NDTV Profit: Top Stories

Standard Chartered Bank allotted $197.38mn
Barclays Capital allotted $155.18mn, DBS allotted $300mn
Reallocation as FIIs failed to invest allotted component
Reallocates $1.31bn to FIIs for corporate debt invst
CNX Midcap down 1.3%, Smallcap Index down 1.8%
BSE Advances at 30.24%, Declines at 66.77%
Govt wants to focus on construction sector
Govt may not give direct sops to auto sector
Steel duty cut may provide relief to auto sector
Govt may cut excise duty on steel and cement
Govt may rejig duty to help SMEs: Ashwini Kumar
Anti -dumping laws to be strengthened
HCL Technologies announces partnership with Xerox
Govt to increase focus on infra spending
Banks want realtors to cut prices or sell properties
Pressure on RBI to cut rates has somewhat eased
Banks' total deposit grew 20.4% on year to Nov 7: NW
Outstanding bank credit on Nov 7 at Rs.27.12 lk cr: NW
Banks encouraged to use special refinance facility: RBI
Use special refinance to give loans to SMEs: RBI
Banks' total credit grew 26.5% on year to Nov 7: NW
RBI to allocate upto $10bn from FX reserves to fund: Srcs
RBI may set up a special $ fund for infra cos: Sources
FIIs net sell $91.5mn in equity on Nov 18
Power Grid approves 3 investment proposals
Approves Rs.7031cr investment in Sasan project
MFs net sell Rs.45cr in equity on Nov 18
Nifty falls 135 pts from day's high; Down 1.8% at close
Sensex sheds earlier gains; Down 1.8% at close
CNX Midcaps down 1.3%, Smallcap Index down 1.8%

Updated: 20/11/08 | 01:00 AM IST

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India is firmly placed on the growth map

While domestic economists might be putting India on the slowdown map, some global economists feel India's growth story is still stronger than other emerging economies.

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Centre of power shifting to Asia: Kissinger

As the world's economies battle to come out of the financial crisis, one person who sees it as a turning point in history is Former US Secretary of State and foreign policy expert Henry Kissinger.

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Why are the Big 3 desperate for a bailout?

The CEOs of the ‘Big 3’ automakers of the US auto industry made a plea to the US congress to give them a bailout. NDTV finds out—why are the Big 3 in this desperate situation?

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Reality of Realty: Emaar MGF faces heat of slowdown

The credit crunch has hit the real estate sector hard. On Tuesday India’s largest real estate company, DLF said that it was scaling down on projects.

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Microsoft still interested in Yahoo search deal

Microsoft says it is still interested in some sort of Web search deal with Yahoo. The software maker's chief executive, Steve Ballmer told shareholders on Wednesday that the company would be "very open" to a search collaboration.

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Fed official says economic weakness likely to persist

US Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Donald Kohn today said the fragility of the financial system in the country and the economy is likely to continue for more time.

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Maruti’s A-Star zooms in amid crisis

Maruti believes in driving volumes to keep margins going and after a few months where its sales have slipped, the company bets on the new, aggressively priced A-Star hatch to revive sales.

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RIL-RNRL row: Govt pitches for fertilizer, power

The production date of Reliance Industries' gas from the east coast of India is coming closer, but there is still no solution to its legal battle with Reliance Natural Resources.

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Will realtors really slash prices?

Real estate companies may finally be paying heed to Finance Minister P Chidambaram's advice to cut prices. But what may also be driving this move by realtors is the mounting threat of foreclosure from banks that have lent money to them.

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RBI prepares financial plan for infrastructure sector

India desperately needs better roads, improved power supply and bigger ports, but infrastructure firms are in a tight spot, with liquidity, especially in dollars having dried up due to the global credit crunch.

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No job cuts, but hiring to dip: Nasscom

The Indian IT industry will retain employees but will go slow on hiring this fiscal (2008-09) following declining growth rate, the organisation representing the industry said here on Wednesday.

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