The Hindu Business Line : Sunday, July 20, 2008

POWER: N-deal: Chidambaram calls for ‘reasoned’ debate
‘Installed N-power capacity utilisation down to 54%’. Hyderabad, July 19 The Union Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, on Saturday urged law graduates and legal experts to educate fellow citizens on the implications of the ...

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION: Red Fort plans $600-m infrastructure fund
In talks with investors for floating the new fund. New Delhi, July 19 After infusing money into real estate projects, Red Fort Capital Advisors is now planning a new infrastructure fund with corpus in excess of $600 million by 2008-end. ...

PETROLEUM: Why oil is on the boil
Crude oil news is usually frequent and occasionally dominant — as has been the case in the last few days. The overreaching effect of the price of crude oil is something no one can ignore. And I guess when the price of something forces ...

EVENTS: Weekly News Round Up
Wipro Ltd has reported revenue in IT services in rupee terms at Rs 4,405 crore for the first quarter, a growth of 39 per cent, compared with the year-ago quarter. ...

URBAN DEVELOPMENT: Chennai awaiting a master plan

The delay in adopting the Second Master Plan for Chennai Metropolitan Area, 2026, has raised widespread concern among the public on the final form it is likely to take. ...

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION: ‘Super amenities’ for those who can afford
Set against Nandi Hills near Bangalore, the 275-acre Prestige Golfshire, a project of the Prestige Group, offers ultra-luxurious mansions, a 300-bed five-star hotel, a private lake and an 18-hole championship-sized golf course designed by ...

MINING & QUARRYING: Mining revenues up, but costs continue to be high: PwC report
Hyderabad, July 19 Revenues of top 40 mining companies grew 32 per cent in 2007 but costs continue to go up by 38 per cent, according to a report by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) released ...

INFRASTRUCTURE: No stay on construction of Mundra SEZ: Adani Group
Responding to the Gujarat High Court’s Thursday order that no creeks near the Mundra Special Economic Zone (SEZ) shall be filled till August 7, 2008, its promoters, the Adani Group, has clarified that the court has not stayed ...

EDUCATION: Sheffield Hallam University India office

WATER: Phase II of Krishna project launched

STEEL: Outokumpu plans steel service centre near Mumbai
Bullish on the growing trend in the use of stainless steel in various infrastructure projects, Finland-based Outokumpu which was scouting for setting up a 2.5-lakh-tonne cold rolling plant, has changed its plans and decided to set up a steel ...

AUTOMOBILE COMPONENTS: ‘India needs to improve cost competitiveness’
New Delhi, July 19 Toyota’s India Chief has said that the country required to improve its cost competitiveness. ...

MACROTRACKER
ECONOMY: Winding down
The last time the IIP was discussed in this column, the numbers for January this year had just been released. The month reported a sedate 5.3 per cent growth, preceded by six months of below 9 per cent growth since April 07. ‘Is the waning ...

MARKET OUTLOOK
ECONOMY: Serious choices on oil front
It is quite evident that the high oil prices are exerting a very strong influence on all markets. Also the fact that the price march has been relentless has meant increasing despair for both governments and public at large. One thought that ...