The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, May 06, 2006

Diesel small car could boost Hyundai market share
Hyundai Motor India's attempts at weaning away customers from other luxury car brands by offering diesel engines on its premium products like the Elantra and the Tucson have not worked because buyers here don't perceive the company to be a ... More

Forex reserves surge by $3.41 billion
The country's forex reserves have surged by $3.41 billion for the week ended April 28, the largest inflow in a single week in the recent past. According to currency traders, the spurt in the reserves was mainly on account of the Reserve Bank of ... More

ICICI Bank home loans costlier
ICICI Bank has announced an increase in home loan interest rates by 0.5 percentage point. The increase in the floating and fixed interest rates for home loans will be effective from May 8. This move will increase the interest rates on ... More

Oil PSU officers threaten indefinite strike
The OSOA is seeking a hike in salary from the present entry level of Rs 20,000 per month to Rs 50,000 for management trainees. More

Airports modernisation: SC admits Reliance appeal
Judges post the matter for hearing in June More

`Asian economies need to be alert'
Sharp interest rate adjustments likely More

NFO collections: MFs not yet fully invested
Soaring prices put fund managers in dilemma More

Inflation lower on cheaper non-food items
Wholesale Price Index up marginally to 198.8 More

Balco valuation: Ministry to examine A-G report
The Ministry of Mines will take up the Attorney-General's (A-G) report on the valuation report of Balco prepared by SBI Capital Markets (SBI Caps) next week for examination. The report, submitted by SBI Caps in January this year, had come under ... More

Traditional items drive exports in April-Dec 2005
Petro products grow 64%; readymade garments log 34 per cent growth More

Spice Telecom may go for IPO this year
Plans to enter film production, retail handset business More

Now talking SMS, courtesy IMImobile
User can record a message up to 30 seconds currently More

Reliance Petro IPO allotment completed
Share allotments for Reliance Petroleum Ltd's (RPL) IPO were completed today, bringing in 12.60 lakh new shareholders into the Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) family, market sources said. RPL, which priced its IPO at Rs 60 a share, received 21.20 ... More

Pre-monsoon heating on in western parts
Moderate heat wave conditions are seen building in parts of west India (Rajasthan and Gujarat) and northwest and central India over the next four days in what is a known pattern in the run-up to monsoon. An update from the National Centre for ... More