Business
Takeover battle for Corus looms large
A price war between Tata Steel and Brazilian steel-maker CSN appears to be on the cards for takeover of Corus.
Insurance to see dramatic change: study
IBM study found that current standards will survive, but will not provide the kind of growth the industry seeks.
Nobel winner Milton Friedman dies
Milton Friedman, the free market economist and winner of a 1976 Nobel Prize, has died, a spokeswoman for his family said.
BT plans 6,000 extra jobs in India
BT is planning to hire an extra 6,000 staff in India over the next two years in a bid to boost its operations there
How to make your kid money-smart
There is a need to educate children about the basics of money and money management like budgeting and saving.
Reliance eyeing the pharma space
CNBC-TV18 has learned from sources that Reliance Industries is betting big on the pharma space and planning a major foray in that space.
Posts to firm up tie with Western Union
Indian Postal Services and the Western Union want to expand their money transfer joint operations.
Railways rules out fare reduction
There will be no reduction in passenger and freight fares on Indian Railways said Railways Minister Lalu Prasad.
Banks fear rise in loan rates
PSU Bank Chairmen meet Chidambaram to take stock of the situation following RBI's decision to hike the repo rate.
No more cheap gas says oil ministry
Oil ministry has made it clear that market price for natural gas will prevail and the age of cheap gas is over.
Highest ever closing for Sensex
Sensex closed the last trading day of the week at 13,130.79 on the Bombay Stock Exchange on sustained buying by foreign funds.
Indian billionaires to beat China in '06
India will see a rise in billionaires as compared to China in 2006 according to the Forbes Asian Rich List.
Mixed reaction of industry on RBI policy
Assocham welcomes the credit policy review but FICCI expressing concern over the hike in the repo rate.
Russian crude oil to reach India in Dec
OVL will get 2.4 million tonnes of crude in 2007 from Sakhalin-I in lieu of its 20 pc stake in the project.
Innovation, technology fuelling growth
India is moving up the value chain from call centres to high-end design and engineering services.
Videocon to takeover S Korea's Daewoo
India's Videocon has signed an initial contract to buy S Korean consumer electrical goods maker Daewoo Electronics.