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Tuesday, March 12, 2002
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I-Caps ties up with Bombay Bazaar
MUMBAI: ICICI Capital Services Ltd (I-Caps) has tied up with Bombay Bazaar, a supermarket chain here, to distribute financial products of the ICICI group. According to a release from I-Caps, ICICI customers can access this 170-outlet ... More

FOREX


Rupee firm; gilts volatile
MUMBAI: THE rupee ended at 48.74/75 against the dollar on Monday, almost unchanged from the previous level of 48.74/7450 in the forex market. After opening at 48.7450/7550, the currency slipped to an intra-day low of 48.7625 on account of ... More

LIFE INSURANCE


PNB gears for insurance
PUNJAB National Bank (PNB) is all set to enter the insurance sector within the next six months. The bank has already put in place a strategic partnership with Zurich Financial Services, DCM Shriram and Vijaya Bank. The proposed equity ... More

GENERAL INSURANCE


ING Group open to raising stake in Vysya Bank
THE Netherlands-based ING Group is planning to have about 3 billion euro as assets in India in the next 10 years. Speaking to newspersons, the Chairman of the Executive Board, ING Group, Mr Ewald Kist, said that the group was open to increasing ... More

Thomas Cook arm is Tata-AIG agent
MUMBAI: India Alive Tours Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Thomas Cook India Ltd, has become a corporate agent for Tata-AIG General Insurance Company Ltd, for the procurement of general insurance business. As per a notification ... More

CREDIT RATING


`AAA' rating for Reliance Industries
NEW DELHI: Fitch Ratings India has affirmed the `AAA' debt rating of Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) following the announcement of the merger of Reliance Petroleum Ltd with RIL. The rating agency has put the `Ind AA +' debt rating of ... More

ICRA retains rating for Parasrampuria
MUMBAI: ICRA has retained the rating of non-convertible debentures and cumulative convertible preference shares programme of Parasrampuria Synthetics Ltd (PSL) at `LD', indicating default. The rating takes into account the company's ... More

PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS


SBI staff join stir against disciplinary action
THE officers and award staff of State Bank of India (Tamil Nadu Circle) have resorted to an agitation, condemning the Circle management's "offensive" against its staff. While the officers began the agitation a week back, the award staff numbering ... More

INTEREST RATES


Reduced rates on export credit extended
THE Reserve Bank of India on Monday said that reduced interest rates for rupee export credit would continue till September 30, 2002. Thus, the reduction in the ceiling of interest rates charged by scheduled commercial banks on pre-shipment and ... More

IDBI cuts rate on Flexibonds
MUMBAI: Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) on Monday slashed the interest rates offered on its Flexibonds by 25 basis points. The financial institution also said it would redeem the IDBI Series I Bonds on March 31, according to ... More

EVENTS


`Coin mela' in Coimbatore
COIMBATORE: State Bank of India, Coimbatore (Main) is organising a `coin mela' on March 14 and 15. The basic purpose of the mela is to suck out the mutilated notes that are now in circulation, in exchange for coins in the one, two and ... More

CO-OPERATIVES


Prudential Bank stops premature payments -- RBI steps in to avert liquidity crisis
Senior RBI officials advised the management not to entertain premature closure of deposits, to prevent the bank from slipping into a liquidity crisis, the Chairman, Mr Boorugu Muralidhar, said. More
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