The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, January 27, 2011

Top PSU banks' profit growth hit by loan-loss provision
Meeting regulatory norms, bad farm loans push up provisioning. Increased provisioning towards loan-loss and pension liability weighed down the profitability of a clutch of public sector banks including State Bank of India, Punjab National Bank ...

‘Cool' India offers inclusive growth for all
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Stocks tend to tank on top-level exits
Marketmen blame firms for not communicating the rationale for change. When Wipro suddenly announced on January 21 that both its joint CEOs — Mr Suresh Vaswani and Mr Girish Paranjpe — had decided to step down and the two would be ...

FIIs maintain buying spree in Dec quarter
Small investors cherry pick; MFs turn sellers. Foreign institutional investors continued to buy into Indian stocks in December quarter even as domestic mutual funds remained on ...

FAO blames knee-jerk policy moves for food situation
Export curbs during 2008 crisis ‘exacerbated' situation. The Food and Agriculture Organisation on Wednesday said short-term policy actions, especially curbs on exports, could have harmful effects in the longer term and even aggravate ...

Definitive dumping duty proposed on 2 penicillin products from China, Mexico
The Designated Authority in the Commerce Ministry has proposed definitive anti-dumping duty on import of Penicillin-G Potassium from China and Mexico and 6-APA (6-Amino Penicillanic Acid) from China, following a joint petition from the ...

Domestic institutions lose interest in telecom stocks
Market conditions, number portability holding back investors. The ultracompetitive market and uncertainty over the impact of mobile number portability have eroded the confidence of domestic institutional investors (DIIs) that have been paring ...

Cairn India's Rajasthan oil output schedule may be hit
Nomination of buyers, delivery point for private refiners are key issues. Cairn India's Rajasthan oil production schedules are likely to be hampered due to key decisions ...

The coming decade will shape the nation's destiny
January 26 is a very significant date in our nation's calendar, when we celebrate the establishment of free India as a Republic, based on the ideology of justice and equality. It is a day when we recall with gratitude the sacrifices of ...

Home brands, foreign fancy
Popular, well-established Indian brands are increasingly cashing in on multinational interest in the ...