Business Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Sunday, September 07, 2008
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Business Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Sunday, September 07, 2008 ePaper | Mobile/PDA Version | Audio |
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INDUSTRY & ECONOMY AUTOMOBILES: Automobiles: Working on a better product mix The pause in demand due to high interest rates coupled with rising input costs have battered the auto sector in recent times. Raw material costs for five majors — Tata Motors, Ashok Leyland, Mahindra and Mahindra, Maruti Suzuki and ... PERSONAL PRODUCTS: FMCGs: Price hikes, forward purchases save the day With the cost of almost every input ranging from palm oil and milk to packaging material zooming upwards, FMCG companies have had plenty of cost-side pressures to contend with over the past year. But many of them have emerged relatively ... ENGINEERING: Capital goods: New moves on procurement Capital goods companies have begun to feel the heat from spiralling commodity prices. The average operating profit margins of companies in this space have fallen a good two percentage points, to about 16 per cent, in the June quarter. Raw ... INFRASTRUCTURE: Infrastructure: The escalation clauses start kicking in Efforts by infrastructure and construction companies to protect margins have revolved around attempts to pass on raw material price hikes to clients. Steel, cement, bitumen and diesel can account for as much as 60-65 per cent of the total ... STEEL: Steel: Creating backward linkages POWER: India hopes to leverage edge in reactors, thorium technology New Delhi, Sept. 6 India’s entry into the global civilian nuclear fraternity is unlikely to be just a one-way street in terms of technology flows and business opportunities. India, which has established global leadership in research ... INFRASTRUCTURE: Thrust on basics — and beyond The Second Master Plan for Chennai seeks to address the demands that a rapidly growing population places on natural resources, infrastructure and basic needs, says Ms Susan Mathew, Vice-Chairperson, Chennai Metropolitan Development ... REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION: Old cessed buildings in South Mumbai to be redeveloped Apex court sets aside HC restrictions; over 20 lakh to benefit. Mumbai, Sept. 6 Over two million people living in 19,672 old and dilapidated cessed buildings in South Mumbai stand to get new homes for free, with developers being provided the ... POWER: N-plants account for only 2.83% of power generation capacity To add 3,380 MWe capacity in 11th Plan. Chennai, Sept. 6 The 17 nuclear power plants now in operation across the country with an aggregate capacity of 4,120 MWe account for just 2.83 per cent of the total installed generation capacity of ... EXPORTS & IMPORTS: Pusa 1121 export allowed with immediate effect Traders surprised at reluctance to confer ‘basmati’ status. New Delhi, Sept. 6 The Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) through an amendment to its September 3 notification allowing export of Pusa 1121 as non-basmati rice said ... REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION: Dreaming big but… The debate on the strengths and weaknesses of the Second Master Plan for Chennai Metropolitan Area 2026 notwithstanding, the adoption of a master plan for the city is cause for some cheer even if it comes more than three decades ...
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