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
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 deposit grew 20.4% on year to Nov 7: NW
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: 19/11/08 | 08:37 AM IST

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Dunlop workers seek government intervention

Agitated workers of the Dunlop factory at Shahganj in West Bengal protested at the gates of the unit on Tuesday and demanded its reopening.

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Human Resource faces heat of the slowdown

The slowdown has hit almost all sectors. With companies going bust and laying off employees in thousands, what happens to the Human Resource consultants whose sole business is head hunting?

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Banks promoting FDs to lure customers

With numerous hoardings on the streets and commercials on air, clearly the banks are directing all guns to lure the customer to invest in Fixed Deposits.

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Layoffs inevitable amid slowdown: Minister

Admitting that India will have to bear the brunt of global slowdown, Labour and Employment Minister Oscar Fernandes on Tuesday said one has to lay off if there is no market for one's produce.

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Montek rules out job losses

Amid fears of large-scale lay-offs by companies in the wake of economc upheaval, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia today said the number of jobs in the country will not go down even if the economic growth is 7 per cent or less than that.

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Realtors vs Banks: Who will blink first?

India's real estate czar KP Singh continues his crusade against the high interest rates regime but this time there is an influential voice opposing it.

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Steelmakers selling power to maintain margins

In these times of crisis and shrinking margins, it is a fight for survival for the country’s steel makers who are reeling under pressure of falling prices and rising inventories.

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Wipro’s ‘blueprint to profit’ in changing times

Wipro chairman Azim Premji has worked very hard over the years to turn his company into a top notch IT enterprise.

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RIL to raise funds via NCDs for expansion

Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani is a man in a hurry with huge expansion plans in exploration, refining, petrochemical and retail over the next two months.

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Multiplex rents to fall on realty slump

Falling property prices have given multiplex owners like PVR Cinemax and Anil Ambani's Big Cinemas, a reason enough to smile amid recession.

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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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