Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Friday, May 19, 2006 |
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INDUSTRY & ECONOMY CLIMATE & WEATHER
Arabian Sea arm of monsoon catching up fast"Conditions are favourable for its further advance into the East-Central Bay within the next 24 hours." More SOCIAL SECURITY
LIC, UTI Bank launch annuity cardLIC has tied up with UTI bank to launch a pre-paid annuity card for disbursement of pension or annuity to customers of the corporation. The card, currently for pensioners in Mumbai, would be a debit card with validity of 10 years. It would be ... More CEMENT Transportation costs up 10-12 pc: IFTRT `Cement industry claim not correct' More ECONOMY America's war on the yuan Hawks in the US were expecting the latest bi-annual `Report to Congress on International Economic and Foreign Exchange Rate Policies' released by the US Treasury to brand China as a "currency manipulator." K. SUBRAMANIAN looks at the circumstances le ading to the Treasury's stand. More HEALTH Manipal hospital keyhole surgery for food pipe cancers Less trauma, smaller surgical scars & less medication More INFRASTRUCTURE Work on Mumbai Metro to begin by June Reliance Energy-led consortium bags Rs 2,356-cr contract More
PSU KMML to export 18,000 tonne titanium dioxide this fiscal The state-owned Kerala Minerals and Metals Ltd (KMML) at Chavara in the State's Kollam district has set an export target of 18,000 tonnes of titanium dioxide pigment during the current fiscal as against the 12,000 tonnes exported in 2005-06. ... More
IA hopeful of over Rs 100-cr net profit PETROLEUM
Panel moots cheaper rates for gas transportationFrom Krishna-Godavari Basin to independent power producers More
OMCs to set up over 3,000 outlets POWER GMR Energy plans to buy LNG from Australian co GMR Energy Ltd, which operates a barge mounted power generation facility off the coast of Mangalore, is in talks with an Australian company for purchase of LNG on the spot. The power unit is currently fired by naphtha and its naphtha linkage is ... More RADIO/TV TV18 plans shopping channel Television Eighteen India Ltd (TV18) has announced that it would launch the country's first fully integrated Home Shopping Network (HSN) for the Indian market. The company has secured initial funding from SAIF Partners, a leading ... More EDUCATION
Pitroda incognitoThe Knowledge Commission Chairman, Mr Sam Pitroda, is a man much in demand these days. With the Commission giving a six-two verdict against reservations in institutions of higher learning, there has been a stampede to get Mr Pitroda. "I simply ... More
Cambridge enters pact with MATS MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS & HOSPITALS Wockhardt plans chain of cardiac care units Wockhardt Hospitals on Thursday unveiled its plan to set up a string of 25-bed intensive coronary care units starting with Bangalore, along with a newly acquired team of eight cardiologists and cardiac surgeons. Cardiac care will be the ... More INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS Trade, industry circles' wishlist to new TN Govt A new Government has taken over the administration in the State and the trade and industry circles here have come out with their wishlists. The Tamil Nadu Foodgrains Merchants' Association, in a statement, expressing confidence in the new ... More SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Over the moon on US The lunar mission, Chandrayaan-1, is entirely an ISRO show. For 3-4 years it has sweated to conceive, script, plan, get the Rs 350-crore project off the ground. So, imagine the Organisation's chagrin when it had to share the credit for its baby ... More REGULATORY BODIES & RULINGS `Da Vinci Code' cleared with no cuts The controversial film, The Da Vinci Code, has been cleared for screening with Adult certification. In an informal chat with newspersons, the Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Mr P.R. Dasmusi, said that the film would ... More EXPORTS & IMPORTS
Pepper exports up 21 pc in Jan-MarchTotal shipments from 6 major producing countries during the period rose 13% More ECONOMIC OFFENCES Mumbai police hunt down jewel thieves THE ALUKKAS ROBBERY More Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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Looking back May. 7-May. 13 Regulator is not exactly a court of law: Chidambaram Indian suppliers await decision on iron ore pricing India will further deepen reforms: Chidambaram ADB plans fund to promote clean energy Oilmeal exports rise 81% in April New way to untangle the reservation mess Pepper exports from India, Vietnam rise `E-commerce proves a big boon for entrepreneurs' Hopes of wind in sails of shipping cos Crude futures witness waning interest Cap on margins may dent power trading cos' profits Illegal sugar trade with Bangladesh? PetroFed urges Govt to save oil retail companies ISRO, NASA ink pact for two US payloads aboard Chandrayaan-1 Scarce rains hit tea output in Assam, Bengal Duty cut on small cars boosts sales Manufacturing posts robust growth: CII Wheat prices gain despite 30 lakh t import tender Policy on import of genetically modified food flawed Centre plans to implement $ 50-b highway projects Reliance Petro debuts on BSE at 70 pc premium AP hails MRTPC order on Mahyco-Monsanto Knowledge panel for holistic study of reservation issue Make use of technology, oil marketing cos told |
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