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Spices exports to cross $1 billion: Kurien
Spices exports from India will cross the $1-billion mark in the current financial year, according to VJ Kurien, chairman of the Spices Board.

Top 10 cos add Rs 55,000 cr in m-cap last week
It was possibly the Reliance effect that fired up stock markets last week, helping the top 10 listed companies post a net gain of Rs 55,000 crore, with more than a third of the addition coming from banking leader State Bank of India (SBI).

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High assets reduce arbitrage funds' returns
Is it better to invest short-term money in an arbitrage fund instead of liquid funds? The returns from the former, being equity-oriented, are tax-free after a year, while those of a liquid fund, which is a debt fund, would be taxable. More, in a falling interest rate scenario, liquid funds are not expected to return 8 to 9 per cent as earlier. On the other hand, arbitrage funds can comfortably return 7 per cent. Suggest some good arbitrage funds.
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LS disrupted as TDP MPs oppose Telangana

TDP members today vociferously opposed the creation of Telangana leading to a brief disruption of the Question Hour in the Lok Sabha. - No shortage of onion, prices easing, says minister - Fiscal deficit to remain within 6.8% target : FM - Exports from STP units up 15% to Rs 2,07,358 cr - LS okays merger of State Bank of Saurashtra with SBI - "UPA govt messed up Telangana issue" - Govt seeks state, party support on statehood demands As soon as the House met for the day, TDP members displayed placards demanding a unified Andhra Pradesh and raised slogan against the creation of Telangana. The TDP members, in the absence of their floor leader Nama Nageswara Rao, trooped into the Well, even as Speaker Meira Kumar took up the Question Hour. They did not heed the Chair"s repeated pleas to resume their seats. However, after Kumar promised the TDP members that they would be allowed to raise the matter during Zero Hour, the TDP MPs relented and returned to their seats.


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