The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, June 16, 2007

GBN enters regional news space
With the launch of a Marathi news channel, Global Broadcast News is likely to further explore the regional news space. "We are looking at other regions, and may probably launch Punjabi and Gujarati language channels soon. ... More

Hutch slashes monthly recharge rate
Mobile services operator Hutch today announced a 50 per cent cut in the minimum monthly recharge required for a prepaid customer. Hutch prepaid customers can now talk for a month at a cost of Rs 99 instead of the earlier minimum recharge of Rs ... More

Prateek Apparels plans discount stores
Mumbai-based Prateek Apparels has decided to become a retailer after acting as vendor to leading brands and retailers in the country. A new brand of discount stores for apparel brands across the country is being planned by the Rs 125-crore ... More

Tide detergent creates record
Tide, a detergent product from the Procter and Gamble stable, has created India's `longest clothesline' that ran around the Necklace Road along the Hussain Sagar in City. The 5-km clothesline, which had 2,400 clothes on it, ... More

ADVERTISING
Hindustan Lever may discontinue Fair & Lovely ad
Mr Tex Gunning, Group Vice-President, Southeast Asia & Australasia, Unilever Ltd, Singapore, today hinted that Hindustan Lever may not continue its Fair & Lovely ad campaign, which has come under heavy criticism for showing darker women at a More

PROMOTIONS & OFFERS
Diageo Radico premium whisky
Actor Shahrukh Khan has been signed up by Diageo Radico Distilleries as brand ambassador to kickstart the company's maiden offer to Indian whisky consumers - Masterstroke Deluxe. The company plans to unleash a multimedia ... More

RETAILING
Subhiksha working on wireless retail solution
To help outlets manage demand and supply of stock on shelves More

Indigo Nation opens Kochi outlet
Indigo Nation has opened an exclusive store in Kochi at M.G. Road, offering over 200 premium shirt options and 170 trouser styles. Specifically designed to appeal to its target audience, the store is more of a hangout spot than a ... More

DRS group opening relocation retail stores
Offers variety of services for relocation More

`Govt must study impact of big retailers on small vendors'
All players should play constructive role in development: TN Governor More

BRANDS
Gujarat Coop Milk Fed is now a billion-dollar body
Sale of Amul milk in pouches has grown by 40 per cent in value terms while sales of ghee in Amul and Sagar brands have grown by 28 per cent. Amul is world's largest pouched milk brand More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES
Direct forex trading: YES Bank joins the band
No additional cost to customers More

Asianet's Kannada channel
Asianet Communications Ltd, which currently operates three Malayalam satellite television channels, is entering the Kannada satellite television market. The company's 24-hour Kannada television channel, `Asianet Suvarna', will be ... More

Airtel in pact with HTC for touch screen mobile
Bharti Airtel on Friday announced an exclusive arrangement with Taiwan-based High Tech Computers to offer mobile services on its Microsoft Windows Mobile platform-based handheld device. Priced at Rs 19,900, the HTC Touch device would be ... More

Glucovita Electro launched in AP
Wipro Consumer Care and Lighting announced the launch of its product, Glocovita Electro, in Andhra Pradesh here on Friday. In a press release, the company said the product "contains electrolytes and other ingredients to take care ... More

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