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Wednesday, September 25, 2002
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Re stable; gilts range-bound
Mumbai: THE rupee ended steady on Tuesday almost unchanged from Monday's levels at 48.3950/4050 against the dollar in a dull forex market. Although there have been some apprehensions in the market over rising crude oil prices, fears have abated ... More

STOCKS


Quiet debut for Union Bank
UNION Bank of India closed its first day of trading at Rs 16.30, just above the issue price of Rs 16, on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). Opening at Rs 17.50, the stock touched a low of Rs 16.15 before closing at Rs 16.30. Total number of shares ... More

BANKING


`Paradigm shift in banking practices'
BANKERS in the future will truly become brokers, according to the IDBI Bank Vice-President and Regional Head of Retail Banking (South), Mr J. Venkataramanan. Making a presentation on `The paradigm shift in banking' here , Mr Venkataramanan ... More

LIFE INSURANCE


ICICI Pru raises capital base by Rs 95 crore
ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company has increased its capital base by Rs 95 crore, taking the total paid-up equity capital to Rs 325 crore. The additional capital will be to fund expansion plans of the business and support business growth. ... More

FINANCIAL MARKETS


War fears spook markets
ANOTHER meeting of the US Fed is getting under way as this is being written. The news coming out of the economy and markets, as they sit to decide their interest rate stance, is anything but positive. Out of four pieces of data released in the ... More

DEBT MARKET


RBI looks at widening repo market base
THE Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is exploring the possibility of widening the base of the repo market including extending it to non-SGL account holders like CSGL account holders, according to Mr H.R. Khan, CGM, Reserve Bank of India. Speaking at ... More

PRIVATE BANKS


South Indian Bank: Confidence springs from `solid' figures
THE South Indian Bank Ltd, with a paid-up capital of Rs 35 crore and reserves and surplus of Rs 238 crore, having its registered office in Thrissur, Kerala, will continue to remain an independent entity, according to its Chairman, Mr A. ... More

PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS


Kelkar meets IBA panel members
MUMBAI: Low credit deposit ratio, corporate governance in banks and interest rate scenario were among the issues discussed at the meeting of Dr Vijay Kelkar, Advisor to the Finance Minister, on Monday with Managing Committee members of ... More

Corpn Bank adds one more ATM
MANGALORE: Corporation Bank has opened one more automated teller machine here, taking the total number of the bank's ATMs to 220. It plans to set up 500 ATMs across the country by the end of the current fiscal. This ATM, according to ... More

TRADE & LABOUR UNIONS


Eighth bipartite wage settlement — IBA, union talks on Oct 18
The talks would determine the wage structure for five years beginning November 1, 2002, for about 7,57,000 employees working in 27 public sector banks, including officers and other staff. More

CO-OPERATIVES


Kapol Co-op's net profit, deposits up
THE Mumbai-based Kapol Co-operative Bank will be setting up branches in Surat and Ahmedabad in Gujarat shortly. The bank, which has almost doubled its net profit from Rs 1.29 crore in 2000-01 to Rs 2.18 crore in 2001-02, will be opening its ... More

PEOPLE


IDBI-Principal gets new COO
MR Vasu Ramaswami has been appointed Chief Operating Officer (COO) at IDBI-Principal Asset Management Co Ltd, a mutual fund house. According to a release here, Mr Ramaswami will oversee functions ranging from transaction services and ... More
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