The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, January 10, 2006

Star News plans greater focus on smaller cities
STAR News, which claims to have a dominant position among the Hindi news channels in the four metropolitan cities, is planning to step up its coverage in the non-metros this year. Speaking to Business Line, Mr Uday Shankar, CEO, said ... More

Pop a pill and hang your hangover
THE day-after syndrome is getting more common. While you cannot stop your people from partying, the best you can do is help them get to work focussed as ever. This is the subtle message Herbal Science is conveying to HR managers and employers ... More

RURAL MARKETING

Rural demand spurs shampoo sales
THE Rs 1,425-crore shampoos market bubbled over in 2005, riding on the back of a surge in rural demand. According to industry sources, the overall shampoo market, which sees annual volume sales of approximately 63,000 tonnes, saw rural offtake ... More

COURTS/LEGAL ISSUES

Cricket telecast: SC asks Prasar Bharati to file response
THE Supreme Court has asked Prasar Bharati to file a response on whether it was willing to share the feed provided by Ten Sports for the forthcoming India-Pakistan series without any changes. A Bench headed by Mr Ashok Bhan posted the matter ... More

PROMOTIONS & OFFERS

ICICI Bank ropes in Shah Rukh Khan
ICICI Bank has once again decided to resort to the celebrity endorsement route to promote its brand. Almost two-and-a-half years since superstar Amitabh Bachchan endorsed the brand, the company has signed up Shah Rukh Khan as its global ... More

Reliance Info extends free tariff plan to fixed wireless users
RELIANCE Infocomm has extended its One India and lifetime-incoming-free tariff plans to its fixed wireless customers too. On January 1, the company had introduced its One India plan for its mobile customers. Under the One India tariff plan, ... More

RETAILING

Godrej Agrovet plans to expand its rural retail initiative Aadhaar
GODREJ Aadhaar, the rural retail initiative of Godrej Agrovet Ltd, announced on Monday that it is planning to set up at least 1,000 stores across rural India in the next five years. The Godrej Aadhaar brand has grown to a chain of 18 stores ... More

New Avatar
FoodWorld stores in Chennai have now been renamed as Spencer's Daily. With Dairy Farm and the RPG group parting ways in FoodWorld Supermarkets Ltd, the FoodWorld brand has been retained by the former. The RPG group has taken over 49 of the 93 ... More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Remit2India launches NRI services
REMIT2INDIA, part of TimesofMoney.com of the Times Group, has unveiled NRI services here on Monday, coinciding with the concluding ceremony of Pravasi Bharatiya Divas-2006. The Deputy Secretary in Union Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs, Mr ... More

GlaxoSmithKline launches vaccine for whooping cough
GLAXOSMITHKLINE Pharmaceuticals (GSK) has announced the launch of its vaccine Boostrix used for the treatment of whooping cough in the country. It has been registered for use in children over the age of four years, who have already received ... More

TVS Tyres' new variants
HYDERABAD: TVS Tyres, a TVS Group company, will roll out 10 more new tyres (two-wheeler) during 2006. Mr S. Balasubramanian, Vice-President (Marketing) of TVS Tyres, told presspersons here on Monday that the company has targeted an ... More

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