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INDEX
Account Speak
Let discretion be your tutor with this `special' vehicle
Accountancy
In fits and starts
A bowl at the exit gate
Let discretion be your tutor with this `special' vehicle
Air-conditioners & Refrigerators
LG's refrigerator sales up in Feb
Airlines
IA apex fares for Port Blair
SriLankan to add 14 new flights
Air Deccan in pact with Kingfisher Airlines
Govt to call meeting of airlines to discuss pilot poaching
Alliances & Joint Ventures
Strides inks pact with US major for injectible drugs
To source battery range — TAFE-Power ties up with Chinese co
Kochi Refineries signs MoU with BPCL
M&M divests stake, exits Ford India
Saudi Aramco may pick stake in HPCL's Vizag refinery — In return, oil PSU to take equity in Yanbu project
Andhra Pradesh
FAPCCI clarifies on bandh
Andhra Bank to extend biz hours
Land for IFFCO
Vijaya Bank opens branches
BPL ratio declines in AP
AP: Cloud-seeding to be tendered
Chilli stocks piling up at Guntur yard; prices crash
Mixed response to VAT bandh
Announcements
Goldstone board meet put off
Nihar mulls settling dues
Sirpur Paper installs rotary limekiln
Automobile Components
AFL launches logistics solution for auto component sector
Awards & Honours
Prathap Reddy gets US varsity healthcare leadership award
Vivek Oberoi returns `inappropriate' award
Brands
SAIL to go in for image makeover
Seagram identifies 5 core brands to build spirits biz
Breweries
Seagram identifies 5 core brands to build spirits biz
Cars
Maruti driving school launched at Kollam
M&M divests stake, exits Ford India
Channels and Franchises
Gulf Oil in marketing pact with US co
Cigarettes
Vivek Oberoi returns `inappropriate' award
Coal
Coal India-NLC combine plans large thermal power projects
Commentary
Textile stocks shine
Commodity Exchanges
Record volume in MCX crude oil April contract
Company Law
Amending the Factories Act
In fits and starts
A bowl at the exit gate
Consumer Electronics
Intex unveils DVD players
Contract Farming
Himalya in contract farming pact with HP potato farmers
Corporate Disputes
Patent infringement of Pfizer drug — Ranbaxy to appeal against US court injunction
Courts/Legal Issues
Patent infringement of Pfizer drug — Ranbaxy to appeal against US court injunction
Calcutta HC declines to grant stay on VAT implementation
Credit Rating
Default rates decline for Crisil-rated companies
Dairy & Dairy Products
Mahananda to take over Aarey milk supply
Derivatives Markets
Upside likely on Nifty, MTNL futures
Ear to the ground
Vybra Automet: Debt pricing fuels premium
Economy
Infrastructure or SEZ investment?
German economy: A turnaround in sight
Fund-Bank Spring Meetings — Thus must Finance Minister speak
BPL ratio declines in AP
Steel prices to go up by 7-8 pc from tomorrow
Editorial
Raising the retail stake
Education
European B-School may open facility in India
Electrical Goods
To source battery range — TAFE-Power ties up with Chinese co
Lighting products expo in Sept
Entertainment & Leisure
`Tight copyright norms must for entertainment industry's growth'
Entrepreneurship
Start-ups to fore, form 20% of new Nasscom members in fiscal 2004-05
Events
Orthopaedic surgeons' conference from April 1 in Mangalore
In Hyderabad today
South Asia agriculture meet for free trade regional bloc
Meet on mechanical engg at Coimbatore
Lighting products expo in Sept
Exports & Imports
Exporters plan dharna over DEPB issue
Fertilisers
Land for IFFCO
Financial Services
HDFC Bank, Visa launch money transfer service
Foods & Food Processing
Himalya in contract farming pact with HP potato farmers
Foreign Institutional Investors
FIIs turn heavy net sellers
Foreign Relations
US' offer may help India to renew talks with other nuclear powers
Foreign Trade
China January textile, clothing exports to US up 65 pc in value
Forex
Rupee recovers; bond prices up
Gender
Amending the Factories Act
Womenswear brand Natalia to expand retail network
Govt Bonds
Rupee recovers; bond prices up
HCV/LCV/Tractors
Escorts acquires 100 pc stake in Polish co
Health
Orthopaedic surgeons' conference from April 1 in Mangalore
Vivek Oberoi returns `inappropriate' award
Horticulture/Fruits & Vegetables
Himalya in contract farming pact with HP potato farmers
Hotels
Sterling Group to invest in greenfield hotel in Bangalore
JW Marriott Hotel in Bangalore by 2007
Housing Finance
IDBI Homefinance hikes PLR by 25 bps
Human Resources
Promoting better relations
Air Deccan in pact with Kingfisher Airlines
Govt to call meeting of airlines to discuss pilot poaching
IPOs
Raising the retail stake
3i Infotech, Gokaldas IPOs oversubscribed
Allsec IPO
IPR
Patent infringement of Pfizer drug — Ranbaxy to appeal against US court injunction
Industry Associations
Service tax issue: KCCI decides to continue with non-compliance
FAPCCI clarifies on bandh
Trade, industry asked to register for service tax
Information Technology
Start-ups to fore, form 20% of new Nasscom members in fiscal 2004-05
Infrastructure
Second terminal at Chennai port okayed
Interest Rates
IDBI Homefinance hikes PLR by 25 bps
Internet
SMS from PC to mobile
Karnataka
Service tax issue: KCCI decides to continue with non-compliance
Sterling Group to invest in greenfield hotel in Bangalore
Dakshina Kannada credit plan outlay at Rs 1,451 cr
Orthopaedic surgeons' conference from April 1 in Mangalore
JW Marriott Hotel in Bangalore by 2007
Kerala
Kochuveli railway terminal opened
Maruti driving school launched at Kollam
Plantation workers to get free ration
BSNL revises commission
Anti-VAT stir keeps most shutters down in Kerala
Letters
Amending the Factories Act
Promoting better relations
Maharashtra
Mahananda to take over Aarey milk supply
Marketing Research
Mohali Test scores TV rating of 3.89
Medical Institutions & Hospitals
Prathap Reddy gets US varsity healthcare leadership award
Mergers & Acquisitions
Escorts acquires 100 pc stake in Polish co
Juniper buys Kagoor Networks
Minerals
NMDC raises target for iron ore, diamond
Mining & Quarrying
Refinery, mining projects to be revived
Music & Dance
`Tight copyright norms must for entertainment industry's growth'
Mutual Funds
Canbank MF declares dividend for 2 schemes
DSP ML to launch mid-cap fund
New Products & Services
Maruti driving school launched at Kollam
Intex unveils DVD players
SMS from PC to mobile
HDFC Bank, Visa launch money transfer service
New Projects
Sterling Group to invest in greenfield hotel in Bangalore
JW Marriott Hotel in Bangalore by 2007
Land for IFFCO
Non-conventional Energy
US' offer may help India to renew talks with other nuclear powers
Off-shore Development
Infotech Singapore office
On the hedge
Upside likely on Nifty, MTNL futures
Other States
Lighting products expo in Sept
Singapore Tourism opens Delhi office
Calcutta HC declines to grant stay on VAT implementation
Outlook
Himalya in contract farming pact with HP potato farmers
GAIL not to reduce gas supply through HBJ pipeline
Coal India-NLC combine plans large thermal power projects
`Fresh scams in capital market appear remote'
Oracle upbeat on Asia
NMDC raises target for iron ore, diamond
Jessop set to post Rs 4.5-cr net profit
VAT uncertainty haunts consumer durables majors
PSU
Jessop set to post Rs 4.5-cr net profit
Paper, Board & Newsprint
Sirpur Paper installs rotary limekiln
People
Between Gandhi and globalisation
Prathap Reddy gets US varsity healthcare leadership award
Vivek Oberoi returns `inappropriate' award
Performance
LG's refrigerator sales up in Feb
Petrochemicals
TIDCO invites EoIs for naphtha project
Petroleum
Record volume in MCX crude oil April contract
GAIL not to reduce gas supply through HBJ pipeline
Refinery, mining projects to be revived
Kochi Refineries signs MoU with BPCL
Gulf Oil in marketing pact with US co
Saudi Aramco may pick stake in HPCL's Vizag refinery — In return, oil PSU to take equity in Yanbu project
Pharmaceuticals
Strides inks pact with US major for injectible drugs
Patent infringement of Pfizer drug — Ranbaxy to appeal against US court injunction
Pfizer Q1 net up, total income down
Piracy
`Tight copyright norms must for entertainment industry's growth'
Plantations
Plantation workers to get free ration
Vanilla dips as global demand fails to pick up
Power
US' offer may help India to renew talks with other nuclear powers
Coal India-NLC combine plans large thermal power projects
Private Banks
HDFC Bank, Visa launch money transfer service
Public Sector Banks
Andhra Bank to extend biz hours
Vijaya Bank opens branches
Return of capital — PNB not to bear additional tax on reduction of share premium account
RBI & Other Central Banks
WMA of States hiked by 9.77 pc
Railways
Kochuveli railway terminal opened
Chennai port users stress need for better rail, road connectivity
`Extend MRTS to Mahabalipuram'
Reflections
Between Gandhi and globalisation
Regulatory Bodies & Rulings
Raising the retail stake
Cell operators complain to TRAI on `predatory' pricing by Reliance
Retailing
Womenswear brand Natalia to expand retail network
Roadways
Chennai port users stress need for better rail, road connectivity
Rubber
Rubber market closed on VAT protest
Rural Development
Dakshina Kannada credit plan outlay at Rs 1,451 cr
Rural Marketing
Rural marketing agencies form association
SSI
Govt to focus more on khadi sector
Science & Technology
Spirituality is in your genes: Study
US' offer may help India to renew talks with other nuclear powers
Sensor
Textile stocks shine
Shipping
Chennai port users stress need for better rail, road connectivity
Concor's Kolkata dock terminal likely by May-end
Tuticorin port announces new incentive scheme
Second terminal at Chennai port okayed
Plan panel raises doubts on Sethusamudram
Software
AFL launches logistics solution for auto component sector
Oracle upbeat on Asia
Tata Elxsi opens Chennai centre — No move for merger with TCS
Mercury Interactive plans training centres
Red Hat training partner
Infotech Singapore office
Nihar mulls settling dues
Spices & Condiments
Chilli stocks piling up at Guntur yard; prices crash
Sports
Mohali Test scores TV rating of 3.89
Steel
SAIL to go in for image makeover
Arcelor forges ahead on new steel capacity in India — Move follows output cut in Europe by 1 mt
Steel prices to go up by 7-8 pc from tomorrow
Stock Markets
Raising the retail stake
`Fresh scams in capital market appear remote'
Vybra Automet: Debt pricing fuels premium
FIIs turn heavy net sellers
Exchanges witness sharp decline in trading volumes
Supply Chain Management
AFL launches logistics solution for auto component sector
Tamil Nadu
TIDCO invites EoIs for naphtha project
Trade, industry asked to register for service tax
Meet on mechanical engg at Coimbatore
`Extend MRTS to Mahabalipuram'
Refinery, mining projects to be revived
Taxation
Anti-VAT stir keeps most shutters down in Kerala
Protest against VAT
Service tax issue: KCCI decides to continue with non-compliance
Rubber market closed on VAT protest
FAPCCI clarifies on bandh
Uneasy calm
Mixed response to VAT bandh
Trade, industry asked to register for service tax
Calcutta HC declines to grant stay on VAT implementation
VAT uncertainty haunts consumer durables majors
Return of capital — PNB not to bear additional tax on reduction of share premium account
Technical Analysis
Range-bound movement
Telecommunications
BSNL revises commission
Tata Elxsi opens Chennai centre — No move for merger with TCS
Surplus land demerger: VSNL board to meet
SMS from PC to mobile
Cell operators complain to TRAI on `predatory' pricing by Reliance
Textiles
China January textile, clothing exports to US up 65 pc in value
Tourism
Singapore Tourism opens Delhi office
Travel & Places
Canadian High Commission opens 9 visa application centres
Trends
Hand fan!
Banks face year-end valuation blues
Asset quality of banks to improve: Fitch
Water
AP: Cloud-seeding to be tendered
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