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CARE Ratings has come out with its report on state update for Gujarat. According to the rating agency, the state has attained a balanced economic structure, with the secondary and tertiary sectors together accounting for 78.2% as of 2011-12.

Sonata Soft has entered into a global alliance with TIBCO Software Inc. to sell and implement tibbr, a leading enterprise social networking platform. This alliance is a part of Sonata’s strategy to employ the best of social, mobile, cloud & analytics technologies to transform business processes of customers in the verticals of interest to company.

Nirmal Bang has come out with its report on precious metals. The research firm, do not expect any major fall in prices of bullions on account of accommodative monetary policy by the Fed and higher reserves by Russia. One can buy bullion on decline for the day.

China said on Tuesday it hopes all sides on the Korean peninsula can exercise restraint, after North Korea ordered its strategic rocket and long-range artillery units to be combat ready to target US military bases on Guam, Hawaii and mainland America.

Firstcall Research is bullish on Tata Sponge Iron and has recommended buy rating on the stock with a target of Rs 337 in its March 23, 2013 research report.

TCS has been selected by Southern Water to implement a customer services and revenue transformation program. The program will combine front- and back-end technology deployments with internal process redevelopment.

Kia headed to Seoul with Cub 4-door coupe concept

Leading automobile company Tata Motors will undertake a 11-day shutdown to carry out maintenance of equipments at its Jamshedpur plant from March 27, a senior company official said today.

Shares of Tech Mahindra and Mahindra Satyam were trading lower since early trade on Tuesday after the Tech Mahindra extended the proposed merger of Mahindra Satyam with itself for six months.

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In the current market turmoil, most of the investors want to take shelter in balanced funds as they believe that an experienced fund manager will be able to allocate their money between equity and fixed income instruments. But are Balanced Funds suitable for you? Read this space to know more.

ICICIdirect.com has come out with its report on currency. According to the research firm, the US dollar is expected to get buying support on declines against the INR. One can utilise the lows in the US$/INR April contract to buy.

PN Vijay, portfolio manager, askpnvijay.com, says that L&T Finance buying 50 percent stake in Future Generalli will be a trigger for L&T Finance in the long term. ICICI Bank at current level is a good buy and can provide a return of 20 percent in next 12 months. DLF at Rs 240 is an excellent pick and is a best pick among the real estate space.

Coal India (CIL), the largest coal mining company in India, rose nearly 2 percent on Tuesday. The government may shortlist the applications early next month that it has received from firms such as McKinsey and KPMG to appoint advisors to restructure the company, the news agency PTI said quoting sources.

Facing adverse impact of a ban on mining in the State, the Goa government has told the Supreme Court it was willing to introduce competitive auctioning of mining leases subject to legal permission for the same.

Batting for an increase in the Provident Fund pension amount, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy today said it was a reality that existing PF pension was very meagre.

The US-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has welcomed the release on bail of an Indian television reporter, who was jailed for over four months after documenting a large-scale assault on a group of young women in Karnataka.

The stock of Aanjaneya Lifecare has been reeling under heavy selling pressure since February, losing 80.8 percent in 22 consecutive sessions from closing price of Rs 725.70 on February 21.

The 21.7 lakh equity shares' IPO of Samruddhi Realty, a flagship company of Samruddhi Group, is going to open for subscription on March 28, 2013.

Got a tech idea and want to make a fortune before you're out of your teens? Just do it, is the advice of the London schoolboy who's just sold his smartphone news app to Yahoo for a reported USD 30 million.

Switching insurance refers to the practice of discontinuing a policy with an existing insurance company and commencing upon a new policy from a different insurance company.

Ajcon Global has come out with its report on Opal Luxury Time Products IPO. The research firm feels premium is justified on IPO pricing. Hence, investors can subscribe to this issue for long term, the firm adds.

Media, entertainment, paints and financials sectors will be getting astrological support. One should trade only in the stocks of that sectors which are getting very strong astrologically support, since the chances of losing money in such stocks are very less, says Satish Gupta of Astrostocktips.

Shares in Indian Overseas Bank Ltd (IOB) , Syndicate Bank Ltd and Oriental Bank of Commerce Ltd (OBC) fall after Moody's Investors Service on Monday downgraded its standalone bank financial strength ratings (BFSR) for the three public sector banks.