• Business-Standard
    • The country's largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) today signed a $10-million (around Rs 46 crore) deal with the city-based Opus Software Solutions to upgrade its ATM network.
    • The government will revise the capacity addition target of steel companies by 2012 after a meeting with private sector producers such as Tata Steel, JSW and Essar shortly, Parliament was informed today.
    • Without having lifted the Indian Premier League (IPL) trophy ever, Kolkata Night Riders (KKR) are the most discussed team online for the second year in a row, The Nielsen Company today said.
    • Mumbai has been named among the world's top-10 billionaire cities as it is home to as many as 20 richest Indians, according to a list compiled by the Forbes magazine.
    • The State Bank of India (SBI) has got the permission from the Chinese authorities to lend in the local currency, the yuan--becoming the first Indian bank to get such permission from the Communist country.
  • economictimes
    • Many Indian firms queue up for LSE listingSeveral Indian companies are seeking to get listed on the London Stock Exchange to reap benefits from the liquidity. Top gainers, losers & recommendations
    • Mahindra Satyam wins $48mn deal from Denmark firmMahindra Satyam has signed a new four-year contract worth about $48 million with Danish IT firm KMD. India's top 10 BPOs | High UK exposure may pose risk for TCS
    • Maruti Suzuki to supply 35,000 units of A-Star to NissanMaruti said that Nissan has placed orders for 35K units of its small car A- Star for 2010-11 to sell in European market. Suzuki Swift hybrid | Japanese version of Alto
    • Global billionaires turn to philanthropy in IndiaBillionaires are investing in MFIs, rural energy, education & other areas of empowerment like property rights. New kids on the corporate block | Gen Y CEOs
    • China overheating fears grow, spurring tightening talkChinese consumer inflation spurted to a 16-month high in Feb and economic data displayed broad-based strength. Greece financial crisis | Lighter side of recession
  • Yahoo Business
    • Kolkata, Mar 11 (PTI) Ruia's promoted Dunlop India today agreed to offer a 10 per cent hike in gross wage to 1007 employees of Sahaganj unit from April one, a top company official said.
    • Mumbai, Mar 11 (PTI) Huber Group, a leading global player in the offset and packaging inks sector, has accepted shares tendered under the delisting offer made to shareholders of printing inks maker Micro Inks, a release issued here said.
    • An overwhelming majority of Americans wants Wall Street subjected to tougher regulation in the aftermath of the bank bailout and the bonus scandals that have rocked the U.S. financial sector, according to a Harris poll released on Thursday.
    • China has become the biggest export market for Bordeaux wines outside the European Union as overall exports have collapsed due to the economic crisis and a strong euro put some wines beyond U.S. and British buyers.
    • U.S. stocks fell on Thursday as U.S. jobless claims fell less than expected and inflation in China rose to a 16-month high, raising worries about money tightening in one of the world's largest economies.
  • Hindustan Times Business
    • Mumbai has been named among the world's top ten billionaire cities as it is home to as many as 20 richest Indians, according to a list compiled by the Forbes magazine.

    • The government is planning to reconstitute India's aviation regulatory body as an autonomous one and has asked International Civil Aviation Organisation to carry out the feasibility and advisory study in this regard.

    • Debt-plagued Greece has faced a new wave of labour discontent since the government’s new austerity plan was introduced last week in an effort to trim its ballooning deficit and shore up the support of skeptical markets.
    • A new study on “Drivers for Success in Infrastructure Projects 2010”  by professional services firm KPMG and PMI, a professional membership organisation for project managers, has revealed that over 40 per cent of the 1,053 infrastructure projects completed over the last 17 years witnessed budget over-runs, while 82 per cent of them witnessed schedule over-runs.
    • For 18 years, Gary G. Gensler worked on Wall Street, striking merger deals at the venerable Goldman Sachs. Then in the late 1990s, he moved to the Treasury Department, joining a Washington establishment that celebrated the power of markets and fought off regulation at almost every turn.
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