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STRATEGY
Chidambaram launches NIC mediclaim policies
`Insurance cos should adopt innovative marketing strategies' More

Jet offers special fares to Manipur
Jet Airways, which has been appointed as the official airline partner for Manipur Tourism Festival, is offering special fares for travel to and from Imphal till November 11. In a statement, the airline has said that a special check fare of Rs ... More

IPR
Spain favours Ranbaxy on Lipitor
Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd said that Spanish courts (the Mercantile Court of Barcelona, No. 2) recently found Spanish patent ES 2,167,306 (counterpart of Pfizer's EP 409 281, the Lipitor patent) to be invalid for lack of novelty. On October 27, ... More

CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT
Maruti, Honda top satisfaction ratings
Carmakers Maruti and Honda were ranked highest in customer satisfaction in a study by market research firm TNS. According to the findings of the TNS' 2006 four-wheeler total customer satisfaction study, the two companies ranked highest in ... More

CHANNELS AND FRANCHISES
United Spirits, Russian co sign pact
United Spirits Ltd (USL) has entered into an agreement with Russian Standard Company, maker of the Russian Standard Vodka, to distribute USL's premium spirits in Russian markets. USL will, in turn, import and distribute various brands of RSC's ... More

Natco to supply more to Akorn
Natco Pharma Ltd has added two injectable drug products to its existing active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) under the API supply and margin sharing agreement entered into with Akorn Inc of the US. With this, the total number of products ... More

Vizag Steel Plant appoints district-level dealers
Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP) has appointed a network of 96 district-level dealers to reach steel to the rural areas, according to Mr H.S. Chattwal, Director - Commercial, VSP. He told the press here on Friday that currently rural areas ... More

RETAILING
Timex Watches plans 120 Time Factory stores
Timex Watches Ltd plans to have 120 Time Factory stores in the country in 18 months. The Time Factory is a multi-brand destination store that promises to "deliver an international watch experience to the consumers." According to Mr Kapil ... More

Benetton to step up presence
The business model is based on a very close commercial alliance with local partners. More

HLL gives up tea parlour chain plans
Shuts down T Place outlet in Bangalore More

BRANDS
Salim Group ropes in Chinese partner
Two-wheeler to be sold under `Arjun' brand name More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES
Reliance makes a Fresh retail splash
To be followed by bigger versions in Mumbai, New Delhi and Ahmedabad More

Air Arabia flights to Thiruvananthapuram
Air Arabia, the Sharjah-based budget airline, expects to start operations to Ahmedabad by March next year. The airline, which now operates flights to five Indian cities, will start daily flights on the Sharjah-Thiruvananthapuram sector on ... More

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