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Maruti Suzuki Feb Sales Up 24%; Exports Figure Surges 89.87%

Maruti Suzuki Feb Sales Up 24%; Exports Figure Surges 89.87% Showing recovery for the two successive months, Maruti Suzuki has reported a 24.08% growth in its total sales during the last month (February 2009).

India’s biggest car manufacturer sold 79,190 units during Feb 2009, as against 63,822 units in the corresponding period of the last year (Feb 2008).

After September 2008, the company’s saw drastic fall in its sales for the next three months by 7.1%, 27.4% and 10% respectively.

But, the company's sales grew 5.39% in January 2009.

OMO, rate-cut talk to drive down yields

If RBI clears OMO with the greenshoe option, market will have to incrementally absorb only Rs 3,000 cr of fresh debt

Government bond yields are likely to trend down on the back of a market friendly open market operations (OMO) purchase window announced by the Reserve Bank of India.

RBI will purchase Rs 6,000 crore of government bonds with a greenshoe option of Rs 3,000 crore on March 5, 2009. The purchase of bonds will be auction-based and on a uniform-price basis.

IIM-A gets good response from companies

IIM-A gets good response from companiesCompanies continue to hire professionals from IIM-A despite low demand and tight conditions of financial market under the impact of global slowdown. Recently, around 50 companies visited the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) to recruit students of the post-graduate program (PGP), encouraging freshers  not to sit idle and face challenges aroused on accounts of breakout of global recession.

GDP growth rate slips to 5.3 % in third quarter

Indian EconomyIndia recoded 5.3 per cent growth rate, the lowest over the last five years, during October-December period of current financial year, reflecting grimmer situation ahead under the impact of global slowdown and recession across the world. The economy was growing at 8.9 per cent in the same quarter of 2007-08.

Government and the Reserve Bank have taken many fiscal measures to stimulate demand across various sectors of economy and announced special economic booster package to mitigate the impact of global slowdown on the economy. However, the results of these stimulus packages will take time to reflect results.

Pattnaik hails governance, inds in Guj

Outgoing CGM terms experience in the state as most valuable

Reliance Industries agrees on merger with RPL, swap ratio at 1:16

Reliance Industries agrees on merger with RPL, swap ratio at 1:16Mumbai, Mar 2 : The board of directors of Reliance Industries headed by Mukesh Ambani on Monday agreed to merge with its refinery subsidiary, the Reliance Petroleum Ltd. (RPL).

Both the companies, in their respective filings, agreed on one equity share for the RPL shareholders and 16 for the RIL shareholders.

This development has resulted in formation of one of the largest refineries in the world.

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