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ESPN to telecast TNA wrestling
NEW DELHI: ESPN STAR Sports has entered into a three-year deal with TNA Entertainment, LLC to broadcast all TNA Wrestling programmes on its channels in India and the rest of Asia. Under the deal ESPN STAR Sports will showcase the popular ... More

ADVERTISING


Tobacco: Health Ministry may ban brand extension ads
THE Health Ministry's proposal to disallow advertising of brand extensions could come as a blow to companies promoting products such as apparel, greeting cards or bravery awards using tobacco brand names. According to highly placed sources, ... More

Magnum Intergrafiks opens branch in Kolkata
MANGALORE: The Mangalore-based advertising firm, Magnum Intergrafiks, opened its 11th branch in Kolkota recently. A press release by Magnum Intergrafiks said here on Monday that Mr Anand Sankeshwar, Managing Director of Vijayanand ... More

MARKET SHARES


GM India unveils plans for 10% market share
IN a bid to boost its marketshare to 10 per cent by 2007, General Motors India on Monday said that it would be launching a minimum of two new cars every year, beginning with the next year. "We are targeting to sell about 160,000 cars a year by ... More

RETAILING


Westside launches store at Garuda Mall
WESTSIDE has launched its store at Garuda Mall, the city's newest shopping mall. Westside already has two stores in the city at Commercial Street and Koramangla. Spread across 30,000 sq ft, Westside's store at Garuda Mall offers a wide ... More

Madura Garments bid to make Louis Philippe a Rs 350-cr brand
MADURA Garments will invest an estimated Rs 60-70 crore in the next three years in rolling out at least 50 flagship stores for its premium menswear brand, Louis Philippe. The company is also in the process of evolving the brand into a one-stop ... More

McDonald's to open more restaurants in North
MCDONALD'S India today announced an investment of Rs 400 crore, along with its suppliers, for a large-scale expansion drive in north India. The company plans to add 14 Family Restaurants, four McDonald's Express and six Mc Donald's Kiosks this ... More

ONLINE MARKETING


Liqwid Krystal, Safari in pact
LIQWID Krystal, an IT company with products and solutions across the human capital cycle, and Safari Books Online, a US-based joint venture between O'Reilly Media Inc and The Pearson Technology Group, have announced a distribution alliance ... More

PEOPLE


Raghu Pillai quits RPG Retail
MR Raghu Pillai, President, Retail, RPG Enterprises, has put in his papers after a 22-year stint with the group in various capacities. While confirming his decision to quit, Mr Pillai told Business Line that he wanted to look at new ... More

TRENDS


Mumbai print media entrants unfazed by newsprint cost
IN the city's Fort area, brothers Charudutt and Sudanshu Dangat of Dangat Newspaper Agency are gearing up for the arrival of at least three new English newspapers in the months ahead. Unlike the anticipation drummed up through media hoardings and ... More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES


Reliance Info unveils Rs 99 post-paid plan
RELIANCE Infocomm has introduced a post-paid plan with a minimum commitment of Rs 149 a month, of which the rental component is Rs 99. The company described this introduction as an "aggressive foray into the rapid sub-Rs 100 market that ... More

Esjaypee introduces water generator
Esjaypee Mercantile & Marketing (P) Ltd, a part of the Rs 150-crore Chennai-based Esjaypee Group, has launched Humidous, a generator that produces water from air. The technology used in the Humidous works on the condensation principle and ... More


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