After global meltdown, gold likely to stay cool.
Byline: Deepa Krishnan MUMBAI: Gold is expected to continue on a bearish note after Friday's crash, which brought prices to the lowest since the end of July, even as oil traded below $70 for the first time in the past two months. According to Raghavan...

Auto parts majors eye Doktas buy.
NEW DELHI: Top Indian names are in the fray for the global sale of Doktas, the automobile casting company that is part of the $18.7bn Turkish conglomerate Koc. According to sources in the auto industry, investment bankers Citi, HSBC and ABN Amro are learnt to be involved in sounding...

India sees rising living standards, as poverty ratio declines.
Byline: Subhash Narayan & Subhomoy Bhattacharjee NEW DELHI: The poverty ratio in the country has come down to 22% from 36% in 1993-94 as per initial estimates, the government said. This could be a shot in the arm for the UPA government and a justification that reforms...

India beats China at the household savings game.
Byline: Gayatri Nayak MUMBAI: China may be part of the super-savers club with savings pegged at almost 50% of gross domestic product against 28% of GDP for India, but when it comes to households, Indians set aside a much larger part of their income. While...

Banks expect Diwali dhamaka, see disbursals rising by 30%.
Byline: Gaurie Mishra NEW DELHI: Disbursements by banks during the festive season is expected to pick up by nearly 30%. In fact, some of the big banks like the State Bank of India, ICICI, Punjab National Bank and HDFC Bank, are hoping to disburse Rs 4,000-5,000 crore...

The good news is that the economy is flourishing despite the bad news.
The good news is that the economy is flourishing despite the bad news. The Fed has been raising interest rates, oil and commodity prices have skyrocketed, uncertainties about the Middle East have contributed to terrible consumer sentiment, and the housing market is no longer a source of strength. Yet...

County's jobless rate continues to decline.
Byline: Sherri Buri McDonald The Register-Guard Continuing its downward trend, Lane County's jobless rate dropped to 5.7 percent in April, down from 6.2 percent in March and from 8.4 percent in April 2005. A decreasing rate is typical at this time of year, when the...

Sensex, Nifty zoom to hit an all time high.
Market surged for the third consecutive trading session on Monday, even as the key indices struck record highs for the second successive day. Sensex and Nifty closed at an all time high, with Sensex trading above the 14,500 mark during latter part of intra-day trade. ...

Paragon's Ermanco Enterprise Reports Over $4 Million In Orders From Broad Range of Industries.
Includes Durable Goods, Food Processing, Financial Services, and E-Commerce EASTON, Pa., Feb. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Paragon Technologies, Inc. (Amex: PTG), a leading deliverer of "smart" materials handling systems, including systems, technologies, products, and services, announced today that its Ermanco enterprise recorded over $4 million in...

Economic indicators mixed. (Stock Index).
News about the economy during the three weeks ending Sept. 9 was mixed. Favorable news included home sales growth of 4.9 percent to 6.3 million in July, well above the 2001 total of 6.2 million. Orders for durable goods, especially core capital goods, increased 8.7 percent in July, suggesting...