BOURSES / Two-day plunge sees investors poorer by Rs 2,70,000 crore
Bear battery bites 30 biggest blue chip cos The total wealth, measured in terms of market capitalisation of all the listed companies, on Thursday, dropped to 56,01,150 crore, as against 58,71,400 crore before the freefall began on the bourses on Wednesday.
Addressing customer service issue
RBI sets up a panel in City The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), on Thursday, announced that it has set up a Committee on Customer Services to look into customer services provided by RBI directly or through banks and institutions with a view to maximise satisfaction to the general public.
Direct tax mop-up logs 40% jump Corporate Tax collections - a major constituent of Direct Tax - stood at Rs 75,594 crore till October 15 this fiscal as against Rs 53,853 crore in the same period of the previous fiscal registering a 40.29 per cent growth rate, latest revenue data released here show.
EUROPE'S GFA SETS UP SHOP IN INDIA
Donut Baker in B'lore "We are looking at five Donut Baker outlets in Bangalore in the next 30 days and 20 outlets in a few months. Depending on our experience here, we will start planning a pan-India rollout," said GFA Chairman Fred Mouawad.
Defers decision on six other proposals
FIPB flags off 14 FDI plans worth Rs 1,257 cr The Centre, on Thursday, approved as many as 14 Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) proposals including one on wholesale trading of ores and metals.
Sr Vice President, Total Oil Asia Pacific PTE Ltd , Thierry Pflimlin; Managing Director, Business Development and Treasury of Mittal Steel, Sudhir Maheshwari; Chairman & Managing Director, Oil India Ltd., M.R. Pasrija,;Chairman and Managing Director, HPCL, Arun Balakrishnan and CMD, GAIL, U D Choubey, after signing an MoU for setting up a refinery cum petrochemical project at Vizag in New Delhi on Thursday. PTI Photo
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