Labour trouble claims 2 lives at Regency Ceramics

Industrial unrest at Regency Ceramics' Yanam (Puducherry) unit, 25 km from here, led to the death of a union leader and critical injuries to a high-level executive of the company on Friday morning. »

Black Friday for Regency Ceramics

LATEST NEWS

RBI to enable banks to tap its repo window

Black Friday for Regency Ceramics

Bankers unwilling to lend to SEBs unless they rejig operations

Mahindra Satyam, Tech Mahindra merger by year-end

GSFC net down 24% in Q3

Coal India wage talks stalled by new worker demands

DoT mulls one-time fee for start-up 2G spectrum

IT service firms must focus on knowledge sharing, says Ashok Soota

Rukus Wireless opens R&D centre in Bangalore

‘We are moving as technology company'

Increased capital inflows along with expectation of rate cuts from the RBI saw the rupee touching a 11-week high of Rs 49.34 a dollar. The rupee appreciated by 1.6 per cent from its previous close... »

DPs can hold QFI funds for more days
Forex reserves drop $1.01 b to $292.5 b

Unique ID row resolved; Authority to resume work in April after review

The Cabinet may have brought about a truce between the Home Ministry and Planning Commission on the issue of duplication in biometric cards, but round one seems to have gone in Mr P. Chidambaram's... »

Agri-biz

Rains, fog alternate over east India

Parts of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand have come under snow or rainfall during the 24 hours ending Friday morning. An Insat picture of the afternoon showed convecti... »

Economy

Food inflation stays in negative zone

Aided by continued fall in prices of vegetables, especially onions and potatoes, India's food inflation remained in the negative territory for the fourth straight week. The rate of infla... »

Banking

PNB to hire 775 management trainees/officers

Punjab National Bank is recruiting management trainees in the junior management grade (JMG) scale I/ probationary officers to fill up about 775 vacancies across the country. The bank has... »

Opinion

Columns

P.V.INDIRESAN

Quality education for the poor

Let colleges charge 80 per cent of their costs from the top half of the population and only 20 per cent from the bottom half.

Fee restrictions do not help the poor. Instead of making education cheap, why can't we charge rich students high fees and use the resulting surplus to cross-subsidise the poor? »

Saurabh Kumar

Management of energy demand

Demand Side Management (DSM) and energy efficiency projects are contingent upon monitored and verified energy savings. The difficulties and uncertainties associated with measuring energy savings make it an intangible asset, making project investments difficult. »

Editorial

Putting private investment on track

The build-operate-transfer model that has worked for national highways, can be extended for augmenting track capacities. »

Opinion

Polio eradication, a dubious claim

It is possible that the oral polio vaccine mutated into a new virus, which causes paralysis.

Incidence of limb-paralysis in children arguably increased after the oral polio vaccination drive. »

Financial sector has been UK's undoing

During the heyday of Anglo-Saxon capitalism, London championed global finance. In fact, London enjoyed a lion's share in bond markets and dominated foreign exchange trade. Of late, however... »

Stock Markets

4 cos allow IPO deadline to lapse on uncertain market

Fate of 10 more issues to unfold in 2 months »

Info-tech

Twitter ‘to selectively censor tweets’

Twitter has announced that it can now selectively censor tweets on a country-by-country basis, a move which may augur well for India which reportedly urged social media websites to remove offensiv... »

Gold

Gold regains momentum on safe haven status

Gold has once again embarked on an upward momentum as it takes on the role of safe haven asset in an environment where the Euro Zone sovereign debt crisis is far from resolved and US Federal Reser... »

Life

UP in the air: Mr Mulayam Singh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party and Chief
Minister Ms Mayawati’s BSP are the main contenders in Uttar Pradesh’s
electoral battle.

The ajeeb circus called UP

As the UP electoral juggernaut rolls on, a fractured verdict seems imminent thanks to multiple factors. »

The praying caves

Hrithik on fire

The stamina for Pink City

The gains from a grain bank

Some Kodak moments are forever

Daredevilry in Punjab

Bye-bye bad mood!

Women's body of thought

Companies

Mr Lowell C Paddock, President and MD, General Motors India (file photo). -- Kamal Narang

GM-SAIC confident of replicating China success story in India

General Motors is confident that its partnership with China's SAIC Motor Corp will work to its advantage in India. Mr Lowell C. Paddock, who recently took over as Presiden... »

Nissan looking at another TN port for exports

Black Friday for Regency Ceramics

Ranbaxy: The long and winding road to salvation

Mahindra to hike XUV500 capacity to 3,000 units

Kirloskar Bros to assemble pumps in Egypt

GSFC net down 24% in Q3

Coal India wage talks stalled by new worker demands

Petronet LNG plans third terminal on East coast

Info-tech

DoT mulls one-time fee for start-up 2G spectrum

The Department of Telecom is exploring the option of charging a one-time fee even for start-up spectrum up to 4.4 Mhz. At present, this spectrum is given to operators bundled with the licence for a pan-Indian fee of Rs 1,650 crore. »

‘We are moving as technology company'

Adding Airtel talktime online

Rukus Wireless opens R&D centre in Bangalore

Twitter ‘to selectively censor tweets’

Mahindra Satyam, Tech Mahindra merger by year-end

‘Low adoption of IT tools in education sector is a major challenge'

IT service firms must focus on knowledge sharing, says Ashok Soota

Indian Mobile M2M Market report

Banking

(Right) Mr. Alok K. Misra, Chairman & Managing Director, Bank of India and Mr. N. Seshadri ,Executive Director at the announcing bank's results in Mumbai on Friday. Pic: Shashi Ashiwal

Higher provisioning tempers Bank of India's net profit

Higher provisioning towards bad loans and investments moderated Bank of India's net profit in the October-December 2011 period. Profits rose by a modest 10 per cent to Rs 716 crore, against Rs 653 crore in the corresponding year-ago period. »

Despite good recoveries, Canara Bank net down

IndiaFirst launches insurance plan for vehicle-buyers

Karur Vysya Bank posts 10% rise in net profit

RBI to enable banks to tap its repo window

‘Banks help increase financial intermediation in economy'

State Bank of Hyderabad to sharpen focus on farm sector

Credit offtake up 17% till Jan 13

Rupee up on hefty capital inflows

Industry & Economy

Energy-intensive cos feel the heat of higher coal costs

The profit margins of most energy-intensive industries such as cement, aluminium and sponge iron will come under pressure in the March quarter with Coal India implementing its new pricing p... »

SMEs favour 100% FDI in single-brand retail: Survey

Big jump in renewable energy trading in January

Bankers unwilling to lend to SEBs unless they rejig operations

Chile seeks partnership in renewable energy, lithium

Asia set to overtake US in science, tech research: Report

India's ranking falls to 131 in global press freedom index

India signs multilateral pact for tax co-operation

‘Discrepancies’ found in RInfra-backed discoms

Economy

India signs multilateral pact on cooperation in tax matters

India has signed an international tax agreement that could be an effective and practical tool to help tax authorities here in combating tax avoidance and evasion. This... »

‘Cultivating diversity helps organisation grow business'

Dependence on imports on the rise; domestic Dec gas output falls 10.8%

‘You must remain focused on your journey to greatness'

Board members of AMRI Hospitals arrested

Bihar's plan size to be hiked to Rs 28,000 cr

Centre identifies Umiam lake as mega tourist destination

Marketing

Going solar: Mr Suresh Goklaney, Executive Vice-Chairman
and MD, Eureka Forbes Ltd (left), and Mr A.V. Suresh,
President-International Business and CEO, Forbes Professional,
Eureka Forbes Ltd. — Shashi Ashiwal

Eureka Forbes lights a EuroDiya

Eureka Forbes has made a foray into solar-powered products by launching the EuroDiya range of solar-powered lamps. Test-marketed over the last two months, it is now ready to be sol... »

Ogilvy bags Incredible India business

FMCG cos bank on re-launches to retain brand sizzle

Trade body against FDI in multi-brand retail

IPL-like soccer league to kick off in Bengal soon

No relief likely for branded apparel in Budget

Shirts from The Stiff Collar

DC Design to launch sports car Avanti next year

Kazutada Kobayashi to head Canon India

Agri-biz

Spices exports up 43% in April-Nov 2011

India's spices exports grew by 43 per cent in value during the first eight months of the current fiscal. In terms of dollar earnings, spices exports grew by 40 per cent during the same period. Whi... »

High level panel to look into sugar decontrol

17-member Indian team to attend UN meet on tea

IGC estimates rice exports to jump 32% this year

Nabard to invest Rs 200 cr to create 6 lt storage space

Sugar firms up as millers hold back stocks

Rice unchanged in restricted trading

Canadian grant to improve regional staple foodgrain production

Indian Tea Association organises road show

Commodities

Arrivals pull down onion to 43-month low

Onion prices dropped to a 43-month low of Rs 340 a quintal as heavy arrivals continued to swamp markets around growing centres in the country. On Friday, the modal price or the rate at wh... »

Mixed trend in rubber market

Poor offtake drags edible oils

Turmeric drops despite demand, low arrivals

Cotton falls on tepid Chinese buying

Masoor dips on low mill demand

Pepper gains on bullish sentiments, buying support

Silver futures up 0.9% on global cues

Brent crude rises to $111

Markets

MFs should offer life-cycle products, says SEBI advisory body

The international advisory board (IAB) of the capital market watchdog SEBI has stressed the need for mutual funds to offer life-cycle products along with plain vanilla products. »

Uncertainty clouds IPO market

Inbound merger and acquisitions jump 30%

Indo Rama Synthetics inks MoU with Thailand co

Stocks, forex, bullion markets closed today

Govt okays divestment of Rashtriya Ispat Nigam

Two more keen to launch KYC agency: SEBI chief

Logistics

Despite ban on iron ore exports, S-W Rly ferries more freight

Despite a ban on iron ore exports from Karnataka, South Western Railway (SWR) has managed to recover its freight volume by largely carrying coal and foodgrains. According to Mr A.K. Mita... »

TAMP order soon on new rates at JN Port's private terminals

Centre allows use of railway land for last-mile connectivity

Fare hike imminent, but unlikely in Rail Budget

Rlys Palakkad Division sees 163% growth in freight earnings

National policy on road laying using plastic on cards

TN plans to create over 400 vacancies in Railway police

Eredene Capital sells 10% Sattva CFS stake to Sattva Business Group

Finance Ministry may dangle threat of service tax levy on AC travel if rail fares are not hiked

BrandLine

Colour-coded: Shoba De poses with Penguin’s mascot, an
Ambassador painted orange and white, for its 25-year celebration. - CHITRA NARAYANAN

A penguin that plans to fly

As it celebrates its 25th anniversary in India, the Pearson group-owned publishing house gets ready to sell much more than books. Will this get more readers hooked to the brand? »

Are authors basically brands?

‘Success always brings its own problems'

Leading by segmentation

Cricket going “down under”?

Fog-friendly

When brands change colours

The power of insights

Happy@25

New Manager

Judhajit Das, Chief, HR, ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company. — Shashi Ashiwal

Pushing the pedal on profitability

As India's largest private life insurer ICICI Prudential Life halved its headcount and groomed a ‘profitable growth' culture, the HR team had its hands full. »

Business coaching — the next beckoning!

A manager's lexicon

Head honcho's kin as head hunter? Doesn't matter!

Renunciation is key to excellence

Do women make better sales people?

Brain science and principles of Hinduism

Exploring consciousness for true collaboration

Framing a principle-based global economy

Smartbuy

Review of Karma Kandara resort

The Gods must be going crazy… trying to figure out which holiday destination to choose when they come visiting Earth. There is God's Own Country and then there are a number of Islands of the Gods... »

Dell XPS 14z review

3M MP 180 Projector review

JW Marriott's ten year celebrations

New Maruti Suzuki Swift DZire review

Asus Zenbook Review

Acer Aspire S3 Review

Lenovo IdeaPad U300s review

eWorld

The internet triumphs again

The events leading to the postponement of the SOPA bill shows the power of the Internet. As the protests snowballed, culminating in the historic online blackout on January 18 when Wikipedia went b... »

How young leaders connect the dots

Don't be a victim of cyber crime

The roaming rip-off

‘Ad' to your business

Dangers of the inexorable internetworking

Quiz

Dangers of the inexorable internetworking

Scoping out enterprise tablets

Investment World

How bank deposits score over gold

Don't let the recent returns on gold bamboozle you into replacing your FDs and other investments with gold. It is not surprising that investors are seeking out gold after it has completed a nine-year run of positive returns.Second-guessing gold prices is even trickier than forecasting the Sensex, so it certainly isn't a predictable investment. »

Index Outlook: Spring in market's step

Three-wheelers: Way forward

Gold is getting riskier

How Indian households save and invest

Investment Focus: NMDC - Buy

Malls cash in on social sites

Bangalore realty change rides on metro

Sobha Developers' Chennai entry

Mentor