Business News

Mumbai, Nov 24 (PTI) General Electric's financial services arm GE Capital has appointed Steve Sargent as the President and CEO for its Asia Pacific operations.

New Delhi, Nov 24 (PTI) Sistema-Shyam Teleservices Ltd (SSTL), a joint venture between the Russian firm Sistema and the Shyam Group, today said it will start the process of listing its Indian operations on the local bourses by next year.

New Delhi, Nov 24 (PTI) The turnover of 22 commodity exchanges surged by 36.96 per cent to Rs 43,20,000 crore in the current fiscal till November 15, with leading bourse MCX contributing over 83 per cent to it, the Forward Markets Commission (FMC) said.

New Delhi, Nov 24 (PTI) Caustic soda prices today drifted by Rs 50 per 50 kg in the national capital on selling coupled with reduced offtake by consuming industries.

New Delhi, Nov 24 (PTI) Red chilli and turmeric prices today drifted in the range of Rs 100 to Rs 300 per quintal in the national capital today owing to weak local and export demand at existing higher prices.

Jaipur, Nov 24 (PTI) Sistema-Shyam, which offers its mobile telephony services under the brand name of MTS, today launched its high speed data services with a downloading rate of little as 10 p/MB in three cities of Rajasthan-- Jaipur, Jodhpur and Bhiwadi.

New Delhi, Nov 24 (PTI) The National Stock Exchange (NSE) has joined the fast-growing 'Twitterati' club, and to start with the bourse has begun posting live quotes of its benchmark index Nifty on the micro-blogging website Twitter.

New Delhi, Nov 24 (PTI) Almond prices today fell Rs 100 per 40 kg in the national capital on subdued demand against increased arrivals from the overseas markets.

New Delhi, Nov 24 (PTI) The government is not considering doing away with the commission for insurance agents, the Rajya Sabha was informed today.

New Delhi, Nov 24 (PTI) Rice basmati and wheat dara prices fell up to Rs 200 per quintal at the wholesale grain market today following a slow down in demand against increased arrivals.