ``due to the lack, or more correctly, absence of supervision over banks, greedy and corrupt foreign financial ... More
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