The Hindu Business Line : Monday, July 25, 2005

Tatas in talks with electric vehicle motor companies
Apart from bringing down the motor prices, improving battery technology and making easy finance schemes available for electric cars are other issues to be taken care of. More

Oberois committed to increasing stake in EIH to over 50 per cent
THE Oberois are totally committed to take their holdings to over 50 per cent in EIH Ltd, while fully adhering to the norms stipulated by Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). Talking to Business Line here , Mr S.S. Mukherji, ... More

TAXATION

FBT fails to sting — Cuts into only 1.1 pc of PBT in Q1
CORPORATE India conveyed its utmost displeasure in February when the Finance Minister ushered in the regime of Fringe Benefit Tax (FBT). It even extracted some concessions from the Finance Minister and the original proposals were modified to ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES

Trying times ahead for TV news channels
"News broadcast is definitely a personality-driven business. Thus churning of management or journalists can have its ramifications on company performance," said an analyst. More

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Rules alone cannot ensure corporate governance: Irani
CORPORATE governance cannot be mandated through mere rules, and can be achieved only through peer pressure. Speaking at an interactive session organised by the Bharat Chamber of Commerce on the recommendations of the "Dr J.J. Irani Expert ... More

NEW PROJECTS

PM's nod for ONGC project in Mangalore
THE Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, has given the nod for the Rs 21,000-crore investment of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) in LNG, power and petrochemicals project in Mangalore. A communication issued from the Prime Minister's ... More

Care Hospital opens clinic at Nampally
MARKING the completion of 1,000th RFA (Radio Frequency Catheter Ablations) procedure, Care Hospital has opened the Heart Rhythm Clinic at its Nampally facility. During the RFA procedure, specialised catheters deliver radio frequency energy at ... More

JVS Exports plans Rs 80-cr expansion
JVS Exports, which recently won the `International supplier of the year 2004' award from Wal-Mart, chosen from among 45,000 suppliers worldwide, has charted a Rs 80-crore expansion plan to be executed over the next three to four years. The ... More

SICK UNITS

Simplified Exit Scheme draws poor response
WITH less then 10 days to go before the Simplified Exit Scheme (SES) 2005 ceases to be in operation, few defunct companies have come forward to use the opportunity to getting their name struck off the register of the Registrar of Companies. As ... More

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