The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, March 22, 2007

Bank unions drop strike plan
The proposed three-day all India bank strike from March 28 was withdrawn on Wednesday after reconciliatory proceedings between the striking trade unions and the Indian Banks Association (IBA) at the Labour Ministry succeeded in convincing both ... More

Call rates touch 75% intra-day; RBI steps in
Green signal for banks to lend funds borrowed from repo window More

Is poverty increasingly becoming an urban phenomenon?
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Fixed maturity plans turn attractive as companies' deposits lose shine
Companies accepting deposits, already a dwindling community, are on the backfoot. Many of them, unwilling to increase interest rates, are faced with the situation where investors are not ready for renewals. Instead, some sections are moving away ... More

Railway Board mulls busy season freight surcharge
In keeping with the practice followed in 2006-07, the Railway Board is mulling out-of-Budget freight hike in 2007-08 too. According to sources, the board has before it a proposal to slap across-the-board busy season surcharge on freight ... More

M.P. farmers choose pvt trade for selling wheat
Prices ruling higher than offers from procurement agencies More

We will tackle power theft on war-footing: PM
Govt working for consensus on distribution, pricing More

IBM bags outsourcing deal from Idea Cellular
$800-m, 10-year pact has revenue sharing component More

`India leads global offshore market'
A.T. Kearney says China is a close second More

Recently listed textile stocks rule below IPO price
Post-quota regime, retail boom result in too many new issues More

Can dividend declarations be a zero-sum game?
March has been seeing a double march of dividend announcements from corporates. To know if the calculations that lie behind the dividend decisions will pan out to the advantage of companies, Business Line contacted Mr P.K. Vijayaraghavan, ... More

Global cues aid market recovery; banks shine
Markets for a change opened in red to close the day in green. Positive global cues helped the markets to settle after a shaky start. Chinese regulator moves to curb stock prices failed to impact the markets, which went on to close at an all-time ... More

What's the deal with brands?
Brand conscious buyers are on a shopping spree at factory outlets. More

Thunder squalls line up plains of the northwest
Isolated heavy precipitation likely over J & K More

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