On the back of increase in foreign currency and assets collections, forex reserves have declined $2 million to $228,847 million as on Aug. 31, 2007.

According to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) weekly statistical supplement released on Sept.7, 2007, foreign currency and assets came up to USD 4 million on the back of USD 221,509 million increase.

New Delhi/Chennai: The Fortis group is all set to grab 48% stake in Chennai-based Malar Hospital for about Rs 42 crore. This marks the group’s initial entry into South Indian market.

In north region, Fortis already has a network of 12 hospitals and 16 satellite and heart command centres.

Mumbai: Planning to provide mobile telephony services from 21 centres, Essar Group has filed for a pan-India licence under BPL Mobile, which would permit it to offer up 2G services in the state.

The group has applied for the license through shippingstop.com, a wholly-owned subsidiary of BPL Mobile. BPL Mobile presently offers GSM services in Mumbai, and has more than 1.1 million subscribers.

Mumbai: The rupee inched towards a nine-year high today, as dealers purchased the local unit on expectations for capitalists flows into the securities market, though worries about the fallout from the U.S. mortgage market restricted advancements.

At 9:45 a.m., the rupee stood at 40.69/70 a dollar, mounting from its previous close of 40.79/80. It beat a nine-year record of 40.20 in July.

New Delhi: Auto market head Maruti Suzuki thinks that the Rs 1-lakh car projected by Tata Motors is more a threat to two-wheeler makers than car manufacturers.

While addressing stockholders at its yearly general meeting, the company emphasized that a broader product range and new investments will push Maruti’s enlargement in Indian market.