The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, October 05, 2006

EDUCATION
Qualcomm Chair at IIT-Madras
Qualcomm, a US-based provider of wireless technologies, has established a Qualcomm Chair at IIT, Madras. This is the first academic donation by the company in India and is endowed with a grant of $175,000 (around Rs 80 lakh). Announced at ... More

FOREIGN BANKS
HSBC plans to hike home loan rates
HSBC Bank will hike home loan rates from 9-9.25 per cent to 9.50-9.75 per cent (floating rate) effective October 6. Fixed rates on home loans will remain unchanged at 11 per cent. Currently, home loans account for 65 per cent of HSBC's retail ... More

E-COMMERCE & E-BUSINESS
Tea e-auctions to ensure fair price discovery
Software for sales to be in place by March; process to be transparent More

E-GOVERNANCE
E-governance is but a milestone towards good governance
MCA21 has brought the Ministry of Company Affairs to the doorsteps of the professional community. — MR TANMOY CHAKRABARTY, VICE-PRESIDENT AND HEAD (GLOBAL GOVERNMENT INDUSTRY GROUP), TCS More

NIIT partners Singapore co, bags Govt deal
DSTA to outsource devt and maintenance support of the e-procurement portal, GeBiz More

STANDARDS & BENCHMARKS
Cotton: Varietal glut, shortage to skew market
Shortage likely in short, medium staple strains More

ECONOMIC OFFENCES
Traders `cartel' blamed for fall in tobacco prices
Situation not encouraging, says farmers' body More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES
Tatas' passenger vehicle set for early 2007 launch
Two versions undergoing road tests at Pune facilities More

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Core sector grows 5.5 pc in August

Standard Motors' payment buoys IOB recoveries in Q2

Mutual fund AUMs fall in September

Pepper production seen lower by 20,000 tonnes

New Mitsui service to link Singapore

Markets decline on back of profit booking

FPSO vessel to be operational by month-end: ONGC

Cotton: Varietal glut, shortage to skew market

Looking back
Sep. 24-Sep. 30
SBI Debit card ad withdrawn

Tea industry seeks higher subsidy in protection fund

Partner for Sun Pharma's de-merged entity ruled out

Banking industry for consolidation

`Blank cheque companies' enter India

Oil marketing cos may end Q2 with higher loss

Ginger exports rise as imports turn unattractive