The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, August 02, 2007

INSIGHT
The economics of liquid milk marketing
For a typical dairy in the South, standardised milk containing 13 per cent total solids (4.5 per cent fat and 8.5 per cent solids-not-fat) will cost about Rs 13.40 a litre at the dock, assuming a rate of Rs 103 per kg of solid. Against this, ... More

Liquid milk helps in dairy industry growth
Southern States have emerged as trendsetters More

IPR
Novartis moves HC for new IP Board member
Mumbai, Aug 1 Novartis has filed a writ petition at the Madras High Court for a new technical member on the Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB). The recently set up IPAB is to look into the rejection of Novartis’ patent ... More

REGULATORY BODIES & RULINGS
‘We are not part of any cartelisation’
“We received a MRTPC a notice in 2005 for which we replied in November and then again in March 2006. We made it clear to the authorities that we are not part of any cartelisation,” said Mr Vinod Juneja, Joint Managing Director, ... More

ADVERTISING
Trade portal for ad industry
Bangalore, Aug.1 Yahoo! India has launched a trade portal for advertising industry in India: advertising.yahoo.co.in. It has been specially designed and developed for the benefit of the advertising, marketing and trade community. ... More

PROMOTIONS & OFFERS
SBI’s new ‘Cash Back Plus’ offer on debit cards
Mumbai, August 1 State Bank of India today launched a ‘Cash Back Plus’ offer on its debit cards across the country effective August 1 and valid up to October 31, 2007, said a press release from the bank.Customers using debit ... More

Vizag man wins Kurkure contest
Visakhapatnam, Aug. 1 Mr Suresh Pasupureddi from Visakhapatnam has won Pepsi’s Kurkure Chai Time Achievers contest and his photo along with his family will be printed on a million Kurkere packs. At a function here on Wednesday, ... More

SBI launches ATM cash back offer
State Bank of India ATM ‘cash back’ offer was launched here at the CMR shopping mall on Wednesday by the Deputy General Manager, Mr Supriyo Kumar Chaudhuri. He told reporters that the offer would be open from August 1 to the end of ... More

RETAILING
Reliance Mart set to open this month
Chennai, Aug. 1 Reliance Mart, the company’s first hypermarket, and what could be the country’s largest single store, sprawling over 1.65 lakh sq ft over three floors, is all set to open its doors by the middle of this month in ... More

BRANDS
Star City plans Australian foray
To open first serviced apartment by July 2008 More

PEOPLE
‘Ideas are fragile, shy things’
… they thrive only in a comfortable environment, says WPP’s Creative Head. More

Penguin CEO quits, joins UK publisher
Chennai, Aug. 1 Mr Thomas Abraham, CEO and President of Penguin Books India, has quit the publishing firm and will be taking over as Managing Director of the India operations of Hachette Livre, the UK’s top publishing group. The ... More

TRENDS
Four-wheeler sales post double-digit growth in July
Slump in two-wheeler continues More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES
ICICI Prudential launches new ‘Crisis Cover’
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