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BPCL completes first interest rate swap
Mumbai: Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd on Monday completed its first interest rate swap for a loan of Rs 100 crore. Citigroup completed the interest rate derivative transaction, a news release said.
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RBI Eases Norms For Overseas Investment
Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India has liberalised and simplified the present policy of overseas direct investment.

The central bank has permitted Indian companies to transfer shares of their joint ventures or wholly-owned subsidiaries abroad by way of sale under the automatic route.
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Bank of Punjab in talks with Citi, NewBridge
Mumbai: Bank of Punjab is in talks with a few strategic investors, including NewBridge Capital and Citibank, for a possible placement of up to 49 per cent of its equity through the preferential route.
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Pension fund regulator to take off from New Year
Hyderabad: The much-awaited Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority is scheduled to take off from January 1 next year offering defined contribution schemes to the newly-recruited Central Government staff, the Joint Secretary in the Union Ministry of Finance, Mr U.K. Sinha, announced here on Monday.
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CUB plans to network 25 branches
Chennai: City Union Bank expects to be able to network 25 of its 125 branches before the end of this year. The bank has bought the core banking software of Tata Consultancy Services, Quartz.
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MNYL in bancassurance talks with co-op banks
Jaipur: In a bid to strengthen distribution, Max New York Life Insurance Company (MNYL) is tying up with two co-operative banks and will also enter into equity tie-ups with other banks
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IDBI Bill scrapes through in Lok Sabha
New Delhi: The government was highly embarrassed when the treasury benches could not muster the strength to pass the Industrial Development Bank of India (Transfer of Undertaking and Repeal) Bill in the Lok Sabha.
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domain-B : Indian business : News Review : 09 December 2003 : banking and finance