The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, June 10, 2006

IPR
Monsooned Malabar unprotected
The Coffee Board is contemplating to go in for the registration of Monsooned Malabar, a variety of speciality coffee, under the Geographical Indications of Goods Act, Mr Ramesh said. "Monsooned Malabar coffee is like the Darjeeling tea and we ... More

REGULATORY BODIES & RULINGS
Pricing of Bt cotton should be market-driven, says Monsanto
`Farmers, not Govts, should judge the price of private company seeds' More

ADVERTISING
Lintas IMAG bags Indian Army business
Keeping in mind the need to reach out to today's youth through different touch points, Lintas IMAG presented a comprehensive integrated marketing approach to promote the Indian Army as a preferred career option. Year-long ... More

PROMOTIONS & OFFERS
Soccer season offer from hotel
To cash in on the World Cup soccer season, Hotel Highway Garden, the 3-star hotel here, has announced special schemes and programmes for the next three months at its restaurant named The Stadion. The hotel has already arranged a ... More

RETAILING
Nuance Group, Shoppers' Stop to enter airport retail market
The Nuance Group is teaming up with retailer Shoppers' Stop Ltd. (part of the K. Raheja Corp. - Chandru. L. Raheja Group) in a joint venture to enter the Indian airport retail market. The joint venture company will be equally owned by both ... More

Prasan Cuisines plans restaurant chain
Prasan Cuisines Private Ltd plans to set up a chain of vegetarian restaurants branded Sandeepha, initially in Chennai, followed by a Tamil Nadu footprint before taking it overseas. Mr R. Rangarajan, Director, Prasan Cuisines, ... More

OUTLOOK
Venky's glucose biscuit nibbles at US markets
Co in talks with supermarket chains, ethnic Indian stores there More

TRENDS
May car sales drive past bikes
Driven by high volumes registered by major carmakers including Maruti Udyog and Tata Motors, car sales growth in the domestic market outpaced motorcycle demand in May, jumping by almost 30 per cent. According to figures released by the Society ... More

Designers look beyond clothes to tap new areas
`Want to be part of development cycle' More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES
Limca Book of Records 2006 edition
The 2006 edition of The Limca Book of Records was launched here on Thursday. The book honoured Mr Vijaypat Singhania, a world record holder for flying a hot air balloon at the highest altitude; painter and sculptor, Mr Satish ... More

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