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ABB Ltd

  • ABB bags Rs 455-cr Vedanta order

    Account Speak

  • Delay and dispute in M&A deals

    Airlines

  • Students catch eye of travel agents, airlines
  • New airport assets add to revenues for GMR Infra

    Alliances & Joint Ventures

  • Uppal Group joins hands with Marriott International
  • NIIT, SAS in global alliance
  • XL Telecom, Mola Solaire in solar-wafer pact
  • Corporate developments

    Aluminium

  • ABB bags Rs 455-cr Vedanta order

    Andhra Pradesh

  • Infotech scouting for buys; tier-III cities in growth plan
  • Sri City announces launch of SEZ
  • Correcting cardiac problems in the womb itself
  • Vantage location
  • HCC bags Pranahitha, Chevella lift irrigation contract
  • Efforts on for additional coal supplies from Mahanadi fields
  • ‘Indian companies more quality-conscious now’

    Announcements

  • Corporate developments

    Aquaculture

  • Fishy affair

    Asset Management Companies

  • Provident Fund

    Automobile Components

  • Firestone TVS opens air spring unit

    Automobiles

  • India, a potential market for global auto leasing cos
  • Automakers draw up strategies to beat high interest regime

    Awards & Honours

  • Nivedita Setu bags award

    Banking

  • Fee income beefs up banks’ Q1 bottomline

    Broadband

  • 3G policy tomorrow

    CRR & Bank Rates

  • A fight against rising inflation

    Cars

  • Premium car makers woo customers with smart finance options
  • Tata Motors net slips 30% on input cost rise, forex fluctuations
  • M&M Q1 net down 17%

    Cement

  • JK Lakshmi Cement PAT at Rs 38 cr
  • India Cements: Maintaining margins
  • India Cements sales rise; net down on higher tax, forex losses
  • Madras Cements net up on better efficiencies

    Channels and Franchises

  • Warner, BIG Music ink deal

    Chemicals

  • Tata Chem net drops 52 pc

    Climate & Weather

  • Rains in South may relent ahead of next spell
  • Two-wheeler companies watching monsoon closely

    Coal

  • Efforts on for additional coal supplies from Mahanadi fields

    Coir

  • Coir exports register 7.8% growth in Q1

    Commodities

  • National Spot Exchange starts mock trading in 10 agriculture commodities

    Commodity Exchanges

  • National Spot Exchange starts mock trading in 10 agriculture commodities

    Consumer Finance

  • Premium car makers woo customers with smart finance options
  • Automakers draw up strategies to beat high interest regime

    Corporate Disputes

  • Pune-based promoters win legal battle with German co
  • Delay and dispute in M&A deals

    Courts/Legal Issues

  • Pune-based promoters win legal battle with German co
  • Fertiliser units entitled to total duty exemption: HC

    Credit Market

  • Banks repricing term loans as margin shrink

    Credit Policy

  • Rate hike
  • A fight against rising inflation
  • PNB to hike PLR, deposit rates from Aug 1

    Credit Rating

  • Crisil ranking of EPFO fund managers not reflected in final selection

    Derivatives Markets

  • RNRL in the limelight

    Diversification

  • Sree Ramcides enters FMCG sector

    Diversified

  • GHCL net up 20% at Rs 38 cr
  • ITC net dips on excise duty hike on cigarettes

    E-Governance

  • Over a million e-returns filed so far

    Economy

  • Development on autopilot
  • A fight against rising inflation

    Editorial

  • Doha ambushed

    Education

  • ‘Students should focus on improving their soft skills’
  • Students catch eye of travel agents, airlines

    Electrical Goods

  • V Guard Q1 net profit rises 12%
  • ABB bags Rs 455-cr Vedanta order
  • Philips-Goldman Sachs consortium lone bidder for Railways’ CFL project

    Employment

  • New Educomp tools

    Engineering

  • Punj Lloyd net up 88% on higher orders
  • Pune-based promoters win legal battle with German co
  • Thermax (Rs 438.05): Buy

    Entertainment & Leisure

  • Warner, BIG Music ink deal

    Environment

  • Green Ventures raises Rs 1,360 cr through India Carbon Fund
  • Philips-Goldman Sachs consortium lone bidder for Railways’ CFL project

    Events

  • Closer look
  • Intellectuals’ meet
  • Biz quiz for corporates begins on Aug 3

    Excise and Customs

  • Fertiliser units entitled to total duty exemption: HC

    Exports & Imports

  • Tyre industry demands duty-free import of 1 lakh t natural rubber
  • Coir exports register 7.8% growth in Q1
  • Gold jewellery exports decline 6% in Q1
  • Plea to remove cap on Lankan pepper imports

    Fertilisers

  • RCF Q1 net triples on better sales
  • Fertiliser units entitled to total duty exemption: HC

    Financial Performance

  • Jagran Prakashan Q1 net declines
  • Mundra Port & SEZ net zooms
  • Megasoft Q2 profit up 28%
  • MRO-TEK Q1 net down 12.5%
  • Tulip Telecom profit up 61%
  • Hexaware to trim workforce by 5%
  • Tata Motors net slips 30% on input cost rise, forex fluctuations
  • Forex losses drag down Aurobindo net by 73%
  • M&M Q1 net down 17%
  • Fee income beefs up banks’ Q1 bottomline
  • PNB’s net rises 21% in Q1
  • DCB net down 5% in Q1 on provisioning
  • IOC first quarter profit slides 71% at Rs 415 cr
  • ITC net dips on excise duty hike on cigarettes

    Financial Policy

  • Open sale policy for wheat to be unveiled soon

    Financial Services

  • Kerala plans more forex counters
  • Reliance Capital consolidated net profit up 5%
  • Brics Securities launches Capital Guaranteed Scheme

    Fixed Deposits

  • Bank deposits in Kerala cross Rs 1-lakh-cr mark

    Food & Dairy Products

  • Britannia to invest Rs 100 cr in biscuit units

    Foodgrains

  • NECC urges Centre to extend ban on maize exports

    Foods & Food Processing

  • CavinKare forays into South Indian snacks segment

    Foreign Trade

  • Brazil invites investment in health sector

    Forex

  • Kerala plans more forex counters
  • Rupee gains against dollar
  • Rupee near key resistance

    Gems & Jewellery

  • Gold jewellery exports decline 6% in Q1

    Gender

  • LIC launches policy for women

    Govt Bonds

  • Bond prices up

    HCV/LCV/Tractors

  • Escorts posts Rs 9.3-cr net on high sales
  • M&M to drive Kinetic 2-wheeler

    Hardware

  • XL Telecom, Mola Solaire in solar-wafer pact
  • MIC Electronics net, turnover up

    Health

  • Correcting cardiac problems in the womb itself
  • Brazil invites investment in health sector

    Hotels

  • Uppal Group joins hands with Marriott International
  • Phoenix Group plans Rs 2,000-cr expansion
  • Royal Orchid net up 9% at Rs 6.76 cr
  • Marginal rise in Taj-GVK net

    Human Resources

  • New Educomp tools
  • Accor India to enter new areas in loyalty benefit schemes
  • Hexaware to trim workforce by 5%
  • Kolkata tops in ‘ethics at workplace’ survey

    I T C Ltd

  • Closer look
  • ITC net dips on excise duty hike on cigarettes
  • ITC Infotech in talks to buy US firm

    IPOs

  • BSNL-union talks on IPO deadlocked
  • Birla Cotsyn debuts at discount
  • Now, apply for IPO without spending money

    IT Training

  • NIIT, SAS in global alliance
  • New Educomp tools

    Income Tax

  • Over a million e-returns filed so far

    Infosys Technologies Ltd

  • ‘Market needs stability before spending picks up’

    Infrastructure

  • Sri City announces launch of SEZ
  • Vantage location

    Interest Rates

  • Axis Bank hikes PLR by 50 bps
  • Banks repricing term loans as margin shrink
  • Automakers draw up strategies to beat high interest regime
  • PNB to hike PLR, deposit rates from Aug 1

    Interview

  • ‘Market needs stability before spending picks up’
  • Making businesses lean
  • Delay and dispute in M&A deals

    Investor Protection

  • Now, apply for IPO without spending money

    Karnataka

  • Intellectuals’ meet
  • Manipal Hospital tightens security

    Kerala

  • Bank deposits in Kerala cross Rs 1-lakh-cr mark
  • Security drill at single point mooring facility in Kochi Port
  • Coir exports register 7.8% growth in Q1
  • Fishy affair
  • Sree Ramcides enters FMCG sector
  • Kerala plans more forex counters
  • Ultra Motor launches `Marathon'
  • Onam free kit for BPL cardholders

    Kochi

  • Security drill at single point mooring facility in Kochi Port

    Letters

  • Provident Fund
  • Rate hike

    Life Insurance

  • LIC launches policy for women

    Maharashtra

  • Sunil Mantri Realty signs pact for 2,000-acre city
  • Pune-based promoters win legal battle with German co
  • Green Ventures raises Rs 1,360 cr through India Carbon Fund

    Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd

  • Assets sale, the smartest thing to do for Kinetic
  • Kinetic Motor Company: Milestones
  • M&M Q1 net down 17%
  • M&M to drive Kinetic 2-wheeler

    Management

  • Making businesses lean

    Medical Institutions & Hospitals

  • Manipal Hospital tightens security
  • Fortis plans international foray; declares profit for first time

    Mergers & Acquisitions

  • Capgemini in pact to buy Dutch firm
  • Infotech scouting for buys; tier-III cities in growth plan
  • Lupin acquires Hormosan of Germany
  • Assets sale, the smartest thing to do for Kinetic
  • Kinetic Motor Company: Milestones
  • Delay and dispute in M&A deals
  • M&M to drive Kinetic 2-wheeler
  • ITC Infotech in talks to buy US firm

    Microscope

  • New airport assets add to revenues for GMR Infra

    Mundra

  • Mundra Port & SEZ net zooms

    NRIs

  • Bank deposits in Kerala cross Rs 1-lakh-cr mark

    New Business

  • ABB bags Rs 455-cr Vedanta order
  • Sunil Mantri Realty signs pact for 2,000-acre city
  • CESC signs pact with Bihar Govt for 2,000 MW power plant
  • HCC bags Pranahitha, Chevella lift irrigation contract

    New Products & Services

  • Jyothy Laboratories enters laundry services biz
  • CavinKare forays into South Indian snacks segment
  • New Educomp tools
  • Ultra Motor launches `Marathon'
  • Dalmia Group to launch Leonardo Gold
  • LIC launches policy for women
  • Brics Securities launches Capital Guaranteed Scheme

    New Projects

  • V Guard Q1 net profit rises 12%
  • Firestone TVS opens air spring unit
  • Madras Cements net up on better efficiencies

    Newspapers & Publishing

  • Jagran Prakashan Q1 net declines

    Non-conventional Energy

  • Ultra Motor launches `Marathon'

    Offhand

  • Nuclear deal in choppy waters?

    Oilseeds & Edible Oil

  • Dalmia Group to launch Leonardo Gold
  • KS Oils net rises 75%

    On the hedge

  • RNRL in the limelight

    Other States

  • CESC signs pact with Bihar Govt for 2,000 MW power plant
  • Brazil invites investment in health sector

    Outlook

  • Britannia to invest Rs 100 cr in biscuit units
  • McLeod hopes to become debt-free soon
  • Mastek betting big on US
  • Rolta India sees opportunities in power plant design space
  • Polaris earmarks Rs 70 cr for capex
  • Accor India to enter new areas in loyalty benefit schemes
  • Tata Chem net drops 52 pc
  • Puravankara consolidated net up 41%

    Paints

  • Berger Paints Q1 sales up 25 %

    Paper, Board & Newsprint

  • Orient Paper shows marginal rise in profit

    People

  • Indraprastha Gas has new MD

    Performance

  • New airport assets add to revenues for GMR Infra

    Personal Products

  • Jyothy Laboratories enters laundry services biz

    Petroleum

  • Panna-Mukta fields to resume full production soon
  • Indraprastha Gas has new MD
  • IOC restricts new LPG connections
  • IOC first quarter profit slides 71% at Rs 415 cr

    Pharmaceuticals

  • Torrent Pharma’s Q1 profit up 84%
  • Lupin acquires Hormosan of Germany
  • Forex losses drag down Aurobindo net by 73%
  • Vimta Labs net up at Rs 1.60 cr

    Politics

  • Nuclear deal in choppy waters?

    Poultry

  • NECC urges Centre to extend ban on maize exports

    Power

  • Nuclear deal in choppy waters?
  • Rolta India sees opportunities in power plant design space
  • CESC signs pact with Bihar Govt for 2,000 MW power plant
  • Reliance Power gains on news of inclusion in Nifty

    Private Banks

  • Axis Bank hikes PLR by 50 bps
  • Small businesses lift City Union Bank’s profit
  • DCB net down 5% in Q1 on provisioning

    Public Sector Banks

  • PNB’s net rises 21% in Q1
  • PNB to hike PLR, deposit rates from Aug 1

    Punjab National Bank

  • PNB’s net rises 21% in Q1
  • PNB to hike PLR, deposit rates from Aug 1

    Railways

  • Global majors keen on Railways loco unit
  • Philips-Goldman Sachs consortium lone bidder for Railways’ CFL project

    Readymade Garments

  • Marginal rise in Gokaldas net
  • Birla Cotsyn debuts at discount

    Real Estate & Construction

  • Omaxe’s Q1 net dips 23% on high input costs
  • Sadbhav Q1 up 33%
  • Sunil Mantri Realty signs pact for 2,000-acre city
  • GMR Infra net dips 41% despite higher income
  • IVRCL group turnover up at Rs 1,065 cr
  • Unitech Ltd net profit up 16% in Q1
  • New airport assets add to revenues for GMR Infra
  • HCC bags Pranahitha, Chevella lift irrigation contract
  • Puravankara consolidated net up 41%

    Recommendation

  • Thermax (Rs 438.05): Buy
  • Day Trading Guide

    Roadways

  • Nivedita Setu bags award

    Rubber

  • Tyre industry demands duty-free import of 1 lakh t natural rubber
  • Spot rubber flares up

    Security

  • Rolta India sees opportunities in power plant design space
  • Security drill at single point mooring facility in Kochi Port

    Shipping

  • Mundra Port & SEZ net zooms
  • Security drill at single point mooring facility in Kochi Port

    Short Term Instruments

  • Call rates end higher

    Soaps & Detergents

  • Sree Ramcides enters FMCG sector

    Social Security

  • Provident Fund
  • Crisil ranking of EPFO fund managers not reflected in final selection

    Social Welfare

  • Onam free kit for BPL cardholders

    Software

  • Capgemini in pact to buy Dutch firm
  • ‘Market needs stability before spending picks up’
  • Megasoft Q2 profit up 28%
  • Mastek betting big on US
  • Rolta India sees opportunities in power plant design space
  • MRO-TEK Q1 net down 12.5%
  • Polaris earmarks Rs 70 cr for capex
  • Infotech scouting for buys; tier-III cities in growth plan
  • Tulip Telecom profit up 61%
  • Hexaware to trim workforce by 5%
  • ITC Infotech in talks to buy US firm

    Spices & Condiments

  • Pepper futures gain on tight supply
  • Plea to remove cap on Lankan pepper imports

    Standards & Benchmarks

  • ‘Indian companies more quality-conscious now’

    Steel

  • VISA Steel net zooms to Rs 48 cr

    Stocks

  • Reliance Power gains on news of inclusion in Nifty
  • Reliance Capital consolidated net profit up 5%
  • India Cements: Maintaining margins
  • Thermax (Rs 438.05): Buy
  • New airport assets add to revenues for GMR Infra

    Strategy

  • Premium car makers woo customers with smart finance options
  • Phoenix Group plans Rs 2,000-cr expansion
  • Students catch eye of travel agents, airlines
  • Automakers draw up strategies to beat high interest regime

    Tamil Nadu

  • ‘Students should focus on improving their soft skills’
  • Fertiliser units entitled to total duty exemption: HC

    Tata Motors Ltd

  • Tata Motors net slips 30% on input cost rise, forex fluctuations

    Tea

  • McLeod hopes to become debt-free soon

    Technical Analysis

  • Rupee near key resistance
  • Day Trading Guide

    Telecommunications

  • BSNL-union talks on IPO deadlocked
  • 3G policy tomorrow

    Terrorism

  • Manipal Hospital tightens security

    Trade & Labour Unions

  • BSNL-union talks on IPO deadlocked

    Two/Three Wheelers

  • Ultra Motor launches `Marathon'
  • Two-wheeler companies watching monsoon closely
  • Assets sale, the smartest thing to do for Kinetic
  • Kinetic Motor Company: Milestones
  • M&M to drive Kinetic 2-wheeler

    Tyres

  • Tyre industry demands duty-free import of 1 lakh t natural rubber

    Unitech Ltd

  • Unitech Ltd net profit up 16% in Q1

    WTO

  • Doha ambushed

    West Bengal

  • Closer look
  • Nivedita Setu bags award

    Wheat

  • Open sale policy for wheat to be unveiled soon

    Work Life

  • Kolkata tops in ‘ethics at workplace’ survey




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