Submittedby:
Sambhav jain

 The state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation's (ONGC) first
ever 726 MW commercial power project would start generating
electricity next year.
 The ONGC's biggest power project is being commissioned in
Palatana, about 60 km south of here, at a cost of Rs 9,000 crore.

 ICICI Bank has announced the launch of I-Express (the option
of visiting any partner outlet for instant credit into the
beneficiary account maintained with ICICI Bank in India), an
instant cross-border money transfer option for non-resident
Indians (NRIs).
 The service would be available through the ICICI Bank's select
partners in the Gulf countries

 State-owned Coal India (CIL) plans to hit the capital markets with
an offering of 63.16 crore equity shares in the price band of Rs 225-
245.
 After the initial public offering or IPO, the government’s stake
would come down to 90%. At the offer price, the price-to-earnings,
or PE, ratio of the company works out to 13.7-14.9 times for retail
investors, based on FY10 financials.

 Retail investors will get to double their bets on initial public
offerings as the market regulator is set to raise the limit to Rs
2 lakh, the first revision in five years, as it attempts to keep
pace with the eroding value of the rupee.
 Hike will enrich the wealthy more than the middle class if it
is done without an increase in the overall allocation for the
retail segment, which is capped at 35%.

 Diversified conglomerate Essar Group has firmed up plans to invest
over Rs 2,000 crore to set up a new cement and Ferro-alloy unit in
Madhya Pradesh as part of its mega-investment programme in the
state.
 The group, which has already committed investments worth around
Rs 8,000 crore in the state across sectors like steel, power and telecom
had last week entered into a pact with the Madhya Pradesh
government for a cement and Ferro-alloys project.

 With double-digit revenue growth returning to the $60 billion
Indian IT-ITeS sector , top IT players, including TCS and Infosys,
are stepping up their hiring plans for the next few quarters to
meet the reviving demand in the US and European markets.

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