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Indian equities open marginally lower on Monday morning
Mumbai, Nov 30: A benchmark index for Indian equities, the sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), on Monday opened marginally lower but soon headed north and was trading at 26,224.55 points some 30 minutes after the…
Indian ports to make Rs.6,000 crore profit by 2016: Gadkari
New Delhi, Nov 28: Union Minister for Shipping, Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Saturday said the profitability of the Indian port sector by the end of current year will reach around Rs.6,000 crore.
The profit would be…
Chai over GST passage boosts equity markets
Mumbai, Nov 28: Political brinkmanship to get a key economic legislation passed in the ongoing winter session of parliament buoyed the Indian equity markets during the just concluded weekly trade session.
Though short-coverings triggered…
At Facebook, new dads to get four-month paternity leave
New York, Nov 28: When soon-to-be-dad Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg decided to go on two-months' paternity leave before his daughter is due, the corporate world took notice. Now the four-month paid paternal leave policy for US employees has…
US stocks end mixed after Thanksgiving Day
New York, Nov 28: The US stocks closed mixed in light volume in a shortened post-holiday session on Friday, as Wall Street eyed retailers' Black Friday sales results.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average inched down 14.90 points, or 0. 08…
Germany’s benchmark DAX index declines slightly
Frankfurt, Nov 28: The benchmark DAX index at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange on Friday declined slightly and closed at 11,293.76 points.
After significant gains for two consecutive days, the blue-chip index lost 27.01 points, or 0.24…
Online shoppers spend more on Thanksgiving Day
New York, Nov 28: Latest data show that online shoppers splurged more on commodities at Thanksgiving Day this year than they used to for the holiday.
Shoppers spent more than $1.7 billion on online purchases on Thursday, which showed an…
British GDP growth increases by 0.5 percent in Q3
London, Nov 28: British gross domestic product increased by 0.5 percent in the third quarter of 2015, unrevised from the preliminary estimate of GDP published a month ago, according to the second estimate data released by the Office for…
Assam’s Barak Valley hopes for ‘Achhe Din’ with new Rail Link
Silchar, Nov 27: A passenger train that chugged into the pristine Barail Hills after setting out from here in southern Assam on November 21 on the newly-converted broad gauge line has fuelled a lot of hope in this economically backward and…
India needs Rs.9 lakh crore yearly Investment in Energy: IEA
New Delhi, Nov 27: India needs more than Rs.900,000 crore ($140 billion) investments per year in energy by 2040 as it is set to contribute more than any other country to the rise in global energy demand over the coming quarter century, the…