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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said his government was "better placed than any time" before to push through reforms in the financial sector.

Godaj village in Sanand district remained peaceful on Wednesday, a day after communal clashes broke out there.

Giving a wide berth to the demand of traders to abolish entry tax on sugar, ML Kapoor, chairman, Small Traders Board, on Wednesday made it clear that it could not be done — at least for the time being.

If Reliance Industries pulled the Sensex down 491 points on Tuesday, shares of the most valued company helped the benchmark index rebound 507 points on Wednesday — its biggest rise in more than three-and-a-half months — supported by the government's assurance fiscal stimulus would be maintained, a weak dollar and the world stocks' rally.

The Bangalore-based GMR Group, along with Turkish company Limak and Malaysia Airports Holding Berhard Airports, has built the new airport terminal of the Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen Airport (ISGA) in Turkey.

Dalal Street plunged by nearly 500 points to close at a two-month low after all-round selling triggered by a steep fall in heavyweight RIL and weak global markets.

Ignoring the better-than-expected economic recovery in the US, Dalal Street fell 1 per cent on Friday as investors gave a thumbs down to results from some key corporates such as Reliance Industries and Bharti Airtel.

The 10-month-long Commonwealth Games baton relay is now being showcased as a business road show by the government.

The Indian Music Industry which launched its anti-piracy initiative, the Music Mobile Exchange (MMX), in West Bengal in September is frustrated at the slow pace of enforcement in the state.

In my previous article on inflation investing, I had said that investors should invest in gold and sugar stocks.

Asking its member-countries to embrace pan-Asian economic ties, the Association of South Asian Nations (Asean) today said it should now actively pursue achieving regionwide Free Trade Agreements (FTAs).

Weak global cues aggravated a dramatic selling across counters towards the end of trading, dragging the benchmark Sensex down by 213 points to extend losses for the second day in succession.

Lord Mayor of the City of London Ian Luder on Wednesday said that UK companies are keen to partner India in achieving the "ambitious target" of $500 billion in infrastructure investment but are finding the process difficult and unmanageable.

The Sensex ended last Friday at 17,323 points, up 4.09 per cent compared to its closing level at the end of the previous week.

The Sensex has zoomed by 2,000 points to the 17,000 level in the last three months but that doesn't seem to have helped most initial public offerings (IPOs) on the stock exchanges in the same period.

With the Diwali festival less than a week away, the benchmark Sensex soared by 384 points to regain the 17,000-level after the investor sentiment was bolstered by robust Index for Industrial Production (IIP) data for August and hopes of a truce between warring Ambani brothers.

The Minister of Corporate Affairs has said that market regulator Sebi is working on guidelines for setting the price band of IPOs.

If you wish to invest in the stock markets, the first step you must take is to open a demat account as physical trading of shares has become almost non-existent.

After bottoming out in March, exports have shown steady improvement during each month of the current fiscal.

Even as the Sensex managed to close in the green zone, telecom stocks were hammered further on Thursday amidst worries falling tariffs and increased competition will squeeze profit margins of the sector.