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Online travel services co launched
NORWEST Venture Partners, a technology venture capital firm, announced on Monday that it has partnered with Reliance Capital, TV 18 group and travel industry executives to form Yatra Online, the first online and centralised travel services ... More

EVENTS


Training to postal staff
HYDERABAD: The Institute of Public Enterprise (IPE) here is organising a five-day in-company training programme for the executives of the postal department on `Soft skills for marketing and customer care', during February 14-18, ... More

ADVERTISING


Interface Comm to focus on southern markets
THE IPG Group agency Interface Communications has decided to strengthen its operations in the South. After spreading its branches across Mumbai, Delhi and Chennai, the agency now intends to open its fourth branch in Bangalore. Speaking to ... More

MARKET SHARES


Life insurance premiums up 51 pc in 9 months — ICICI Pru leads private pack; LIC has 209 pc more lives covered
THE domestic life insurance industry has reported a healthy growth of over 51 per cent in premium underwritten for the nine-month period of the current fiscal ended December 2005. As per the statistics prepared by the Insurance Regulatory and ... More

RETAILING


Govt notifies guidelines for FDI in single brand retailing
DESPITE stiff opposition from the Left parties, the Government on Monday notified the guidelines for foreign direct investment (FDI) in single brand retail trading. The notification states that FDI up to 51 per cent in retail trade of single ... More

BPL opens mobile showrooms in Kerala
KOCHI: BPL Mobile opened new showrooms at Koppam and Alathur in Palakkad and at Nilambur in Malappuram. With this, the company has now over 26 showrooms and galleries in Palakkad and Malappuram and over 100 showrooms and galleries and ... More

BRANDS


Coimbatore firm launches branded cotton yarn
SCM Textile Spinners, part of the Rs 500-crore flagship company TCS Textiles Pvt Ltd, is promoting the cotton yarn brand, `Madras Yarn,' using the group's blue peacock logo. (The logo represents the quality standards for 100 per cent cotton ... More

STANDARDS & BENCHMARKS


ITC agarbatti unit working with AP on hand-cut bamboo
The established bamboo potential in Andhra Pradesh was around 25 tonnes per month, and about 1-2 tonnes of bamboo per month were being lifted for making agarbattis. More

TRENDS


Passenger car sales up 8.3 pc in Jan
DOMESTIC passenger car sales rose 8.3 per cent in January to 84,235 units compared to 77,744 units in the same month last year. Sales were helped by increased vehicle sales by Tata Motors, Maruti, and Ford, according to data released by the ... More

Marketers geared to cash in on V-Day shopping
IT'S that time of the year again. Taking a cue from their Western counterparts, companies here have started regarding Valentine's Day as an annual mega-event with a potential for manifold increase in sales. Red hearts, flowers, balloons and ... More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES


McAfee's mobile security tool
BANGALORE: Anti-virus software company McAfee Inc now has a new mobile security software - VirusScan Mobile - for cellular operators, manufacturers, enterprises, and consumers. "The solution will protect more than 17 million ... More

Raymond forays into kids' apparel segment
RAYMOND Ltd announced, on Monday, its entry into the children's apparel segment with the introduction of its new brand, `ZAPP.' The brand will cover the entire range of children's apparel and accessories. It also plans to set up 12 `ZAPP!' stores ... More

Air Deccan to launch more flights from Chennai
THE low-cost airline Air Deccan plans to start operating daily flights from Chennai to Port Blair, Mumbai and Ahmedabad from early March. The Managing Director, Capt. G. R. Gopinath, said that the flights would be launched with the new Airbus ... More


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