The Hindu Business Line : Monday, October 22, 2007

INVESTMENTS
‘Sriperumbudur may lure $4-b investment’
Chennai, Oct. 21 The areas in and around Chennai and Sriperumbudur are likely to attract a total investment of $4 billion in the next two-three years, according to the Tamil Nadu Information Technology Secretary, Dr C. Chandramouli. In ... More

SOCIAL SECURITY
EPF rate to be notified at 8.5% for 2006-07
Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) scheme subscribers, numbering over four crore, are to earn 8.5 per cent interest on their deposits for 2006-07.The Government has said that it has accorded approval to notify the EPF rate of ... More

ENVIRONMENT
Fortis to offer carbon credit services in India
Scouting for partner More

PETROLEUM
Measures in place to check LPG shortage in AP
Hyderabad, Oct. 21 The Andhra Pradesh Government has directed the oil companies to ensure adequate LPG refill supplies during the current festival season. To meet the festival demand, additional shifts for bottling operations were ... More

PHARMACEUTICALS
No cure-all prescription

While separating the NCE business does help de-risk and bring cost benefits to the parent company, these companies do pose some challenges for investors. First is the question of how to value research outfits that focus on ... More

NIPER premises inaugurated in Hyderabad
Hyderabad, Oct. 21 The Union Ministry of Chemicals and Petrochemicals is awaiting detailed project reports (DPRs) on public private partnerships in the six National Institutes of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER).The nature ... More

POWER
N-deal: UPA-Left meeting today
New Delhi, Oct. 21 A crucial meeting of the UPA-Left Committee on the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal is slated to take place here on Monday. The meeting comes close on the heels of last week’s statement from the Prime Minister, Dr ... More

EDUCATION
Call to apply technology, new ideas to education
Hyderabad, Oct. 21 Applying new ideas and technology to education would be of great help to society as the 21st century is a century of knowledge, said Ms D. Purandeswari, Union Minister of State for Higher Education.Speaking at a ... More

PG course in public relations
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Adobe targets schools
Chennai, Oct. 21 Adobe Systems has announced new licensing options and certification programmes for schools and technical institutes. As part of this initiative, combinations of 13 Adobe multimedia products including Flash, Dreamweaver, ... More

GOLD & SILVER
Comex gold may correct lower
Comex gold futures fell from the highest in 27 years after crude oil futures declined from a record and the dollar rebounded, reducing the appeal of the precious metal as a hedge against inflation. However, expectations that the Federal ... More

MINERALS
Nuclear Power Corpn stepping up uranium mining
Turns focus to indigenous reactor programme More

RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Taking common service centres to villages
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HUMAN RESOURCES
Third wave of outsourcing coming
Hackett Group: Process improvement is the way to go More

OVERSEAS INVESTMENTS
‘Plenty of unlisted ventures have created wealth for families’
The growth in number of Indian millionaires, considering those who have made money within the country, was never faster. More

INCOME TAX
IT Dept assessing fire damages at Mayur Bhawan
New Delhi, Oct. 21 The Income-Tax Department does not foresee any loss in tax collections due to fire at Mayur Bhawan in the capital in on October 6 this year. An official statement said that the cause of fire and extent of damage was ... More

EXPORTS & IMPORTS
Rlys hikes freight, congestion charge for iron ore exporters
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Cashew exporters’ plea against cut in duty
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ECONOMIC OFFENCES
‘Chips’ in cattle to detect insurance frauds
Gujarat to implant tamper-proof RFID tags on 1.5 lakh cattle soon More