INTERNATIONAL Ex-Enron official agrees to plead guilty on 2 counts New York: A former Enron finance executive, long considered by federal officials as a crucial potential witness in the criminal inquiry into the company's collapse, has agreed to plead guilty to at least two acts of felony and co-operate in the investigation.
NATIONAL Talisma offers new range of customised services Bangalore: Talisma Corporation, a provider of customer relationship management (CRM) solutions on August 21 launched its new business initiative, Talisma Expert Services, that offers a series of CRM related outsourced services.
SENSEX closes on negative territory on Aug 21 Mumbai: Late sell-off by domestic funds pared early gains in key counters and a few of them even ended with moderate losses pushing the SENSEX in negative territory on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) on August 21 despite fresh buying by speculators and foreign institutional investors (FIIs).
IRDA gets more teeth to protect policyholders New Delhi: The government is mulling an overhaul of outdated insurance laws and bundling them into a comprehensive new legislation that would give more teeth to the regulator Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) and protect the interests of policyholders.
PM to chair full Plan panel meet in October New Delhi: The full Planning Commission meeting under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee is expected to be held in the first week of October.
Telecom services not up to the mark, says TRAI New Delhi: State owned telecom public sector undertakings (PSUs) -Mahanagar Telecom Nigam Limited (MTNL) and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) have failed to meet service quality benchmarks according to subscribers, even as overall level of quality of telecom services were found to be poor, a latest survey by telecom regulatory authority observed.
Powerloom insurance: Govt to tie-up with LIC New Delhi: The government will soon unveil a revised group insurance scheme called the 'Prime Minister Bunkar Bima Yojana' for powerloom workers in collaboration with the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC).
Boost to tourism: India seeks ADS from China Gangtok: India is trying to get the 'approved destination status' (ADS) from China to facilitate flow of more tourists from the neighbouring country, a senior official of the tourism ministry has said.
DCA collects more documents from Ferguson on TFL Mumbai: The department of company affairs (DCA) has taken possession of additional documents from the chartered accountancy firm A F Ferguson & Company involving Tata Finance Limited (TFL) controversy.
SENSEX recovers, improves further at early stages Mumbai: After a weak start, the SENSEX recovered smartly and improved further in continued lackluster activity at early stages on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) on August 21 on fresh buying support from retail investors.
