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Articles 121 through 220 of 500:
- Icici Bank Joins The List Of Cos With Rs 1 Trillion Market Value (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 10, 2007)
ICICI Bank on Monday crossed the Rs one trillion market valuation in the wake of recent listing of its fresh 5.81 crore equity shares and became the eighth company on the bourses to reach the benchmark.
- Getting Your Money Back (The Financial Express, Sucheta Dalal, Jul 09, 2007)
Secured debentures of the non-convertible variety were the rage in the mid-1980s, but their glamour ended on their maturity when it became obvious that there was nothing secured about them.
- Sensex Leaps To 15,000 (Tribune, Shiv Kumar, Jul 07, 2007)
The Sensex today breached the long-anticipated 15,000 mark to touch an all-time high of 15,007.22 before it closed lower at 14,964.12 points.
- Icici Bank Reduces Floating Rate (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 07, 2007)
ICICI Bank has reduced the floating interest rate on new home loans of up to Rs. 20 lakh by half percentage point.
- Banks Lower Interest Rates On Home Loans (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 07, 2007)
Indias largest private sector lender ICICI Bank has reduced floating interest rate on new home loans of up to Rs 20 lakh by half a per cent. Accordingly, the new rate will be 11.5 per cent ...
- India's Dlf Shares Jump 11% In Debut (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 07, 2007)
Shares in Indian real estate company DLF Ltd rose 11% in their market debut, propelling the company to the list of the country's 10 most valuable firms, despite fears of an overheating property market.
- Credit Cards Get A Hostile Reception In India (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 07, 2007)
Arigit Sengupta, a hotel manager in Bangalore, swears he will never use a credit card again.
- Banks Should Tap Sme Sector (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 07, 2007)
The RBI’s monetary measures appear to be working with banks reporting an absolute drop in non-food credit in the first quarter of the current fiscal.
- India Shining Destination For Investors (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 07, 2007)
India has emerged as one of the most attractive investment destination in the world. Merchant bankers and analysts feel this trend is likely to continue.
- Sensex Inches Closer To 15k Mark (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 05, 2007)
With eyes set on 15,000-mark, bulls, on Wednesday, continued their record-run on the bourses for third day in a row with the benchmark Sensex settling at a new peak of 14,880.24 on strong buying in auto, cement and metal stocks.
- Sensex Zooms To Record High At 14,806 (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2007)
The benchmark Sensex zoomed to a new record high of 14,806.51 points on Tuesday on heavy buying by foreign funds in blue-chip stocks led by banking and capital good segments.
- Sensex At New High (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2007)
The benchmark Sensex zoomed to a new record high of 14806.51 on Tuesday on heavy buying by foreign funds in blue-chip stocks led by banking and capital goods segments.
- The Making Of A Banking Hub (Singapore Times, Anand Kumar, Jul 02, 2007)
India's buoyant banking sector, growing at nearly double the rate of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP), has worked up a huge appetite for funds.
- Problem Of Inadequate Fdi In Insurance (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 29, 2007)
India’s restrictive rules on foreign investment in insurance continue to create problems for businesses and headaches for the bureaucrats who are supposed to interpret them.
- Credit Cardholder’S Death: Bank Asked To Furnish Details (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2007)
Banking Ombudsman, RBI take note of case
- No Fdi For Icici Insurance Arm (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2007)
ICICI Bank on Monday informed the Bombay Stock Exchange that it has been given to understand that its application for permitting foreign direct investment in its subsidiary ICICI Holdings has been rejected by the Foreign Investment Promotion Board . . .
- Icici Fin Doesn't Agree With Fipb On Stake Sale (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2007)
ICICI Financial Services does not seem to agree with Foreign Investment Promotion Board's (FIPB) verdict that the proposed sale of 24% stake to foreign investors in the holding company for insurance and asset management was in breach of foreign . . . . .
- Sbi Plans To Raise Rs 15,000 Cr In Fy’08 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2007)
The Rs 5-trillion State Bank of India (SBI) has firmed up plans to raise Rs 15,000 crore in equity and debt this financial year to fund its diversified business growth plans.
- Govt Mulling New Bill For Private Sector Pension Funds (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2007)
Faced with a deadlock over Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) Bill due to stiff opposition from Left parties, the government is contemplating to bring a separate bill on pension funds for private sector employees.
- Ap Interview: India's Icici Bank Aims 60 Million More Customers With Novel Rural Project (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2007)
The head of India's largest private bank said Sunday he hopes to add 60 million new customers in a novel partnership with shopkeepers and nongovernment organizations in villages who will provide basic financial services.
- New Digital Directions (Frontline, Anand Parthasarathy, Jun 23, 2007)
Kerala offers the right ambience for an IT boom.
- Icici Bank Issue Subscribed 12 Times (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2007)
ICICI Bank's mega follow-on public offer ended with a big spurt on the last day with the total subscription crossing the Rs 1,20,000-crore mark, thus, over shooting the target amount by over 11 times.
- Sebi Gives Clean Chit To New Ipos (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2007)
Securities & Exchange Board of India (Sebi), on Thursday, said it does not expect any major irregularities in the forthcoming IPOs.
- Icici On Day 1 Gets Bids For Rs 24,000 Cr (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2007)
ICICI Bank, the country's biggest private lender, on Tuesday received bids for over 27 crore shares, nearly three times the shares on offer in its follow-on public issue, generating a demand of Rs 23,975 crore.
- Sensex Vaults 215 Points (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2007)
Bulls were back with a bang on the Dalal Street on Tuesday and lifted Sensex by 215 points on the back of brisk buying by funds in heavyweight stocks led by bank and refinery scrips.
- Sensex Back In Green, Up 215 Points (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2007)
The stock market today ended its two-day dowslide with a thumping gain of over 200 points in the benchmark index, led by strong gains in blue-chips from the banking, refinery and engineering sectors.
- Sensex Zooms; Icici Leads The Rally (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2007)
Stock market, on Tuesday, ended its two- day downslide with a thumping gain of over 200 points in its benchmark index, led by strong gains in blue-chips from banking, refinery and engineering sectors.
- Icici Bank Fpo Oversubscribed 1.29 Times In Two Hours (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2007)
As per latest data available with the National Stock Exchange (NSE), the issue received over 12.72 crore bids against 9.88 crore shares offered. Most of the bids arrived in Rs 900-915 range.
- Sensex Jumps 215 Points (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2007)
The Bombay Stock Exchange ended its two-day downslide with a thumping gain of over 200 points in its benchmark index, led by strong gains in blue-chips from banking, refinery and engineering sectors.
- Icici Bank Issue Subscribed 2.74 Times On Day 1 (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2007)
Mumbai June 19 ICICI Bank's follow-on public offer of about 9.88 crore shares was subscribed 2.74 times on the first day of the issue, according to data from the NSE Web site.
- Stock Holding Corp Drags Broking Arm To Clb, Seeks Probe (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2007)
Stock Holding Corporation of India Ltd has dragged its own broking arm SHCIL Services Ltd to the Company Law Board and sought a probe after it was found the management misused authority and secretly agreed to sell up to 40 per cent stake to a . . .
- Fdi Hike In Commodity Bourses, Psu Refineries (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2007)
The Department of Industrial Promotion and Policy is preparing a note to review the foreign investment norms and to raise the investment cap to 49 per cent in commodity exchanges and PSU oil refineries.
- Govt Mulls 49% Fdi Cap In Commodity Bourses, Oil Psus (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2007)
A comprehensive proposal to review the foreign investment norms will soon be taken up by the Cabinet for approval, seeking to raise the investment cap to 49 per cent in commodity exchanges and PSU oil refineries.
- Shopping In Singapore (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2007)
If you’d like to pack in some hot shopping at Singapore this summer, the Summer Shopping Season is here for you.
- Fm: Consolidation Is The Future (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2007)
“Indian banks have the capacity, human resources and management to keep benchmarks more or less at global averages; what we don’t have is size.”
- India Inc Fund Mop Up To Soar Past $10 Billion (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2007)
While DLF, ICICI Bank and Sterlite alone account for funds worth about $nine billion, the total for the month of June would easily cross $10 billion, according to domestic investment bank JM Financial's Managing Director and co-CEO Atul Mehra.
- High Growth Helping Govt Raise Spending In Education, Health: Fm (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2007)
Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Friday said the high economic growth rate has given the government an opportunity to increase spending in critical sectors such as education and health.
- Icici Bank Housing Loan Growth Slows To 20% (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2007)
ICICI Bank's housing loan portfolio business is currently growing at 20 per cent, down from 45 per cent earlier.
- India's Economic Boom Transforms Stock Trading Into A National Pastime (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2007)
Devender Singh invested in India’s volatile stock markets for the first time last year after watching a friend make a mint. The markets promptly fell 30 percent.
- As Stocks Soar In India, Everyone Wants In (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2007)
Devender Singh invested in India's volatile stock markets for the first time last year, after watching a friend make a mint.
- Icici To Keep 5% Of Follow-On Public Offer For Shareholders (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2007)
ICICI Bank which is coming out with a mega follow-on public offering (FPO) is planning to earmark as much as five per cent of the issue for existing shareholders despite the lacklustre demand for IPOs from retail investors.
- Icici Bank Readying Rs 8,750-Cr Follow-On Public Issue (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2007)
5% reserved for existing shareholders
Shortfall in retail subscriptions may be used to meet demand from public
Fund will be used for future growth needs
- Icici Receives Definite Offers For Its Subsidiary (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2007)
The largest private sector lender of the country, ICICI Bank has received offers from various investors for its 5.9 percent stake in its proposed new subsidiary worth Rs 2,650 crore.
- Icici Bank To Raise Rs 8,750 Cr Through Fpo (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2007)
Country's largest private lender ICICI Bank on Wednesday said it will raise up to Rs 8,750 crore through a Follow-on Public Offer (FPO) in domestic markets.
- Icici To Pick 5.9 Pc Stake In Its New Co (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2007)
The subscription amount for the 5.9 per cent stake is Rs 2,650 crore towards fresh issue of shares by the proposed new subsidiary.
- India's Biggest Ipo Fully Subscribed (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2007)
Indian developer DLF got full subscription for its $2.4 billion initial public offering, the country's biggest, a day after it opened as big investors set aside fears of a property bubble.
- Icici To Sell 5.9% In New Arm For Rs 2,650 Cr (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2007)
ICICI Bank will issue a 5.9 per cent stake in its proposed subsidiary (the holding company for its non-banking businesses) for Rs 2,650 crore to private investors.
- New Maharajahs (Frontline, Praful Bidwai, Jun 13, 2007)
India is embracing the same "shareholder-value" capitalist model that led to corporate loot by American CEOs and produced scandals such as Enron.
- Icici Bank's Issue Likely In Third Week Of This Month (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2007)
India's largest private sector lender, ICICI Bank's follow-on public issue, speculated to be in the range of Rs 10,000-11,000 crore, is likely to open in the third week of this month.
- Asian Business Women Top In Wealth Creation (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2007)
Asian female-entrepreneurs are generating more wealth than women in any other region of the world, according to a new global survey of 600 wealthy people, making the Bharatiya nari and Chinese nu more driven and daring than her sisters elsewhere.
- Shopping In Singapore (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2007)
There is a range of value- for-money buys as well as discounts and prizes on offer
- Sensex Plunges For The Third Day (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2007)
The benchmark Sensex on the Bombay Stock Exchange fell further by 122 points on Friday on sustained selling by funds to liquidate part of their positions to invest in upcoming mega public issues.
- Is India’S Largest Ipo Going To Change The Sensex Stakes? (Indian Express, GAUTAM CHIKERMANE, Jun 09, 2007)
Post-issue, the DLF stock is by all indications, set to join the Sensex. Its cousin Unitech (trading around Rs 550), is unlikely to be left behind.
- Rbi To Issue Norms For Fdi, Fii Stake In Commodity Bourses Soon (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2007)
The Reserve Bank of India is likely to issue the guidelines for allowing foreign investors pick up stake in the country's commodity exchanges within a fortnight, a top government official said on Thursday.
- Intermediation And Financial Reform (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 07, 2007)
The rapid growth of the Indian economy is in no small measure due to the vastly improved financial intermediation today.
- Icici To Sell 5% In Arcil To First Rand Of S Africa (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2007)
ICICI Bank will sell 5% of its equity stake in Asset Reconstruction Company of India (Arcil) to an African bank, First Rand Bank, for little less than Rs 40 crore. Arcil deals in bad loans, and the development reflects a growing interest among . . .
- Bears Thaw The Flight, As Sensex Falls 279 Points (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2007)
The bull rally ran out of steam as worries of a correction gripped Dalal Street on Wednesday. The BSE Sensex shed 279 points to 14,255.93, down 1.92 per cent to its lowest close in almost two weeks, as losses in European markets raised concerns of . . .
- Sensex Plummets 279 Points (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2007)
Stellar performance by bears on the Dalal Street on Wednesday resulted into Sensex netting a huge loss of 279.08 points and Nifty plunging 86.40 points.
- Getting Your Money Back (The Economic Times, Sucheta Dalal, Jun 05, 2007)
Secured debentures of the non-convertible variety were the rage in the mid-1980s, but their glamour ended on their maturity when it became obvious that there was nothing secured about them.
- Banking In 2010 And Beyond (The Economic Times, K V KAMATH, Jun 05, 2007)
The Indian economy as a whole and the Indian financial sector are today characterised by a mood of confidence and optimism.
- India's Biggest Ipo Fully Covered As Investors Show Keen Interest (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2007)
The order book for India's biggest ever IPO, a $2.4 billion issue by developer DLF Ltd, is fully covered just days into a two-week global roadshow, a source close to the deal said yesterday.
- ‘The Poor Look For Opportunity And Not Charity. Give Them Opportunity And They’Ll Protect It, Use Loans Productively’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 04, 2007)
If poverty was a business, my guest this week is one of its leading entrepreneurs. Last week Time magazine listed him, with hundred others, among the people who will change our lives, who will make our future . . .
- Reliance General Becomes Second Largest Pvt Insurer (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2007)
ADA Group company Reliance General Insurance has toppled Bajaj Allianz and become second largest non-life private insurer in terms of premium collections of Rs 221 crore in April 2007.
- 3i Infotech Buys Majority Stake In Bpo, Factoring Services Firm (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2007)
Global information technology company 3i Infotech said on Tuesday that it has acquired a 50.5 percent stake in 'aok in-house BPO Services' and 'aok inhouse Factoring Services' for an undisclosed sum.
- Sensex Up 110 Points (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2007)
Led by heavyweight refinery giant Reliance Industries (RIL), the Sensex ended past 14500 on Tuesday, rising by about 110 points. The 30-share Sensex closed at 14538.90 on February 9, and thereafter, touched a closing low of 12415.04 on March 5.
- Mega Share Issues May Drain Liquidity In June (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2007)
Come June, India’s capital market is set to raise through primary issues the highest amount of money in any single month.
- Icici Holdings Plans $500 Mn Stake Sale (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2007)
ICICI Holdings, ICICI Bank’s subsidiary which owns its insurance and asset management businesses, is selling 5 per cent stake to private equity investors and foreign reinsurers for $500 million.
- Bharti, Icici, Sbi Lead Market Fall (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 26, 2007)
In the backdrop of weak global cues, India’s key equity indices too moved lower today. Index heavyweights Bharti Airtel, ICICI Bank and State Bank of India led the fall.
- Central Bank Files Draft Ipo Prospectus (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 24, 2007)
The state owned Central Bank of India has finally filed its draft prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for an initial public offer of eight crore shares.
- Chinese Challenge For Temasek (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 24, 2007)
For years, Singapore's Temasek Holdings has remained Asia's investment dandy-feared, hated and applauded as it went about buying up stakes in dozens of companies including ICICI Bank, Apollo Hospitals and M&M in India.
- It Spend By Large Cos May Rise 26% (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 23, 2007)
The fact that more than half the top 50 spenders on IT during 2006-07 were PSUs breaks the myth that modernisation processes such as automation and IT deployment can take place only after privatisation.
- A Debt Free Nation And A Debt Free Family (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 21, 2007)
The Credit Card Holders Association of India set up in Bangalore in 2001 is fighting for the cause of the card holders and the general secretary of the association, advocate C V Giddappas phone never stops ringing with more and more people in . . . . .
- Markets Keen On Insurance Companies (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, May 21, 2007)
The stock markets have suddenly taken a fancy to companies in the insurance business. Although top brokerages and seasoned investors have been watching this sector for quite sometime now, a series of recent events have given a boost to general . ..
- Bajaj Forms 2 Separate Cos For Auto, Financial Services (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2007)
The patriarch of the Bajaj Group, Mr Rahul Bajaj, finally announced the demerger and realignment of business responsibilities between his sons Mr Rajiv and Mr Sanjiv Bajaj.
- Move Plugs Holes In Mallya's Portfolio (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 18, 2007)
Vijay Mallya’s purchase of Scottish whisky maker Whyte and Mackay is yet another example of the increasingly global ambitions of Indian entrepreneurs. Mr Mallya, already India’s largest whisky and beer maker, would compete with French company . . . .
- Sensex Continues Its Upward Journey (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2007)
Sensex continued its upward journey on Thursday, as Bulls entrenched themselves very well on the Dalal Street and left no scope for bears' comeback.
- Ub Bottles Whyte & Mackay For 595 M (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2007)
Bangalore-based United Spirits Limited (USL), the flagship of the UB Group, is now worlds second largest spirit company.
- United Spirits Buys Whyte & Mackay (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2007)
United Spirits Ltd. (USL), the flagship of the UB group, has acquired 100 per cent stake in Whyte & Mackay (W&M), a leading distiller of Scotch Whisky, for a consideration of £595 million (Rs. 4,800 crore).
- Sensex Holds 14k (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2007)
Bulls, on the back of splendid rally by RIL, Larsen & Toubro, Hindustan Lever, Bharti Airtel and HDFC, lifted the Sensex by 197.98 points at 14,127.31. Nifty also gained 50.65 points and closed at 4170.95.
- Mallya Buys Whyte & Mackay For Rs 4,819 Cr (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2007)
Liquor tycoon Vijay Mallya-promoted United Spirits on Wednesday said it had acquired Scottish whiskey maker Whyte & Mackay for 595 million pounds (nearly Rs 4,819 crore).
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