INTERNATIONAL Afghanistan exporters pin hope on made by women tag Kabul: Afghanistan is pinning its hopes on a "made by Afghan women" label to stimulate exports and give its war-shattered economy a much needed fillip.
NATIONAL RBI governor Jalan favours soft interest regime New Delhi: Favouring a softer interest rate bias, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on May 27 said that the Centre's borrowing programme of over Rs 1,42,000 crore would sail through without putting pressure on the bank rate.
Polaris-Orbitech merger could set new trend Chennai: The recent merger decision of two leading Indian software majors, Polaris and Oribitech, in an all stock deal apparently signals the birth of an Indian multinational in the global IT horizon notwithstanding apprehensions as to whether this would actually set the tone of future consolidations in the Indian IT arena.
Indo-Pak standoff casts shadow on equities Mumbai: Equities reacted negatively surrendering part of May 24 gains on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) on May 27 following lingering worries over the prevailing Indo-Pak border situation and lack of follow-up support from institutional investors.