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Wednesday, January 15, 2003
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Rupee steady; gilts rally
Mumbai: FORWARDS premium on dollar were seen crashing on Tuesday by close to 20 basis points in the local forex market with exporters expecting further appreciation in the rupee. Exporters had been fervently selling their forward contracts in ... More

MANPOWER


General insurance cos to introduce VRS
AS the first step towards introducing VRS, the public sector general insurance companies have taken steps to grant voluntary retirement to development officers. The scheme would be applied to Class 1 officers and other staff in the very near ... More

NBFCS


PHF Leasing FD issue downgraded
ICRA has downgraded the rating assigned to the fixed deposit programme of PHF Leasing Ltd (PFHL) from `MA-' to `MB+', indicating inadequate safety. The timely payment of interest and principal are more likely to be affected by future ... More

LIFE INSURANCE


Birla Sun Life adds `waiver of premium' rider
BIRLA Sun Life Insurance has launched a `waiver of premium' rider, which covers critical illness as well as total permanent disability. The rider benefits will be available even when the customer suffers from an accident and is totally and ... More

GENERAL INSURANCE


Motor detariff proposal may be put on backburner
THE proposal to initiate detariffing of the motor insurance business may become a non-starter. The issue is now likely to be pushed to the backburner for the time being with a section of insurance companies that was earlier pushing for ... More

PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS


43 pc priority sector lending target achieved
THE commercial banks in Kerala have disbursed Rs 3,823 crore to the priority sector during the half year ended September 2002, which represented 43 per cent of the target of Rs 8,912 crore set for the whole year ending March 31, 2003. Out of ... More

SBI plans integration across group banks
STATE Bank of India is planning what could perhaps be termed as a "quasi group merger" beginning with credit and treasury integration across its seven associates. The Rs 3,80,000-crore SBI, and its group entities would unify several business ... More

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    FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS


    IDBI Flexibonds issue to open on Jan 20
    IT is the peak of the "tax-plan season", and issuers are losing no time to cash in on the demand for tax-saving instruments. While ICICI Bank's retail offering is already open in the market, Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) today ... More
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