Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Sunday, February 13, 2005
Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Sunday, February 13, 2005 |
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INDUSTRY & ECONOMY EMPLOYMENT Other side of the job boom ANTI-DUMPING Dumping probe on pentaerythritol from China, Sweden PRICES of imported pentaerythritol may see northward movement, with the Designated Authority in the Commerce Ministry initiating an anti-dumping probe on imports from China and Sweden. Informed sources said that Kanoria Chemicals & Industries .. More
Dumping probe initiated on SFS imports from China BUDGET Budget will pursue tax reforms: PM THE Union Budget will continue its pursuit of tax reforms and meeting the goals prescribed in the common minimum programme, according to the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh. At a press conference here on Saturday, Dr Singh said, "We are ... More
Co secretaries seek tax sops in Budget for export of services FOREIGN TRADE India, Lanka to set up trade negotiating panel INDIA and Sri Lanka have agreed to set up a trade negotiating committee, its working groups and sub groups to set out a road map for negotiations to conclude the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA). This emerged at the ... More INFRASTRUCTURE GoM views on SEZ legislation to be forwarded to Cabinet Since SEZs entail world-class infrastructure and the additional costs would be very high, infusion of investment on a massive scale including FDI is needed to make the scheme a success. More PETROLEUM ONGC in talks with SAIL to supply coal-bed methane ONGC has initiated moves to market coal-bed methane (CBM) now that it has firmed up production plan of the gas for 2006-07. Damodar Valley Corporation is likely to emerge as a major customer while SAIL too is believed to be interested in using ... More PHARMACEUTICALS Insulin prices have bottomed out, says Wockhardt chief THE Chairman of Wockhardt Ltd, Mr Habil Khorakiwala, does not see any scope of insulin prices dropping any further. India is already the least-cost producer of insulin and "it is not possible to bring down the prices further," he said at a press ... More TAXATION Assocham seeks abolition of MAT NEW DELHI: The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) has sought elimination of Minimum Alternative Tax (MAT) terming it as one of the "greatest obstacles in the way of growth of companies and also attraction of ... More SSI 
10 Indo-German collaborations likelyAT least 10 Indo-German collaborations and major outsourcing contracts in automobiles, machine tools, information technology, biotechnology and healthcare are likely to be finalised soon. All these deals have come through in the wake of the visit ... More AUTOMOBILE COMPONENTS UK woos Indian automotive cos INDIAN automotive companies are now being wooed by the British Government's Inward Investment Group,which is in India with a delegation of auto companies looking to network with potential investors into the UK's $72-billion automotive ... More BIO-TECH & GENETICS Public-pvt fund for biotech research THE Union Department of Biotechnology (DBT) is planning to launch a separate public-private fund later this year to give a fillip to discovery-driven research enterprises in biotechnology. "We will have a corpus, which the Planning Commission ... More MINERALS Comdaq to launch iron ore futures facility THE London-based Commodity Dealers Automated Quotation Network (Comdaq.net) will launch futures contract facility for iron ore from February 14. The facility will be available on its Web site More HUMAN RESOURCES Govt plans to set up knowledge commission — Time to emerge as global major has come: PM IN a bid to enable India emerge as the knowledge capital of the world, the Union Government proposes to set up a Knowledge Commission over the next few weeks, said the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, on Saturday. Speaking after inaugurating ... More EXPORTS & IMPORTS Import of sensitive items down in April-Nov 2004 ALTHOUGH the country's import growth during the current fiscal has been on a double-digit trend, import of sensitive items being monitored by the Commerce Ministry has declined during the first eight months of the current fiscal. An official ... More
Merchandise exports cross $60-b mark NATURAL CALAMITIES 
`Resilience of Andaman people amazing'"Both in Port Blair and in Car Nicobar, not one person was weeping. This is the spirit and fortitude of the people here. The local people's response to the situation helped the administration immensely." More Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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Looking back Feb. 6-Feb. 12 `Give priority to drug affordability' Marketing can be done without a patent: Madras HC Imported edible oils — Revenue considerations behind move not to slash tariff values? Hundred movies in one DVD? Hike in R&D spends eats into pharma cos' profits NCB cautions pharma cos on distributors with dubious connections VAT panel seeks removal of CST waiver on inter-State purchases Auto majors see rise in Q3 input costs Southern mills way ahead in raw sugar imports Govt hopeful of meeting export targets Policy on FDI in retail, realty soon: Kamal Nath Seafood exports may dip 10 pc Market for savings second only to food Chidambaram's 5-point agenda for India to drive global economy Industrial output up 7.9 pc in Dec |
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