Purged Chinese leader Bo Xilai ran a sophisticated bugging system that did not even spare his party boss and President Hu Jintao and this led to his downfall, the New York Times reported on Thursday.
Mass protests continued in south-western Chinese city of Chongqing, the base of the purged charismatic Communist party leader Bo Xilai, with the authorities maintaining that the upsurge had nothing to do with his axing.
Quarterly earnings, global trends and trading activity of foreign investors will drive stock markets in this holiday-shortened week, analysts said. It will be a trading holiday on January 22, with the Maharashtra government announcing a holiday in connection with the consecration of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya. Equity markets would also remain closed on Friday for Republic Day.
Bank of India will not resort to panic selling and is open to offer funds to brokers needing additional liquidity in the face of the stock market mayhem, a top bank official said.
Brazil shocked and other big upsets at World Cup qualifiers played on Tuesday
In yet another ceasefire violation, Pakistan on Thursday again resorted to firing on Border Out Posts along the International Border in the Samba and Jammu districts of Jammu and Kashmir.
Vinod Mirani gives the box office verdict of the week.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the box office verdict for the week.
Bank of Maharashtra will tap the capital market on February 25 to raise Rs 230 crore (Rs 2.30 billion), which would be used for both organic and inorganic expansion.
Bracing for the once-in-a-decade leadership change, China's ruling Communist elite on Sunday expelled disgraced leader Bo Xilai, accused of corruption, sex and sleaze, in a scandal that has thrown the party into its biggest crisis in decades.
Be it Dhoom, Singham or the Munnabhai franchise, there are certain stories that have tons more to say or solid cash cow potential and Bollywood is all for it.
Here's a look at the weekend box office report.
Among the Sensex firms, HDFC Bank emerged as the biggest loser, falling 4 per cent. JSW Steel, Reliance Industries, UltraTech Cement, Maruti, Tata Steel, Wipro, Tech Mahindra, Bharti Airtel and Larsen & Toubro were the other major laggards. Power Grid, Asian Paints, Sun Pharma, Axis Bank, NTPC, ITC and Infosys were among the gainers.
A look at the weekend box office report.
All 463 branches of BoR has started functioning as ICICI Bank's as per the directive of the Reserve Bank of India.
China on Wednesday braced for a high profile murder trial of Gu Kailai, wife of disgraced ruling Communist Party leader Bo Xilai, which will begin on Thursday.
Development commissioners have been asked to forward proposals regarding SEZs along with their comments at the earliest so that they could be deliberated over at the meeting, it said.
Bank of Baroda Q4 results: Key brokerages have raised their target prices on Bank of Baroda after the state-owned lender posted better-than-expected March quarter (Q4FY23) results. Analysts now see up to 29 per cent upside in the stock from a one-year perspective as they believe BoB is well-placed among the large public banks with nearly all key business metrics moving closer to the top-tier banks. Valuations, too, remain attractive despite steady strong quarterly performances.
In line with its global growth strategy, Bank of Baroda will open its representative office in Guangzhou, China, on June 28.
>It's not easy to predict the market. But there are at least two positive factors to back the PSU banks, explains Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
With this reduction, the banks BPLR will fall to 12.50 per cent from January 1. The bank has also lowered its deposit rates by 25-100 bps across various maturities. The maximum rate available would be 8.75 per cent for deposits of two years and above.
The Indian duo needed just 35 minutes to beat Lu Ming-Che and Tang Kai-Wei of Chinese Taipei in the semi-finals of the Super 500 tournament.
Bank of Baroda on Thursday expressed hope that it would get the Reserve Bank of India's permission to foray into life insurance business this year.
Bharti Airtel was the biggest gainer in the Sensex pack, rising 2.37 per cent, followed by Mahindra & Mahindra, HCL Tech, Tata Motors, Tech Mahindra, HDFC Bank, Wipro, Tata Consultancy Services, Axis Bank and Nestle. Asian Paints, Hindustan Unilever, Bajaj Finserv and NTPC were among the laggards.
Film stars are beloved in our cinema-obsessed country. Stars are not only watched and worshipped on screen but also talked about with much fondness.
Bank of India has reduced interest rate on foreign currency non-resident deposits up to 0.22 per cent, effective from Saturday. There is, however, no change in the rates on yen-denominated FCNR deposits.
We as customers have to be conscious and careful to sidestep numerous types of frauds made possible under a mindless shift to a digital ecosystem without customer-redress procedures, warns Debashis Basu.
If a name does not unify the three, there could be continued clash of identities, which could splinter the brand even before it takes shape, say Abhijit Lele and Nikhat Hetavkar.
A Pakistani media baron, the 45-year-old is the 37th full-time chairman of the PCB.
The Bank of Baroda on Thursday expressed its desire to acquire a bank in south or east India and said it was open to reduce the prime lending rate by 0.25-0.50 per cent.
Hu Jintao is keen to have the proceedings against Bo Xilai, the party boss of the southwestern metropolis of Chongqing, completed before handing over as the general secretary of the Communist Party of China to his expected successor Xi Jinping, notes B Raman.
The Reserve Bank of India has recommended the names of State Bank of India and Bank of India to its Pakistani counterpart for allowing them to open of branches in that country.
The Bank of India has revised the interest rates on Foreign Currency Non-Resident deposits in US dollar and Euro currencies with effect from Tuesday.
After a week-long lull in firing from across the International Border, Pakistani Rangers on Thursday violated the ceasefire and targeted a Border-out-Post in the R S Pura sector of Jammu.
The US Federal Reserve's interest rate decision, global market trends and trading activity of foreign investors are the major factors that would dictate terms in the equity markets in a holiday-shortened week ahead, analysts said. Equity markets will remain closed on Tuesday on account of Ganesh Chaturthi. From the global front, interest rate decisions from the Bank of England and Bank of Japan would also influence market trends.
On Friday, November 3, 2023, Kangana Ranaut declared that she will contest the 2024 Lok Sabha election if Lord Krishna so wishes.
