The Hindu Business Line : Sunday, November 04, 2007

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
Shoppers’ Stop Q2 net falls
Shoppers’ Stop net was down at Rs 0.42 crore for the second quarter of the current fiscal compared with Rs 7.3 crore for the same period last year. The margins were under pressure due to higher operating expenses following opening of new ... More

PROMOTIONS & OFFERS
Vodafone’s Diwali bonanza
Vodafone Essar has announced a surprise Diwali bonanza for its new and existing customers, with prizes totalling Rs 20 crore that can be won between November 1 and 30, on new connections, recharges and bill payments. New pre-paid and post-paid ... More

Airtel cuts local outgoing tariff
Bharti Airtel has launched a new lifetime pre-paid card which offers outgoing local calls at Re one per minute. Existing lifetime pre-paid cards offer local calls at Rs 2 per minute. The new lifetime pre-paid connection is available for Rs 999 ... More

RETAILING
Hind Unilever, S. Africa’s Smollan tie up
Mumbai, Nov. 3 FMCG major Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL) has decided to set up a joint venture with Smollan Holdings of South Africa to build long-term capabilities and bring ‘in-store’ execution focus in servicing the ... More

BRANDS
Santro will continue to sell as Dodge Atos in Mexico
Hyundai Motor India Ltd will continue to sell Santro in Mexico under Chrysler’s Dodge badge as the Dodge Atos.The Managing Director, Mr H.S. Lheem, told presspersons here at the launch of Hyundai’s compact car, i10, that ... More

OUTLOOK
Kinetic hopes to ride high with Flyte
Kinetic will be banking on Flyte 125, a product of its technology and manufacturing tie-up with SYM — the $1 billion Taiwanese company — to pull up its sagging sales. And it appears that the Flyte might do just that. More

TRENDS
Hyundai Motor Oct sales down
Hyundai Motor India Ltd reported domestic sales of 18,207 units in October, a marginal decline of two per cent from 18,603 in the same month last year. The company’s exports recorded a 32.26 per cent surge at 9,929 units from 7,507 in the ... More

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