The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, January 08, 2008

AIRLINES
LCA getting ready by the year-end
Visakhapatnam, Jan. 7 The design and production of light combat aircraft (LCA) Tejas series – the light weight multi-role supersonic aircraft – is likely to be completed by the end of the year, according to Mr P. Ramachandra, the ... More

IndiGo starts second daily flight
Low-cost airline IndiGo has started a second daily return flight between Delhi and Chennai. In a statement the airline has said that the new flight leaves Delhi at 17.35 and arrives in Chennai at 20.05. In the return direction, the flight leaves ... More

INSIGHT
‘Transporting’ people out of poverty
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SHIPPING
Appropriate policies to spur pvt investment in ports: Baalu
Non-major ports to handle 30% of traffic by 2011-12 More

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
ABG Shipyard Q3 net up 60.8% on repeat orders
Mumbai, Jan. 7 ABG Shipyard posted a 60.8 per cent increase in third quarter net profit, on the back of significant growth in fresh and repeat orders. The profit rose to Rs 47 crore for three months ended December 31, 2007 from Rs 29 ... More

TRADE & LABOUR UNIONS
Kochi Port unions’ ire over curbs
Kochi, Jan. 7 The Joint Forum of Trade Unions in Cochin Port Trust has expressed resentment over the recent actions of the Port Chairman, which they claimed would disrupt trade union activities in the port. The protests of the unions ... More

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
CWC to start work on railside cargo complex
Kolkata, Jan. 7 Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) is to start work shortly on the railside cargo complex it proposes to construct at Dankuni, near Kolkata, on the land provided by Eastern Railway (ER). This follows finalisation of ... More

RAILWAYS
Rlys willing to electrify Western corridor to get Japanese funding
This would be the first test worldwide to run double stack forty feet unit containers More

Sattur chamber hails cut in rail fares
The Sattur Chamber of Commerce and Industry while welcoming the reported move to include a proposal for reduction of fares by four to eight per cent in the ensuing Railway Budget by the Union Railways Minister, said the move would immensely ... More

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