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Asian markets end positive; Nikkei up 3%
The Hang Seng advanced 203 points or 1% at 21,902.

Riding the bottom
BA: British Airways has become one of those companies that is trapped in an endless restructuring. Over the years, the UK airline has undergone successive rounds of cost cuts. The need for yet more is as urgent ever. Sales fell 14 per cent in the first half of BA’s financial year, but costs were not removed fast enough to avert a record pre-tax loss of £292 million. And that was in the normally buoyant summer months.

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Reserve Bank rejigs top portfolios
Along with Subir Gokarn’s appointment as the fourth deputy governor, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) today reshuffled some of the key portfolios of its deputy governors and executive directors.
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Sensex recovers partially; BHEL up 2%

The Sensex has recovered partially and is now at 17,167, down 20 points. The NSE Nifty is at 5,123, down 10 points. Jan cement sales in high double-digit BHEL has advanced 2% to Rs 1,225 and Infosys has added 1% at Rs 2,466, respectively. Bharti Airtel has slipped 3% to Rs 332 and Jaiprakash Associates has declined 1.5% to Rs 228, respectively. Tata Steel, ICICI Bank, Mahindra & Mahindra, HDFC Bank and Reliance Communication were down around 1.5% each at Rs 541, Rs 864, Rs 1,027, Rs 1,765 and Rs 184, respectively. The market breadth is negative, out of 2,808 shares traded, 1,606 have declined and 1,119 have advanced so far on the BSE. The BSE Bankex and the realty indices are down 1% each at 10,103 and 3,914, respectively.


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