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  • Porter Novelli in dual alliance

    Air-conditioners & Refrigerators


  • Consumer durables: Less pricey, more competitive

    Airlines


  • Air Deccan's new service to Coimbatore
  • Tax sops to boost aviation industry
  • Keep boarding card to get tax refund
  • Domestic airfares set to move southwards by 13-15 pc

    Alliances & Joint Ventures


  • neoIT in pact with Philippines co
  • Porter Novelli in dual alliance
  • MoUs signed

    Andhra Pradesh


  • `India's perception in West is changing'
  • Eluru-based Dhana Bank liquidated
  • `Ties with customers crucial'
  • Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences to be opened on Sunday
  • Hyderabad Corporation okays budget estimates
  • Malaysia keen on labour pact
  • MoUs signed
  • Kite fete in Vizag
  • Water supply projects in AP
  • Kedia MD feted
  • Bharat Electronics order

    Announcements


  • National Geographic to explore Mars
  • Mangal Tirth to enter facility management
  • IOC, HPCL pay Rs 582-cr interim
  • Bharat Electronics order
  • Hero Honda may consider interim
  • IVRCL bags three projects
  • MRPL prepays Rs 2,380-cr debt

    Automobile Components


  • Auto components: Relief in quick time

    Bio-tech & Genetics


  • Biotech meet from Jan 15 in Mangalore

    Breweries


  • HK court upholds Mallya role in SWC acquisition
  • Flat rate additional duty for liquor imports sought

    Broadband


  • What's the buzz about broadband?

    Budget


  • PC prices to drop as Govt cuts excise duty
  • Good news for e-signature firms
  • Hardware sector hails duty cut
  • Flash Budget
  • `Cut in duty will not bring down coal prices'
  • Tax sops to boost aviation industry
  • Cement industry sees marginal benefit on coal duty cut
  • CETMA welcomes customs duty cut, removal of SAD
  • Capital goods: On thin edge
  • Tyres: A better tread
  • Power: A positive push for power
  • FMCGs: Cuts both ways
  • Auto components: Relief in quick time
  • Computer hardware: Keyed up
  • Steel: Firm prices save the day
  • Paper: No blots
  • Petrochemicals: Party in the pipeline
  • Non-ferrous metals: Sheen to continue
  • Consumer durables: Less pricey, more competitive
  • Hyderabad Corporation okays budget estimates
  • `Further fillip to buoyant markets'
  • Keep boarding card to get tax refund
  • `Sops will fuel hardware demand'
  • `Mini Budget' keeps India Inc busy
  • Domestic airfares set to move southwards by 13-15 pc
  • `Duty cut on non-coking coal will not raise imports'
  • Chambers gung-ho
  • Details of duty changes
  • Life saving drugs to cost less
  • With customs duty cut, scrapping of SAD — `Mobile handset prices likely to drop 8-10 pc'
  • `No benefits for power sector in short term'
  • Duty cut a great development: Piramal
  • Hotels and tourism — More room for optimism
  • Rationalisation of customs and excise duties may cost Rs 9,000 cr
  • Market sizzles, Sensex soars
  • Jaswant woos consumers — Slashes duties on a wide range of goods
  • `Measures to spur growth'
  • A loud signal for early polls

    Buyback


  • States await nod for high-coupon bonds' buyback

    Cars


  • Corpn Bank, Honda Siel in pact

    Cement


  • Cement industry sees marginal benefit on coal duty cut

    Channels and Franchises


  • Abacus Netcomm opens `Think World' PC showroom
  • French dairy major Lactalis enters Indian cheese market

    Climate & Weather


  • Kerala left high and dry, once again!
  • North-east monsoon signs off

    Co-operatives


  • Eluru-based Dhana Bank liquidated
  • Provisioning norms for co-op banks, RRBs tightened

    Coal


  • `Cut in duty will not bring down coal prices'
  • `Duty cut on non-coking coal will not raise imports'

    Coffee


  • Barista Coffee aims at No. 2 slot in world

    Commentary


  • A day to cheer for the markets

    Consumer Finance


  • Corpn Bank, Honda Siel in pact

    Convergence


  • On the right track
  • `Public-pvt partnerships to bridge digital divide faster'
  • What's the buzz about broadband?

    Courts/Legal Issues


  • HK court upholds Mallya role in SWC acquisition

    Credit Market


  • Gold loan scheme
  • Hudco loan for Rly projects
  • Karnataka: Banks' priority sector advances at Rs 21,162 cr

    Credit Rating


  • ICRA reaffirms `A1' for Vardhman Polytex CP

    Customer Relationship Management


  • `Ties with customers crucial'

    Dairy & Dairy Products


  • French dairy major Lactalis enters Indian cheese market

    Derivatives Markets


  • SBI: Outlook positive, buy Feb. futures

    Disinvestment


  • Early polls won't hinder disinvestment process
  • Allotment ratio of GAIL, ONGC shares after bids: Shourie

    Diversification


  • Ajanta India to expand FMCG product range

    Ear to the ground


  • Forging new ties

    Economy


  • `India's perception in West is changing'
  • Chhattisgarh, M.P., Delhi CMs woo India Inc
  • Flash Budget
  • `Measures to spur growth'

    Editorial


  • Flash Budget

    Electronics


  • CETMA welcomes customs duty cut, removal of SAD
  • Consumer durables: Less pricey, more competitive
  • Bharat Electronics order

    Engineering


  • Capital goods: On thin edge
  • BHPV on the brink again

    Entertainment & Leisure


  • National Geographic to explore Mars
  • Curzon Park in Kolkata to get new look

    Entrepreneurship


  • Kerala remains hostile to entrepreneurship: Study

    Events


  • `India's perception in West is changing'
  • `Ties with customers crucial'
  • Meet on tackling high non-value addition expenses
  • Hyderabad engagements
  • Malaysia keen on labour pact
  • Kite fete in Vizag

    Excise and Customs


  • PC prices to drop as Govt cuts excise duty
  • Hardware sector hails duty cut
  • `Sops will fuel hardware demand'
  • `Duty cut on non-coking coal will not raise imports'
  • Details of duty changes
  • With customs duty cut, scrapping of SAD — `Mobile handset prices likely to drop 8-10 pc'
  • Flat rate additional duty for liquor imports sought
  • Rationalisation of customs and excise duties may cost Rs 9,000 cr

    Exports & Imports


  • NMPT exports 3,38,984 t of iron ore fines in current fiscal
  • Flat rate additional duty for liquor imports sought

    Financial Performance


  • MphasiS BFL group Q3 net up 57 pc
  • Hughes Soft clocks 110 pc rise in Q3 net

    Food & Dairy Products


  • Wrigley's acquisition of Joyco seen to stimulate confectionery market

    Foods & Food Processing


  • MoUs signed

    Foreign Banks


  • HSBC opens branch in Kochi

    Foreign Direct Investment


  • Commerce Ministry told to review FDI policy in retail

    Foreign Relations


  • Puzzle of Powell

    Foreign Trade


  • Textiles, post-MFA — The dragon of spindles
  • Regional cooperation

    Forex


  • Rupee gains; securities up

    Gold & Silver


  • Gold loan scheme

    Govt Bonds


  • RBI bonds auction for Rs 8,300 crore
  • Rupee gains; securities up
  • States await nod for high-coupon bonds' buyback

    Hardware


  • PC prices to drop as Govt cuts excise duty
  • Hardware sector hails duty cut
  • Abacus Netcomm opens `Think World' PC showroom
  • Computer hardware: Keyed up
  • `Sops will fuel hardware demand'

    Health


  • Study on causes of death
  • TB control programme
  • Biocon's Pulse Polio drive
  • Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences to be opened on Sunday
  • Life saving drugs to cost less

    Hotels


  • Hotels and tourism — More room for optimism

    Housing Finance


  • ICICI Home Loan Utsav in Chennai from Jan 9 - 11

    Human Resources


  • Keep your boss informed, climb ladder
  • UTI Bank appoints 100 staff for expansion

    IPOs


  • Allotment ratio of GAIL, ONGC shares after bids: Shourie

    Income Tax


  • Good news for e-signature firms
  • Experts decry I-T dept move to tax BPO units

    Industry Associations


  • `Margin trading is risky but useful'
  • Y.K. Modi is new FICCI President
  • `Mini Budget' keeps India Inc busy
  • Chambers gung-ho

    Information Technology


  • Floating account

    Insight


  • Sensex and the doctrine of caveat emptor

    Interview


  • `Public-pvt partnerships to bridge digital divide faster'

    Jute


  • Jute strike called off

    Karnataka


  • GMCI calls for taxes rationalisation
  • Bankers' panel formed to review drought situation in Maharashtra
  • Karnataka: Banks' priority sector advances at Rs 21,162 cr
  • Dakshina Kannada Telecom to expand mobile service
  • Bouquet of new services from Dakshina Kannada Telecom
  • Biotech meet from Jan 15 in Mangalore
  • Biocon's Pulse Polio drive
  • Corpn Bank, Honda Siel in pact

    Kerala


  • Kerala left high and dry, once again!
  • Kerala remains hostile to entrepreneurship: Study
  • North-east monsoon signs off
  • Gold loan scheme
  • Study on causes of death
  • Hudco loan for Rly projects
  • Sand miners' protest in Kerala
  • TB control programme

    Letters


  • Voluntary retirement
  • Regional cooperation

    Manpower


  • Voluntary retirement

    Marketing Research


  • How to cash in on customer impulse in jus' 15 seconds

    Medical Institutions & Hospitals


  • Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences to be opened on Sunday
  • Apollo Health eyeing Pakistan market

    Mergers & Acquisitions


  • Cranes buys Sigma product line

    Metals


  • Non-ferrous metals: Sheen to continue

    Minerals


  • Sand miners' protest in Kerala
  • NMPT exports 3,38,984 t of iron ore fines in current fiscal

    Mining & Quarrying


  • Sand miners' protest in Kerala

    Natural Calamities


  • Bankers' panel formed to review drought situation in Maharashtra

    New Products & Services


  • HP launches Vertical ultra slim scanner

    Offhand


  • Puzzle of Powell

    Oilseeds & Edible Oil


  • Groundnut meet to discuss quality issues

    On the hedge


  • SBI: Outlook positive, buy Feb. futures

    Other States


  • CAS successful in Delhi, say operators
  • Meet on tackling high non-value addition expenses
  • Curzon Park in Kolkata to get new look
  • Chhattisgarh, M.P., Delhi CMs woo India Inc

    Outlook


  • Wrigley's acquisition of Joyco seen to stimulate confectionery market
  • Barista Coffee aims at No. 2 slot in world
  • Apollo Health eyeing Pakistan market

    Outsourcing


  • Experts decry I-T dept move to tax BPO units

    Overseas Borrowings


  • Crest plans GDR issue

    PSU


  • BHPV on the brink again

    Paper, Board & Newsprint


  • Paper: No blots

    People


  • Y.K. Modi is new FICCI President
  • Kedia MD feted

    Performance


  • BHPV on the brink again
  • Tata Steel April-Dec output at over 3 mt

    Personal Products


  • FMCGs: Cuts both ways
  • Ajanta India to expand FMCG product range

    Petrochemicals


  • Petrochemicals: Party in the pipeline

    Petroleum


  • Cabinet clears oil storage at three coastal locations
  • IOC, HPCL pay Rs 582-cr interim
  • GAIL float to hit market on Feb 23
  • MRPL prepays Rs 2,380-cr debt

    Pharmaceuticals


  • Life saving drugs to cost less
  • Duty cut a great development: Piramal
  • Aurobindo Pharma gets European suitability certificate

    Policy


  • Cabinet clears oil storage at three coastal locations

    Politics


  • Early polls won't hinder disinvestment process
  • Puzzle of Powell
  • PM to decide on poll dates; Mamata gets Coal and Mines
  • A loud signal for early polls

    Power


  • Power: A positive push for power
  • `No benefits for power sector in short term'

    Private Banks


  • UTI Bank appoints 100 staff for expansion
  • Centurion Bank gets mandate for managing Bhutan's PF money
  • Kotak Mahindra Bank sees take-outs to spur growth

    Public Offer


  • GAIL float to hit market on Feb 23

    Public Sector Banks


  • Bankers' panel formed to review drought situation in Maharashtra

    RBI & Other Central Banks


  • RBI bonds auction for Rs 8,300 crore
  • Provisioning norms for co-op banks, RRBs tightened
  • Penal action if notes are stapled

    Radio/TV


  • National Geographic to explore Mars
  • ESPN STAR buys European football telecast rights
  • CAS successful in Delhi, say operators

    Railways


  • Hudco loan for Rly projects

    Regional Rural Banks


  • Provisioning norms for co-op banks, RRBs tightened

    Regulatory Bodies & Rulings


  • TRAI paper on ways to curb cellphone theft
  • TRAI paper on ombudsman for telecom sector

    Retailing


  • How to cash in on customer impulse in jus' 15 seconds
  • Commerce Ministry told to review FDI policy in retail

    Rubber


  • Rubber static on low trade queries

    Say Cheek


  • Keep your boss informed, climb ladder

    Science & Technology


  • National Geographic to explore Mars

    Security


  • Good news for e-signature firms
  • TRAI paper on ways to curb cellphone theft

    Sensor


  • A day to cheer for the markets

    Shipping


  • Patna, Haldia barge cargo service planned
  • NMPT exports 3,38,984 t of iron ore fines in current fiscal
  • P&O Ports moots integration of terminals to make JN Port a hub
  • Shifting Vallarpadam to a new site proposed

    Short Term Instruments


  • ICRA reaffirms `A1' for Vardhman Polytex CP

    Small Savings


  • Centurion Bank gets mandate for managing Bhutan's PF money

    Software


  • Good news for e-signature firms
  • MphasiS BFL group Q3 net up 57 pc
  • Hughes Soft clocks 110 pc rise in Q3 net
  • Digital gets nod to delist
  • Cranes buys Sigma product line
  • neoIT in pact with Philippines co

    Sports


  • ESPN STAR buys European football telecast rights

    Standards & Benchmarks


  • Groundnut meet to discuss quality issues
  • S. Kumars' weaving division gets ISO
  • Aurobindo Pharma gets European suitability certificate

    States


  • States await nod for high-coupon bonds' buyback

    Steel


  • Steel: Firm prices save the day
  • Bhushan Steel: Valuations attract sustained buying
  • BSP nine months net seen at Rs 1200 cr
  • Tata Steel April-Dec output at over 3 mt

    Stock Markets


  • `Margin trading is risky but useful'
  • Sensex and the doctrine of caveat emptor
  • Forging new ties
  • Bhushan Steel: Valuations attract sustained buying
  • IT stocks zoom on the eve of quarterly results
  • `Further fillip to buoyant markets'
  • Market sizzles, Sensex soars

    Stocks


  • Digital gets nod to delist
  • IT stocks zoom on the eve of quarterly results

    Storage


  • Cabinet clears oil storage at three coastal locations

    Strategy


  • Wrigley's acquisition of Joyco seen to stimulate confectionery market
  • ESPN STAR buys European football telecast rights

    Tamil Nadu


  • Air Deccan's new service to Coimbatore
  • ICICI Home Loan Utsav in Chennai from Jan 9 - 11
  • AirTel expands coverage in TN
  • Abacus Netcomm opens `Think World' PC showroom
  • Yarn exporters' bid to cash in on firm enquiries

    Taxation


  • GMCI calls for taxes rationalisation
  • Flash Budget
  • Details of duty changes

    Tea


  • Bengal tea panel may finalise report next week

    Technical Analysis


  • Bull onslaught

    Telecommunications


  • Dakshina Kannada Telecom to expand mobile service
  • Bouquet of new services from Dakshina Kannada Telecom
  • TRAI paper on ways to curb cellphone theft
  • AirTel expands coverage in TN
  • TRAI paper on ombudsman for telecom sector
  • With customs duty cut, scrapping of SAD — `Mobile handset prices likely to drop 8-10 pc'

    Television Sets


  • Consumer durables: Less pricey, more competitive

    Textiles


  • Yarn exporters' bid to cash in on firm enquiries
  • Textiles, post-MFA — The dragon of spindles
  • S. Kumars' weaving division gets ISO

    Trends


  • Floating account

    Two/Three Wheelers


  • Hero Honda may consider interim

    Tyres


  • Tyres: A better tread

    Washing Machines


  • Consumer durables: Less pricey, more competitive

    Water


  • Water supply projects in AP



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