Following are the links to the ten most read stories on the Business Standard website in the last seven days:-
Realtors blink, cut home prices up to 25%
This festive season may be a good time to buy your dream home, for property developers are showering discounts...More
Oil prices fall sharpest in four years
Fears of an economic slowdown in the US, and a consequent spread of the crisis to Europe and other parts of the world, resulted in oil prices falling over 12 per cent since Monday, the largest weekly fall since early 2004...More
Nano runs into fresh land dispute
Ex-Sanand prince seeks compensation for plot; CM’s office says land title is clear...More
ADAG, Airtel in DTH ad war
Brand advertising wars in the country are no longer the preserve of soft drink majors. The new direct-to-home (DTH) players, who have so far been competing on the telecom front, are now battling for mindshare with their smart ad campaigns...More
Modi's Gujarat bags Tata's Nano
After a controversial stay in West Bengal, Tata Motors today shifted its Nano car project to Northcote Cattle Farm in Sanand, 30 km from Ahmedabad, declaring that efforts would, meanwhile, be made to roll out the world’s cheapest car from a make-shift plant in the last quarter of the current financial year...More
RBI cuts CRR by 150bps
Factoring in the deterioration in the global financial environment, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) today announced an additional 100 basis point reduction in the cash reserve ratio (CRR), or the proportion of deposits banks set aside. The move is aimed at injecting more liquidity into the system...More
Barclays, RBS in debt double whammy
HSBC Holdings Plc, Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc and the biggest UK banks face the most debt coming due in at least 10 years as the credit market seizure raises borrowing costs to the highest on record...More
ISRO plans manned mission to moon in 2014
Plans to use GSLV instead of PSLV for the project...More
Bharti Airtel launches DTH service
With the launch of Airtel's 'Digital TV', the new direct-to-home (DTH) service from the telecom operator has become the sixth DTH service provider and the second to launch its service this year behind Reliance ADA group's Big TV. Others in the category include Dish TV, Tata Sky, Sun Direct and DD Direct Plus...More
Banks stop lending to oil companies
India’s three state-owned oil refiners said commercial banks had stopped lending to them owing to the industry-wide liquidity crunch and the high debt these companies have accumulated because they sell petroleum products below production cost...More