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Air India likely to get Rs 1,200cr in Budget

Aamby Valley (Maharas-htra), Feb. 4: Air India expects to get an allocation of Rs 1,200 crore in the forthcoming Budget, the civil aviation minister, Mr Praful Patel, said on Thursday.

After jeans, buy gold on EMIs

Age | Chennai, Feb 4: If buying gold makes a hole in your pocket then there is a good news for you!

Hackers gear up for Valentine’s Day

Age | New Delhi, Feb. 4: This Valentine’s Day may see some unusual disturbances — leaving asi-de some groups’ usual act of chasing away love-struck couples.

ACC net increases by 32%

Mumbai, Feb. 4: India’s second largest cement ma-ker, ACC Ltd, on Thursday beat forecasts with a 32 per cent rise in 2009 net profit on higher prices and lower costs and analysts expect a pick-up in construction to boost the outlook.

Prius brakes found defective

Washington, Feb. 4: Americans should park their recalled Toyotas instead of driving to dealers for accelerator repairs.

Sensex sinks 271 points on heavy selling by FIIs

Mumbai, Feb. 4: Selling by the FIIs, lack of follow-up buying by domestic funds and weak global cues saw the Sensex open negative and slump further in the second half of trade.

Seven plead not guilty in Galleon price fixing

New York, Feb. 4: Former stock trader Zvi Goffer, along with six others pleaded not guilty in the Galleon hedge fund insider trading case.

Cement prices to dip further

Mumbai, Feb. 4: Cement prices are expected to remain weak in the March 2010 quarter and would decline further in 2010-11, CMIE said.

Expansion Mode

Volvo Car India managing director Paul de Voijs at the launch of new Volvo S80 in Mumbai on Wednesday. The car is priced at Rs 37 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi). The company plans to ramp up its dealership network to 12 from the existing seven by December. PHOTO: PTI

4 years, 3 panels: No end to oil trouble

Hyderabad, Feb. 3: Four years after assisting Mr C. Rangarajan in drawing up suggestions for resolving the the oil industry’s problems, Mr Kirit Parikh has now submitted another report on the same subject. The only difference this time seems to be that he was heading the committee.

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