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Over 100 companies have raised Rs Rs 83,000 crore by issuing debt instruments such as bonds and debentures during the first half of the current fiscal, said a report. On a period-on-period basis, the April-September period witnessed funds raised to...

Women's apparel retailer Charming Shoppes Inc posted a narrower third-quarter loss as fewer discounts resulted in improved gross margins, and said it entered the fourth quarter with much less carry-over inventory. Gross margins improved to 51.5 percent of sales, from...

Shriram Properties, part of Chennai-based Shriram Group, on Wednesday launched mid-market housing projects in Bangalore, Chennai, Vizag and Kolkata, with a total of 7,000 units...Murali told reporters here “we are starting with all clearances in place and the number of...

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSL) on Wednesday joined hands with BT to offer ‘global conferencing solutions’. BT providing its best practices to design, offer and support seamless customer solutions to enterprises for end-to-end service delivery. “The solution has unique differentiators...

The 2,500km (1,500 mile) river has been badly polluted by industrial chemicals, farm pesticides and other sewage. Speaking in Delhi, World Bank chief Robert Zoellick said the clean up would target the entire river network. Plans involve building sewage treatment...