Snippets: 12-18 May 2008

Posted by Kavit Sharma on 13 May 2008 | Tagged as: News' snippets

  • Microsoft to finally throw XP out of Windows on June 30

Snippets - Fri, 2 May 2008

Posted by Kavit Sharma on 02 May 2008 | Tagged as: News' snippets

  • Sensex highest close in 2 months at 17600
  • Oil prices fall below $112 as dollar strengthens and investors exit market

Snippets - Thur, 1 May 2008

Posted by Kavit Sharma on 01 May 2008 | Tagged as: News' snippets

  • Microsoft cuts Xbox prices by upto 20% in four Asian regions and upto 30% in European regions
  • HP Scientists develop a ‘memristor’ for computers (click to read more)
  • Volvo to design ‘The injury-proof car’ by 2020

Snippets - Sun, 27 Apr 2008

Posted by Kavit Sharma on 27 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: News' snippets

  • Inflation would see dip over July-Aug: Scindia
  • China’s economy to slow down by over 1 per cent in 2008

Snippets - Sat, 26 Apr 2008

Posted by Kavit Sharma on 27 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: News' snippets

  • Oil prices to double by 2012: Canadian study
  • Bharti results help Sensex regain 17K level, mkt optimistic again
  • Surplus cash may prompt RBI to hike key rates
  • ICICI Bank to review lending rates on cues from RBI
  • Essar Oil posts Rs 8.48-crore loss in Q4 FY 08
  • ICICI Bank Q4 net up 39 pc, beats forecast
  • Yahoo stays silent as Microsoft deadline nears

Snippets - Tue, 22 Apr 2008

Posted by Kavit Sharma on 22 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: News' snippets

  • Oil hits new record above $118 a barrel
  • FIIs sell shares worth Rs 49.89 cr on bourses
  • Mkts end flat, Sensex up 43 pts : TCS, RIL hit
  • Accenture to up India headcount to 50,000 in a year
  • Ranbaxy net up 7.21% at Rs 153 cr
  • Biocon Q4 net up 8% at Rs 65 cr

Snippets - Mon, 21 Apr 2008

Posted by Kavit Sharma on 21 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: News' snippets

  • Reliance Ind Q4 net up 24% at Rs 3,912 cr but stock ends flat at Rs 2,642.15
  • Weak dollar and OPEC’s refusal to increase production: oil prices hit record high of $117.40
  • Inspite of CRR hike, Mkts cheer- Sensex closes up 258 pts
  • IBM to sell $85.8 mn stake of Lenovo
  • TCS Q4 net up 7 pc; lags forecast

Snippets - Sun, 20 Apr 2008

Posted by Kavit Sharma on 20 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: News' snippets

  • BMW scraps plans to launch ‘Mini’ in India by ‘09
  • Maruti to hike prices in May first week due to increase in steel prices
  • No hike in interest rates at least till Apr 29: Bankers
  • RBI move will moderate inflation: Chidambaram
  • IPL: Rs 20,000 cr rides on the betting league

Snippets - Sat, 19 Apr 2008

Posted by Kavit Sharma on 19 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: News' snippets

  • Oil hits new record $117 a barrel as Nigerian supply under threat
  • Edible oil prices up on heavy buying, poor supply
  • Pandit faces major test as Citigroup posts $5.11 bn losses, plans to cut 9k jobs
  • Wall St braces for tens of thousands of pink slips- Citigroup Inc, Merrill Lynch and Wachovia Corp announce 12,400 job cuts this week.
  • IIT, IIM professors can expect salary hike up to 200%: HRD’s special committee

Snippets - Thur, 17 Apr 2008

Posted by Kavit Sharma on 17 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: News' snippets

  • Equities cheer, Sensex surges over 237 points : nears six-week high
  • RBI hikes CRR by 0.5 per cent to control inflation
  • Indian economy likely to grow at 7.5 pc this fiscal: Experts
  • Oil surges to a new record of $115.45, dollar’s extended slump and a big fall in US gasoline stockpiles blamed
  • Infosys plans 11 to 13 per cent wage hike
  • Delhi to sweep streets clean of 15-yr-old cars