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ONGC stake sale in New Year to fetch govt over Rs14,900 cr
22 Dec 2014
Based on the latest closing price of Rs349.30, the sale of nearly 428 million shares of ONGC could fetch the government about Rs14,940 crore
Sebi bars 260 operators from market over fraudulent transactions
20 Dec 2014
While 152 entities operated through an entity named First Financial Services Ltd, another 108 entities engaged Radford Global Ltd to misuse the securities market for manipulative transactions
Sebi sends defaulter to six months in jail
19 Dec 2014
Market cap of listed SMEs crosses Rs10,000 cr for first time on BSE
13 Dec 2014
The market capitalisation of small and medium enterprises crossed Rs10,000 crore on Friday for the first time in nearly three years since the Bombay Stock Exchange launched a separate index for them
Infosys founders sell stake worth Rs6,484 crore
08 Dec 2014
Even after this sale, the founder group will continue to have a substantial shareholding in the company
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Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
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Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation