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CORPORATE: Hard-edged diagnostic of business critical in downturn
Costs and prices always decline. Competitive position determines options. Customers and profit pools don’t stand still. Simplicity gets results. These are the four laws that Breakthrough Imperative — How the Best ...

OUTLOOK: Oil companies stare at losses on petrol, LPG
Losses on LPG mount to Rs 79 a cylinder. Mumbai, Feb. 18 Barely weeks after the Centre slashed prices of petrol, diesel and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), the public sector trio of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation ...

CREDIT MARKET: ‘Banks must cut rates to keep credit flowing to productive sectors’
Mumbai, Feb. 18 The demand for bank credit is slackening despite the comfortable liquidity in the system and commercial banks should cut lending and deposit rates in order to keep credit flowing to the productive sectors, the RBI Governor, Dr ...

AUDITING: Role of independent directors
It has been recognised for some time, that although there is a legal duty on all directors to act in the best interests of the company, this is not sufficient to give full assurance that potential conflicts will not impair the ...

INFRASTRUCTURE: Soma Enterprise bags Chennai Metro Rail order
Chennai, Feb. 18 The Hyderabad-based Soma Enterprise Ltd has been awarded a Rs 199-crore contract in the Chennai Metro Rail Project, marking the start of the work on ...

POLICY: Final batch of supplementary demands tabled
New Delhi, Feb. 18 The Government on Wednesday sought Parliament approval for gross additional expenditure of Rs 4,71,718.53 crore for 2008-09 including net cash outgo of Rs 10,765.48 ...





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Markets (Feb 18)
Nifty (At close)2,776.15(+5.65)
US Dollar (Buy/Sell)49.92/93
Brent crude (a bbl) Rs1,968
Gold (a gram) Rs1,435
Silver (a kg) Rs24,565


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