Business

The markets managed to close in the positive terrain on the F&O expiry day, after experiencing highly volatile trades throughout the day.

The Sensex tumble on Monday and it took the dreams of many small investors with it. But unlike 2004, there was no panic on the Dalal Streets.

Siemens has signed an agreement with Hutchison Essar for its music download technology 'Music2You'.

Gold prices crashed by Rs 175 to Rs 9,605 per ten grams in early trade, in line with extremely weak overseas advices.

It was a black Thursday for the markets as sensex crashed by 826 points due to heavy selling pressure.

The Sensex and Nifty, after opening trade in the positive territory have slipped again. The Sensex is down 185 points.

Tata Motors on Thursday announced setting up of its small car manufacturing unit in West Bengal by 2008.

ONGC Board approves the investment in exploration and development of CBM in six blocks in Jharkhand and West Bengal.

Mittal Steel will meet investors to "listen to their demands" after its offer for rival Arcelor is launched on Thursday.

Honda Motor Co plans to spend about $456 million to build a sixth plant in North America to help meet growing demand.

Salaries for CAs have risen 60 per cent to an average of Rs 25,000 a month from Rs 15,000- Rs 18,000 about two years ago.

Markets closed in red on the last trading session of the week, mirroring the trend in Asian and other emerging markets.

With oil prices soaring, ONGC and a Norwegian oil firm are joining forces in a bid to find crude oil in Cuba Gulf coast.

India's property market is luring global realty funds. The fast-growing economy has a downside though,it poses a risk of a meltdown.

From lows of 6.5 per cent last year, interest rates have touched double digits - 10 per cent in April 2006.

Government has said there are no restrictions on Foreign Institutional Investors to invest in the initial public offers (IPO).