NATIONAL Hike in petrol, diesel prices deferred to June 15 The Oil companies are likely to defer to June 15 an imminent hike in prices of petrol and diesel in view of the Parliament session beginning next week.
No rollback; reforms to be pursued with human face Ruling out any rollback of reforms in the face of Leftist pressure, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said today (May 26, 2004) Government policies needed to be fine-tuned to make it painless for the poor.
Market quits early gains, Sensex ends 20 pts lower The market gave up early gains and ended lower by 20 points on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) today (May 26, 2004) on late selling pressure from institutional investors and squaring up by operators.
Jinxed NALCO not to be privatised: Shibu Soren Reflecting the anti-privatisation stance of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), the new Coal and Mines Minister Shibu Soren today (May 26, 2004) said a "firm no" to the privatisation of aluminium major NALCO (National Aluminium Company).
Sensex opens firm at 5,116 as DMK gets on board Defusing the problem over allocation of portfolios to the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), the market opened on a firm note and recovered all of their overnight losses, with the Sensex quoting at 5,134.11 within a few minutes of opening trading on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) today (May 26, 2004).
INTERNATIONAL LNM joins with rival US Steel for Kryvorizhstal bid : LNM Group headed by India-born steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal has teamed up with former rival US Steel to make its bid for control of Ukraine's biggest steel-maker Kryvorizhstal, which is expected to be privatised next month.
