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The Sensex closed up 138.67 points at 12109.14, and the Nifty was up 45.45 points at 3502.8.

R S Lodha told shareholders that he was not bogged down by 'pinpricks and trepidations from various quarters'.

Asian markets were broadly higher. Taiwan's Taiwan Weighted gained 2.67 per cent or 178.44 points.

If mkts open strong on Monday, one could very easily see the mkt run up another 200-300 points on momentum.

ADAG had applied for the land soon after the SEZ policy was announced by the state government in July last.

The Sensex closed at 11,893.79 up 233 points. It was the biggest single day gain for Sensex since July 20.

L N Mittal said in July that Mittal Steel would set up a 12 million tonne steel plant in Orissa.

ONGC has successfully negotiated rights to two Cuban deep-water blocks and will sign with Cuba's state oil company.

Before the quotas went off, there was a lot of hype created that textiles would shoot up to 50 per cent growth.

COO Dale Moss and VP (HR) Sarat Chandran leave company, which has lost several top officials recently.

Italian carmaker Fiat is considering the idea of developing a low-cost car with its partner Tata Motors.

Most of the people have taken far more risk in their life than they would like to believe.

Indian IT majors are outpacing their rivals in the US as well as other low-cost counties like China.

Wall Street ended lower; Dow, Nasdaq both were down 2 points on Thursday. Asian stocks were mixed on Friday.

ONGC resumed gas supply of 6 mmscmd on Aug 19, two days ahead of schedule and boosted the supplies on Aug 21.

Boeing won an order for 10 jets from Air Sahara, as aircraft maker doubled its forecast for India's plane demand.