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Friday, January 03, 2003
Forex Rates Jan. 02 (4.30 p.m. IST)
1 PoundRs 77.09
1 EuroRs 50.23
1 USDRs 47.95
100 YenRs 40.30
1 Sing $Rs 27.53

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Rupee declines; gilts bullish
Mumbai: THE rupee ended on Thursday weaker at 48.02/0250 against the dollar as compared to Wednesday's close of 47.99/48.0. The supplies of the greenback were dull with the US markets closed on Wednesday, said a forex dealer in a private ... More

You can borrow up to $250,000 from relatives
A RESIDENT individual can now borrow up to $2,50,000 or its equivalent in foreign exchange from "close relatives" outside India so long as certain conditions of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) are met by the borrower. Sources said that RBI has ... More

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY


Video conference facility at PNB
PUNJAB National Bank has recently set up a video conferencing facility at its head office in Delhi. With this facility, the bank's head office, zonal office and some of the training centres would be linked for live video conferencing. This ... More

GENERAL INSURANCE


Insurers cautious on Gulf shipments
DOMESTIC general insurance companies are not accepting risk coverage to gulf-based destinations, particularly to Iraq in view of the heightened war fears. Sources said that all the four public sector companies, New India Assurance Company Ltd, ... More

PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS


United Bank officers to appoint ombudsman
THE officers' association of Kolkata-based United Bank, United Bank Officers' Association (UBOA), an affiliate of All India Bank Officers' Confederation, will appoint on the occasion of its Golden Jubilee Celebration a banking ombudsman to look ... More

INTEREST RATES


Bank of India cuts rates on FCNR deposits
BANK of India (BoI) has revised interest rates on FCNR US dollar and euro deposits, downwards by 10-25 basis points across maturities, effective January 4. US dollar deposits, for a maturity of one year to less than two years will now fetch ... More

GOVT BONDS


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    CORPORATE BONDS


    ITI bonds get `AAA(SO)' from Fitch
    FITCH Ratings India has assigned an in-principle `AAA (Ind) SO' (structured obligation) rating to the Rs 5-crore Series I and Rs 1,500 crore Series J long-term secured taxable redeemable bond programme of ITI Ltd, guaranteed by the Government of ... More

    NON-PERFORMING ASSETS


    Using the long arm of the law
    RECOVERIES are now what bankers are obsessed with. Defaulters have hitherto had the upper hand - often with the ability to twist the law or its arms to suit their ends. But bankers too can play that game. Here is an instance of a recovery ... More

    SHORT TERM INSTRUMENTS


    HPL may assign pact with GAIL to banks — To raise Rs 17 cr for debt servicing
    HALDIA Petrochemicals Ltd (HPL) may assign (legal transfer of a right) to some banks the agreement that it had signed with Gas Authority of India Ltd (GAIL) on December 31, 2002, to raise upfront some funds for the cash-strapped company. With ... More
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