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Gold Tumbles to More Than Five-Year Low,...

Gold Tumbles to More Than Five-Year Low, China Shares Eke Out Gains

Gold prices tumbled to a more than five-year low Monday, and China shares rose modestly, after authorities’ weekend move to tighten the use of informal lending channels by stock investors. Gold fell 2.3% in a matter of minutes early Monday, after China’s central bank reported on Friday its gold... read more »

With new brand launched, Xolo mulls to i...

With new brand launched, Xolo mulls to invest Rs 100 cr in next 18 months

Xolo, the sub-brand of the Lava International, is mulling to invest Rs 100 cr over next 18 months on development of its proprietary software, Hive, which is built on Google’s Android OS. The smartphone major has said they have invested Rs 100 so far and will invest the same in near future. Xolo... read more »

Lava in talks with states for mfg unit; ...

Lava in talks with states for mfg unit; to invest Rs 250 cr

Domestic handset maker Lava today said it is in discussions with various state governments to set up a new assembly unit that will entail an investment of about Rs 250 crore. Lava has one assembly unit in Noida that has a monthly capacity of making about half a million handsets. “We are in talks... read more »

Doha Bank looking at setting up subsidia...

Doha Bank looking at setting up subsidiary in India

Doha Bank, one of the largest commercial banks of Qatar, is looking at the possibility of setting up a subsidiary in India, an top official of the bank today said. “Our long-term view is to set up a full scale subsidiary for our Indian operations which is needed to enter more cities”, Doha Bank... read more »

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You can hand in pre-2005 notes till June: RBI

MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank of India has extended the deadline for turning in pre-2005 currency notes to June 30, 2015. Earlier, all citizens had to turn them in by this month-end. The most... read more »

S Bhattacharya Appointed CMD of Coal India

New Delhi: Senior IAS officer S Bhattacharya has been appointed as the chairman and managing director of Coal India Ltd (CIL). The coal major was without a full time chief for the past six... read more »

Modi orders insurance, coal reforms after stymied by parliament

The cabinet approved an executive order on Wednesday to implement coal and insurance reforms, a government official said, underlining the administration’s resolve to push through... read more »

Vistara to fly on 9 January, readies plan for international routes

Vistara plans to start international operations as soon as the Government lifts the 5/20 rule. The airline, a 51:49 venture between Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines (SIA), will be starting... read more »

RBI’s Rajan takes his fight against crony capital further w...

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) under Raghuram Rajan has moved once again to end the cosy system of crony banking where politically-favoured borrowers can avoid paying their dues despite having the... read more »