Iraqi captors of Turk give 72 hour ultimatum

Wednesday, September 13, 2006, 17:20 [IST]

DUBAI, Sep 13 (Reuters) A Iraqi militant group holding a Turkish man hostage said in a statement posted on the Internet today it would kill him within 72 hours unless Ankara forces his company to shut down its operations in Iraq.

The little known Brigades of the Lions of Righteousness had kidnapped the man, named as Yildirim Tek, on July 27.

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China TV show to pick Olympic coxes

Wednesday, September 13, 2006,17:20 [IST]

BEIJING, Sep 13 (Reuters) China is using a realty TV show to select coxes for the national men's and women's rowing eights at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, a spokesman for the programme's production company said today. ''The 14-episode series, to be shown on China state television from next February, will feature 20 male and female finalists selected from Chinese citizens across the globe,'' Taihe Media Investment spokesman Nathaniel Jones told Reuters. ''It's a.....

IOC's Rs 450 cr PQI proj to be commissioned

Wednesday, September 13, 2006,17:35 [IST]

Vadodara, Sept 13: Indian Oil Corporation Limited's (IOCL) Rs 450 crore worth Petrol Quality Improvement (PQI) project will be commissioned at its refinery here in October, facilitating the production of Euro III grade quality petrol and supply of the same to Ahmedabad and Surat for the first time.IOCL refinery's executive director U K Basu said the company had been importing Euro III grade petrol to Gujarat from Mathura and other refineries of the corporation.This quality petrol would.....

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CEAT launches 'gen next' truck tyre

Wednesday, September 13, 2006,18:40 [IST]

Chennai, Sep 13 (UNI) CEAT, one of India's leading tyre manufacturing companies, today launched "Mile XL" touted to be the next generation truck tyre for the Indian roads. After an extensive study and analysis of demand for high speed and cooler running tyres, the company designed this "tallest" truck tyre to give better mileage to truck owners, CEAT General Manager, Marketing, Rajiv Jain told newsmen here. The tyre was test launched two years ago......

An audacious display; sensex up by 233 pts

Wednesday, September 13, 2006,18:40 [IST]

Mumbai, Sept 13: The Bombay Stock Exchange Sensitive Index (Sensex) gained 233 points to register a plus two per cent close at 11,893.79, as buying intensified in the Power, Refinery and Auto sector on the back of lowest crude prices in the past five and half months, and the decision by RBI to amalgamate United Western Bank with IDBI.Even as the metal sector tracking weakness on the London Metals Exchange prevented a plus 11,900 close, this is the highest close.....

Call rates flat at 6.00-6.10 pc level, bonds high

Wednesday, September 13, 2006,18:40 [IST]

Mumbai, Sep 13 (UNI) Call rates traded flat at 6.00-6.10 per cent, amidst moderate demand and sufficient liquidity. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in the call money market on September 12 transacted Rs 16,822.05 crore at the weighted average of 6.11 per cent. In the first Liquidity adjustment, the central bank transacted Rs 18,090 crore through 16 bids at the rate of 6.00 per cent. RBI did not inject any money through the repo auction......