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View Article  Indian Bank to open more branches in and outside India
Chennai : The city-based Indian Bank has plans to expand its distribution reach within and outside India by adding new branches, ATMs and increasing the headcount by 1,000, a top bank official Saturday said.

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View Article  Royalties, weak euro hit profits at Maruti
Maruti Suzuki , India's top carmaker, reported a surprise 20 percent fall in net profit in the quarter to June, hit by high raw material costs, an increase in royalty payments, and a weakening of the euro which hurt export revenues.

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View Article  8,000 low-cost homes lost
Mumbai : Chief Minister Ashok Chavan's offer to purchase the eight-acre Bharat Processing Mills at Worli from National Textile Corporation (NTC) to build low-cost houses has been turned down. With this, the hope that 8,000 affordable houses would come up in central Mumbai has been dashed.

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View Article  PMEAC expects tough action by RBI to rein in inflation
At current levels, inflation is the main obstacle in the buoyant growth of the country, pointed out the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC) today while releasing the Economic Outlook for 2010-11. The PMEAC has raised concerns over the double-digit inflation rate and expects a tough monetary actions by the apex bank during the year to rein in inflationary pressures.

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View Article  Air India seeks a second lifeline of Rs 1,200 cr from bailout package
Beleaguered flag carrier Air India has prepared the ground to seek release of the second installment of the earlier approved Rs 5,000-crore bailout package from the government. The company is set to approach the Centre following its board meeting on Sunday to seek another Rs 1,200-crore infusion. The airline has said without fresh funds, its projected accumulated losses would be around Rs 17,000 crore by 2013, from the present Rs 12,000 crore.

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View Article  Bhel Q1 profit jumps 42% at Rs 667 crore
Public sector power equipment supplier Bhel said on Friday that its net profit in the first quarter of the current financial year was 42 per cent higher compared with the corresponding period of the previous year. During the same period, its total income grew 17 per cent.

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View Article  Essar to receive Rs 3,400 cr more for Vodafone stake
The Essar group will get another Rs 3,400 crore (510 million pounds) in addition to the market price if the Ruias exercise the put option for their 33 per cent stake in Indian joint venutre Vodafone Essar Ltd.

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View Article  HPCL refuses to sell fuel on credit to Kingfisher
Refusing to toe the petroleum ministry's line, loss-stricken Hindustan Petroleum Corp (HPCL) has declined to reopen a credit line for the debt-stricken Kingfisher Airlines. On July 16, the ministry wrote to HPCL that "the Board may be advised to consider a review of cash-and-carry system as a temporary measure considering the fact that it may not be in the country's interest if an airline is grounded".

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View Article  Wipro net profit up 31% at Rs 1.3k cr on better demand
Wipro, the country's third largest software services exporter, has reported a net profit of Rs 1,318.6 crore for the first quarter, up 31 per cent compared with the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal. The company attributed the growth to a better demand environment which helped it withstand headwinds in the form of wage hikes and a decline in price realisation.

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