Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Sunday, February 27, 2005
Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Sunday, February 27, 2005 |
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INDUSTRY & ECONOMY ECONOMIC SURVEY Economic Survey — Music to investor's ears The thrust of the Economic Survey is encouraging for investors. If the Budget even partially reflects its priorities, that would be a positive for the economy. More BUDGET Tuticorin trade for an export-oriented Budget INDUSTRIALISTS and traders in Tuticorin expect the Union Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, to present a Budget that augments buoyancy in the export front and gives a boost to industrial activity in the area. According to the Secretary ... More ECONOMY `States must decide their borrowing programmes' THE Twelfth Finance Commission (TFC) has recommended that States, like the Central Government, must decide their annual borrowing programmes within the framework of their respective fiscal responsibility legislations. In its report, which was ... More HEALTH Telemedicine meet to focus on cheaper healthcare AN international meet on telemedicine to be organised by ISRO here next month aims to drive home the need for bringing affordable health closer — via space — to those living in remote and rural areas. The meet to be held from March ... More PHARMACEUTICALS Drug cos hope to cash in on anti-tobacco drives DRUG companies are smelling a long-term opportunity in the several anti-tobacco initiatives getting enforced in the country. And that in turn is fuelling their plans for the tobacco cessation segment, involving therapies to get smokers to kick ... More POWER Bombay HC stops Dabhol stake transfer to GE, Bechtel The Bombay High Court on Friday ordered a stop to the transfer of ownership of equity shares acquired by the US companies General Electric and Bechtel, in the Dabhol Power Company. The HC has ordered that the transfer of first tranche of 49 per ... More
Energy majors in fray for captive power projects STEEL Tariff on iron ore for export doubled THE Railway Minister, Mr Lalu Prasad, has indirectly responded to the long-standing demand of the domestic steel industry to curb iron ore exports by announcing a dual freight policy for this mineral. But even as some domestic steel manufacturers ... More TAXATION 
UP, Bihar get 30 pc of tax devolutionsUTTAR Pradesh and Bihar are together going to get as much as 30 per cent of the net proceeds of all the sharable union taxes in each of the five financial years from 2005-06 to 2009-10, as per the recommendations of the Twelfth Finance Commission ... More TEXTILES Cotton yarn exports begin to dip as made-ups make headway COTTON yarn, which dominated textiles export basket for nearly a decade, is giving way to cotton made-ups, a higher value-added item ahead of yarn and fabric. Thanks to the total quota phase-out from this year, several countries, which hitherto ... More MANAGEMENT 
Creative thinking key to growth: de BonoIF you thought, thinking is something that cannot be taught, think again. "Thinking is a skill which you can learn and teach," says Dr Edward de Bono, a leading authority on creative thinking and originator of "lateral thinking". An author of ... More MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS & HOSPITALS AP CM inaugurates Apollo Samudra APOLLO Samudra, a corporate hospital of the Apollo group built at a cost of Rs 20 crore , was inaugurated here on Saturday by the Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy. Dr Reddy, on a tour of the town as a part of the Rajiv Nagara Bata ... More PRECIOUS METALS Gold retail investment demand remains strong 2004 was the first year that the value of jewellery demand noticeably exceeded the level attained in 1998 . More NEWSPAPERS & PUBLISHING 
`Media must play active role in shaping society'INDIAN journalism is at a crucial phase when it needs to assert the primacy of editorial content and keep a check on the use of power and money. Voicing this opinion at a session on `Media: Shaping minds for a better India' at the CII Young ... More FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT Boost for construction sector — FDI, the new building block HUMAN RESOURCES Huge turnout at The Hindu job fair NEARLY 45,000 boys and girls, some with their parents in tow, made it to The Hindu Opportunities job fair that began here this morning. While a huge turnout was expected in view of the fact that some of the top guns in IT and ITES space ... More EVENTS Youth urged to lead the way YOUNG leaders from various fields felt that the only way leaders can succeed is by having courage to make the right decisions and get the right people for the right job. Speaking at a session on `Leadership: Taking Charge,' at the CII Young ... More PEOPLE IIT Alumnus award for Lord Bhattacharya Prof Lord Kumar Bhattacharya has been given the Distinguished Alumnus Award by the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, at its Golden Jubilee convocation on Saturday. Mr Arjun Malhotra, Life Fellow of the IIT, presented the award to Lord ... More Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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Looking back Feb. 20-Feb. 26 Traditional items propel high export growth in H1 Unanimity over oilseeds import still eluding industry Chemists to restock psychotropic drugs after Govt assurance NCAER business confidence index rises again CCTL workers' strike threat — Shippers worried about cargo pile-up A case for Govt to hike Customs duty on gold Domestic firms await USFDA decision on arthritis drugs — Green signal could lead to reintroduction of rofecoxib Chilli leads spices export surge Desi crude futures flare up Consumer goods sector wary of VAT regime Why should services be exempt from tax? Leather stocks shine on FDI hopes `Indian mid-cap firms most resilient to Chinese competition' ... And now, ICT tests to qualify for US colleges TRAI issues consultation paper on terrestrial broadcasting Automobile production may cross 10 m in 2 years |
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