STOCK MARKETS
Pantaloon Retail: Fuelled by high growth prospects
STOCK of Pantaloon Retail has again started witnessing purchases by institutional investors after the company announced its fourth quarter results early this week. Dealers said the interest in the counter is on expectation of high growth to ... More

Federal Bank stock recovers marginally
THE boardroom drama of Federal Bank has thrown the stock into a roller coaster tizzy over the last few days. On Tuesday, with the news of the resolutions proposed by the bank in the AGM and the defeat of ICICI Bank supported Directors, the ... More

IDBI sells 13 pc in TNPL
INDUSTRIAL Development Bank of India (IDBI) has sold 13 per cent of its holding in Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Ltd (TNPL) to Life Insurance Corporation of India and General Insurance Corporation. LIC has purchased 10 per cent of the equity ... More

REGULATORY BODIES & RULINGS
SEBI urged to probe AP Paper Mills transactions
CITIZEN Welfare Association, an organisation that represents investors in West Bengal, has written to SEBI seeking investigation into the sudden bursts of trading in the shares of Andhra Pradesh Paper Mills."Data gathered from BSE and NSE suggest ... More

COMMENTARY
Indices bounce back sharply
ENDING the four-day losing streak, the key market indices bounced back sharply on Wednesday. Ignoring the firmness in international crude oil price, BSE Sensex and the S&P CNX Nifty registered sharp gains on Wednesday. The BSE Sensex closed at . More

IPOS
Deccan Chronicle plans IPO — Proposes three editions in TN
DECCAN Chronicle Holdings Ltd (DCHL), publishers of Deccan Chronicle, plans to start three editions in Tamil Nadu — one each at Chennai, Tiruchi and Coimbatore — and to raise funds of over Rs 100 crore from the capital market. ... More