The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Highlights: Cash surplus at record high
• Double digit growth in traffic earnings maintained in first nine months.• Growth in passenger earnings 14%.• Expected growth in goods earnings 14%.• Gross traffic revenues 16% higher than the ... More

Cement, steel stocks gain on freight rate cut
Sensex rises 155 points on positive signals More

No hike in fares; host of benefits to passengers
7% cut in AC first class, 4% in AC second class during lean season More

Some signposts, not a clear road map in Rail Budget
In the past four years, Indian Railways transported an additional 233 million tonnes (mt) of originating freight traffic and in the next four years, it proposes to handle an additional 310 mt. How it is going to be achieved is not clear from ... More

Rlys makes Rs 4,500-cr provision for 6th Pay Commission outgo
The Railway Minister, Mr Lalu Prasad, has made a provision of Rs 4,500 crore to meet the impact of the recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission during the coming fiscal. Of this, Rs 4,000 crore would go towards covering the revised salary ... More

France Telecom finalises joint venture with Moser Baer
France Telecom-owned Orange Business Services has finalised a joint venture partnership with Indian storage devices manufacturer Moser Baer Ltd to foray into the long distance telephony segment. The company is awaiting clearance from the ... More

Reliance Energy to decide buyback on March 5
Reliance Energy Ltd said on Tuesday that the company’s board would consider buyback of shares at a meeting to be held on March 5.A company official said that the company was having cash reserves of over Rs 10,000 crore and the ... More

Patent dispute: TVS Motor goes on appeal
Company plans to sell Flame with single spark plug More

TVS Motor — learning a key lesson
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Govts may be Salvation
The global economy must be rescued from bankers. And bankers must be rescued from themselves. That just about might sum up a cynical view of the plight of governments and central banks as they struggle to deal with the worst crisis to hit ... More

Satyam, Infosys in pursuit of large railway deals
‘IT infrastructure upgrade offers great opportunities’ More

Mango crop hopes turn sour on adverse weather
But Maharashtra production may be better than last year More

Jewellery exports to US decline 4% on global cues
Exporters turn to domestic market for succour More

Ford-Tata deal: ‘Trade union demands addressed’
Mumbai, Feb. 26 A top official of UK’s trade union, Unite, said on Tuesday that Tata Motors has agreed not to shift production and component sourcing out of the UK after it acquires Jaguar and Land Rover. Responding to an e-mail ... More

Railway Budget: Record outlays may benefit a host of cos
Growth initiatives appear promising More

TODAY'S PICK (Latest Today's pick audio)
Bartronics India (Rs 223.90): Buy
We recommend a buy in Bartronics India from short-term perspective. From the charts of Bartronics India we see that the stock has been consolidating in the range between Rs 200 and Rs 285 since mid September 2007. The stock had been on a ... More

Day Trading Guide
As long as the stock trades above Rs 1,100, the outlook remains positive. Buy the stock in dips with stop-loss at Rs 1,100.Infosys We maintain our buy recommendation in this counter. More

Nifty witnesses pre-Budget accumulations in open interest
Chennai, Feb. 26 Turnover improved further to Rs 56,515.59 crore in the F&O segment on the NSE on Tuesday against Monday’s turnover of Rs 51,314 crore. Rollover was healthy at 54 per cent for Nifty future while the market-wide ... More

Short selling: Clarity needed on tax issues
A few weeks back, SEBI and the RBI decided to permit all classes of investors, including institutional investors, to short sell and put in place simultaneously a full-fledged securities lending and borrowing scheme for all market participants ... More

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