Stocks of companies where promoters have pledged a high percentage of shares, like the Zee group, can be volatile. Such stocks are also prone to rumours, reports Sanjay Kumar Singh.
More than a week after state-owned oil firms ended a 19-day pre-Karnataka poll hiatus on revising fuel prices, petrol and diesel rates have touched record highs.
The government will take home Rs 4,022 crore (Rs 40.22 billion) by way of interim dividend bonanza declared by the state-owned oil companies in the last one week.
Durable retailers have lined up a series of offers to lure customers during Christmas and New Year's eve
The 3G mobile licence bonanza is expected to generate over Rs 40,000 crore for the central exchequer this year, as a result of which the fiscal deficit may stand at 1.75 per cent of GDP in 2008-09, lower than the 2.5 per cent projected in the Budget. "The important thing, from a public finance perspective, is to remember that this is a one-time inflow and we should treat it as such," said Finance Secretary Subbarao.
Ahead of the festival season, the government on Monday handed a bonanza to millions of industrial workers by approving changes to the Bonus Act, which would make workers drawing up to Rs 10,000 monthly salary eligible for annual bonus.
The booking will open on January 14, at 8 am, it said in a statement.
Boosted by a rally in stocks, total market valuation of listed companies at the National Stock Exchange hit the Rs 100 lakh crore-mark on Wednesday.
Postal Time Deposits are similar to Fixed Deposit that you keep with Bank. For claiming deduction, the minimum period for which you should keep such Time Deposit is of 5 years.
In a major bonanza to the salaried class, the government on Friday proposed to increase the income tax exemption limits from Rs 1.10 lakh to Rs 1.50 lakh, in addition to restructuring the tax slabs.
Dishing out a bonanza for air travellers, British Airways on Friday announced a low starting return fare of Rs 36,000 for travel between India and the US in the summer season.
V Thulasidas, Air India Chairman and Managing Director, has announced a bonanza package of 2,000 additional seats comprising seven additional flights from Kerala to destinations in the Gulf and Middle East.
A perception that India has a gigantic problem has suddenly been turned into a perception that India faces a gigantic opportunity
In a New Year bonanza for its nearly three million shareholders, Reliance Industries will offer them shares of four Anil Ambani group companies on January 25.
World's fastest growing airlines passenger markets in India, China and the Middle East has come as a bonanza for British pilots and flight engineers as they are much in demand and pushed up their salaries by about a fifth, new research indicated on M
BSNL also reduced monthly rentals from Rs 225 to 180 besides doubling the free calls to 50 calls a month.
Indian Railways on Monday tied up with SBI Card to launch a co-branded credit card and traveller loyalty card to tap the huge railway passengers market through bonanzas to customers each time they log on to Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corpora
The Left Front government in West Bengal would try to distribute 1.53 crore Below Poverty Line cards in the state.
With rain having washed out Wednesday's play, Federer along with champion Rafael Nadal and top seed Novak Djokovic all face playing back-to-back matches on Thursday if they want to reach the quarter-finals.
Peter Crouch scored a hat-trick as England ran riot in a 6-0 victory over Jamaica in their final World Cup warmup match.
In a first-of-its kind move, Colgate Palmolive (India) announced on Thursday a Rs 122 crore (Rs 1.22 billion) bonanza for its shareholders under which it will pay Rs 9 for every share while reducing its equity capital and the cash on its books.
Weakness of dollar in the overseas market also boosted the domestic currency, a forex dealer said.
In a 'Holi' bonanza to central government employees and pensioners, the Union Cabinet on Thursday decided to increase the dearness allowance by three per cent.
BSNL, MTNL also reduce local call rates to Re 1 for a 3-minute call. But this comes with an increase in rental of Rs 49 to Rs 299 per month from the existing Rs 250.
It would offer 15% discount to its premium economy class passengers bound for the US from India.
This is the fourth straight weekly plunge for both the indices.
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