RPG Group company CESC plans to merge the holding company of Spencer's Retail with itself. CESC on Saturday informed the BSE that a meeting of board of directors of the company would be held on April 17 to consider a

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Reserve Bank of India deputy governor Rakesh Mohan has said inflation was expected to be in the acceptable range of 5.5% for 2006-07, following a number of measures on the fiscal, monetary and supply sides.

The union minister for chemicals, fertilisers and steel Ram Vilas Paswan on Saturday indicated that the fertiliser subsidy would go up to Rs 45,000 crore in 2007-08 from the present level of Rs 35,000 crore in view of spiralling prices.

Unfazed by the row over land acquisition for SEZs, the government is moving ahead with its plan to build the Delhi-Mumbai industrial corridor.

The SEZ issue has become the latest rallying point of the left-wing extremists in the naxal-affected regions of India. During the recently-held 9th congress of the CPI (Maoist), the top leadership urged people to "resist the seizure of their land

The ambitious Delhi-Mumbai industrial corridor, to be established with Japan's help, will require an investment of an estimated $50 billion and work on the project will begin from January next year.

Foreign direct investment inflows in the country jumped nearly three-fold to $15 billion in 2006-07 as the world's second-fastest growing economy lured investors from across the world.

Pensioners who had relied on bank interest rates staying high (which had been the long-term experience) were shocked as their calculations on monthly interest payment went awry, as interest rates crashed early in this decade, says T N Ninan.

Capping the size of special economic zones to 5,000 hectare may help governments quell social unrest caused by compulsory land acquisition for such projects.

In an economically buoyant India, expensive jewellery is the in-thing.

Though news of increased defaults from the sub-prime market continues, a combination of rising incomes and higher equity values are shoring up consumer spending.

A former chief executive of Indian origin was found guilty in an accounting fraud will pay about $52 million over two years to the victims, a media report said.

French dairy major Groupe Danone has offered to pay the Wadia Group euro1 million ($1.34 million) as compensation to use its Tiger brand in international markets.

Jet Airways, which has acquired Air Sahara for Rs 1,450 crore (Rs 14.5 billion), needs to shell out Rs 800 crore (Rs 8 billion) immediately to rejuvenate the loss-making airline and take charge of it.

Experts say Roy has got a great price for Air Sahara, which was steadily losing market share. The company was also burning a lot of cash to keep the airline afloat.

The Bombay high court has lifted the Company Law Board's indefinite stay on all board meetings of Bajaj group holding companies.

Dealers expect 10-15% fall in April sales; car makers look at lowering total cost of ownership for consumers.

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Infosys' March quarter numbers may have come in a tad below expectations with revenue growth at just 3.2 per cent quarter-on-quarter and a drop in the operating margins owing to an appreciating rupee.