The Hindu Business Line : Monday, July 21, 2003

PCOs may have separate rate structure
IN a marked departure from the past, telephone calls from public call offices (PCOs) are likely to have a totally different tariff structure compared to residential and commercial landlines. In the revised inter-connection usage charge (IUC) ... More

Secretary-level changes — For North Block, DEA is still the unfinished act
IT'S not curtains yet for changes in North Block. While the Finance Minister, Mr Jaswant Singh, himself effectively scotched the recent-day rumours about the impending changes likely at the very helm in the Ministry, his final team is not in ... More

FICCI takes on spurious drug makers — 'Raids reveal loopholes in distribution network'
MORE often than not, a consumer is vulnerable while buying his medicine - fully trusting his neighbourhood chemist to give him the authentic drug. Little does he know that he could be taking home a spurious, counterfeit or pass off ... More

When rumours rule the floor
"BUY on rumours and sell on news," that's what drives the stock price. With the rise in the stock prices over the last couple of months, there has been substantial rise in rumours, but there is hardly any news except the usual denial by ... More

Will washing machines spin magic this monsoon?
WILL the monsoon result in raining cash for the washing machine segment of the consumer electronics and durables industry? Not really, if you analyse the current trend. Though the washer season kicks off with the monsoon, but going by the ... More

Auto sales rev up fuel consumption
AN improvement in automobile sales has reflected in a healthy 6.1 per cent growth in consumption of transport fuels in June 2003. According to officials of oil companies, the jump in consumption of transport fuels petrol and diesel corresponds ... More