26-June-09 News Headlines

Corporate News Headline

•GAIL India is planning to invest over Rs. 75 bn in laying natural gas transportation pipelines from Dabhol on Maharashtra coast to Bengaluru and Kochi to Mangalore. (BS)
•Areva T&D India has bagged an order worth about Rs. 12 bn from domestic steel major Jindal Steel & Power for a power project. (BS)
•Unitech reported Q4'09 result; total sales dropped 30.21% yoy to Rs. 28.89 bn, and net profit fell 27.93% yoy to Rs. 11.97 bn. (BS) 


Economic and Political Headline

•Driven by higher prices of food items like pulses, cereals, milk, and fruit and vegetables, inflation rose marginally to (-)1.14% for the week ended June 13 against (-)1.61% in the previous week. (BS)
•The US economy shrank 5.5% in the first quarter of 2009, much less than expected amid rising hopes of an early economic turn around. At the same time, the number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits climbed by 15,000 to 6,27,000 for the week ended June 20, indicating that labour market recovery may take longer time than expected. (BS)
•The Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said that the central bank acted with the "highest integrity" in talks on Bank of America Corp.'s takeover of Merrill Lynch & Co., defending his record against some lawmakers who have alleged officials' actions were inappropriate. (Bloomberg)
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