The Hindu Business Line : Monday, July 07, 2008

INDUSTRY & ECONOMY

ENVIRONMENT: Nations under growing pressure to cut energy intake
Oil price spurt brings sharper focus on climate change. When members of the world’s eight leading industrial nations, the G8, sit at a lakeside resort in Toyako, Japan on Monday to debate ways to slow down the pace of climate change, they ...

COURTS/LEGAL ISSUES: Allahabad HC rejects Bajaj’s plea on cane price issue
Issue slated to come up before Division Bench today. Chennai, July 6 The Allahabad High Court has rejected a plea from Mr Kushagra Bajaj and other officials of Bajaj Hindusthan Ltd seeking a stay of their arrest for non-payment of dues to ...

EVENTS: Nabard workshop on rural biz hubs
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) is organising a workshop on ‘Rural Business Hub’ (RBH), an initiative of the Union Ministry of Panchayati Raj, at Hotel Tamizhagam here on July 8. Officials from the ...

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION: Bangalore real estate: Buyers hesitant, expect prices to fall
No artificial hike, so rates will not come down: Jain Heights. Bangalore, July 6 There is good demand in the real estate sector, but it has not translated into successful transactions because people are hesitant to buy now expecting a fall in ...

PSU: Fundamental reorganisation of PSUs needed: Jairam Ramesh
Hyderabad, July 6 The Union Minister of State for Commerce and Power, Mr Jairam Ramesh, underlined the need for a fundamental re-organisation of the public sector undertakings to make them competitive in the emerging global ...

EXPORTS & IMPORTS: Ministry concern over dip in traditional sector exports
New Delhi, July 6The Commerce Ministry is concerned over the decline in the export growth of traditional sectors such as textiles, leather, marine products and gem and jewellery in the initial two months of the current fiscal, in view of its ...

EVENTS: PM to take up fuel price issue, need for action plan at G8 meet
New Delhi, July 6 The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, plans to highlight at the G8/G5 outreach summit not only the impact of the sharp rise in fuel prices on the global economy but also the need for joint action by both producing and ...

EDUCATION: Pollachi college ties up with TVS for diploma course
Coimbatore, July 6 Nachimuthu Polytechnic College in Pollachi and TVS Motor Co have come together to offer a three-year Diploma Programme in Mechanical Engineering (Sandwich Pattern) from this academic ...

POWER: Pause and reflect
The Left had never had it so good as when it was extending outside support to the UPA Government. It used to good purpose its political clout acquired by virtue of its numerical strength (60) in the Lok Sabha and carried out the quadruple ...

GOLD & SILVER: Gold may test resistance
COMEX gold futures ended the week lower on profit-taking coupled with a resurgence in the dollar. With the European Central Bank’s interest rate decision and US non-farm payroll data out of the way, gold could soften a little more on ...