Angry farmers today staged a rasta-roko on the busy Mumbai-Agra national highway between Pimpalgaon Baswant and Chandvad in the district, blocking the traffic for over two hours, as they protested fall in onion prices.

Statistics are like mini skirts. What they reveal is interesting but what they conceal is vital. A funny one liner but so true when we talk about market statistics.

Second Liquidity Adjustment Facility : Auction Results

Karnataka High Court today rapped the state government for not providing basic infrastructure to courts and asked if it had become bankrupt.

The government said it has initiated the process of negotiations with 65 countries to amend the existing Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) and broaden the scope of the article concerning exchange of information.

"The way cotton prices have risen by over Rs 15,000 per candy since January, it seems some speculator lobby has entered into the market," Sharma said.

Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani today dissolved the federal cabinet as part of an exercise to refurbish the image of his government that has been rocked by charges of inefficiency and corruption.

KRChoksey has recommended hold rating on Ambuja Cements with a target of Rs 125, in its February 8, 2011 research report.

Investment by FIIs under PIS : M/s. SVC Resources Ltd.

Gokul Refoils and Solvent Q3 net sales were up 41.3% at Rs 1217.81 crore versus 861.9 crore.

New Delhi, Feb 9 (PTI) India's wheat production is estimated to go an all-time high of 81.47 million tonnes while foodgrains will rise to 232.07 tonnes in the current year.

Athletics will lose out in the long term if Tottenham Hotspur fail in a bid to take over the London 2012 Olympic Stadium after the Games, the head of American entertainment giant AEG has warned.

Billionaire Anil Ambani's Reliance ADA Group on Wednesday blamed a sharp drop in its stocks on what it said was a series of "baseless and motivated rumors" spread by rivals, and said it had complained to the market regulator.

Energy-focused private equity firm First Reserve Corporation, which has USD 20 billion of equity in its active buyout funds, has opened an office in Hong Kong and formed First Reserve Asia Limited.

Has the time come to buy some of the world's most unloved investments, such as Greek bonds, and stick them in the bottom drawer?

The payment dispute over last year's Commonwealth Games rumbles on with a foreign company rejecting claims of non-performance by organisers and demanding their fee is paid immediately.

World stocks pulled back from a 29-month high on Wednesday as China's interest rate rise prompted investors to book profits, while inflation expectations sent US and UK benchmark bond yields to multi-month highs.

Mercedes-Benz India continued its high growth trajectory and started 2011 with record sales performance. The company clocked an impressive sale of 640 units in the month of January 2011.

According to IIFL, traders can sell Bharat Forge Future below Rs 324 with stop loss of Rs 330 for a possible target of Rs 310, in its February 9, 2011 research report.

State-run MOIL has reported a net profit of Rs 125 crore for the quarter ended December 2010 as against Rs 121 crore in same period the previous year.

The ALCO of IDBI Bank reviewed the interest rates on retail term deposits and keeping in view credit demand, inflation and liquidity scenario, the Bank has decided to increase the retail term deposit rates by 25 -125 basis points (bps) in different maturity buckets.

Moser Baer starts domestic production of YUKITA Brand junction boxes in partnership with Yukita Elect for solar PV modules at its Greater Noida plant.

Scheduled Banks' Statement of Position in India as on Friday, January 28, 2011

After proposing for a 51% FDI cap on multi-brand retail, the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) is now hitting the pharma space. It is batting for 49% FDI in existing pharmaceutical companies.

Corporation Bank has revised its Benchmark Prime Lending Rate (BPLR) upward by 35 basis points i.e 13.60% from 13.25% w.e.f February 14, 2011.