The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, October 10, 2006

EMPLOYMENT
Naukri, Careerbuilders team up
Indian job site Naukri.com has partnered with the US-based Careerbuilder.com to provide job seekers in both the countries access to job opportunities in every industry. Naukri.com claims to have a database of more than 6.5 ... More

CLIMATE & WEATHER
N-E monsoon likely to set in by weekend
Offshore trough along west coast active More

COURTS/LEGAL ISSUES
Ericsson emerges lowest bidder for BSNL cellular tender
Nokia is second; Motorola cries foul over disqualification More

ECONOMY
Author of the `island parable' and other Golden Rules
Economic policy-making is the art of balancing, or making trade-offs. How should inflation and unemployment be balanced against each other? What trade-off should be made between the consumption of current and future generations? Policy-makers ... More

EXCISE AND CUSTOMS
Inverted duty structures from RTAs: Panel report awaited
The Finance Ministry has indicated that it may go in for suitable customs duty changes on the raw materials side to offset the impact of any inverted duty structure that may have arisen from the implementation of the early harvest scheme in the ... More

FOREIGN TRADE
Indo-Thai pact: Duty cut on 3 products
Implementation of Early Harvest Scheme More

HEALTH
Not a healthy haven any longer?
The chikungunya epidemic has dealt Kerala a double whammy - one to its once-superior health profile, and the other, to its attraction as a safe and healthy tourist destination. More

INFRASTRUCTURE
Centre proposes special corporation for N-E
CMs to discuss suggestion at Shillong meet More

Alternative methods of raising capital needed: FICCI
As the country needs Rs 13,70,500 crore over the next eight years to fund infrastructure development, a paradigm shift to alternative and innovative instruments for raising capital is needed, according to FICCI. The chamber is of the opinion ... More

PETROLEUM
Gas pricing: Govt panel flooded with divergent views
RIL against open bidding process More

PHARMACEUTICALS
Drug cos bet on India, China: E&Y
`Patent infringement a bottleneck in India' More

POWER
Pacts for 8,000-MW power projects signed
Nearly Rs 20,000-cr investment planned in ultra mega projects More

No domestic power tariff hike: YSR
AP Transco chosen `most admired organisation in State sector' More

TAXATION
Tax and legal due diligence of target company is key
Any M&A in India has to be carefully planned and executed, cutting through a wide spectrum of tax and regulatory issues. More

TEXTILES
Technical textile fair to come to India
`India seen as a future production market' More

SSI
ITC launches Mangaldeep in TN
IL&FS, n-Logue to be other members More

SMERA asks small firms to get rated
The SME Rating Agency (SMERA), a leading rating agency of small and medium enterprises, has got a vital message for the enterprises — get rated or get ignored in the increasingly competitive environment. "Interest rates are hardening. The ... More

EDUCATION
Mammootty takes Akshaya to common man
Akshaya, the IT dissemination project of the Kerala Government aimed at making the State an IT-enabled society, is getting encouraging response from the masses after superstar Mammootty has been roped in as its goodwill ambassador. Given this ... More

GOLD & SILVER
Govt may favour direct import of gold, silver
The Government may in the coming months support direct import of gold and silver by corporates, a top Commerce Ministry official has said. "This (suggestion) I agree," the Director General of Foreign Trade, Mr K.T. Chacko, said at a FIEO ... More

INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS
KCCI calls for withdrawal of curfew
`Restoring normalcy should be top priority' More

Double decker train service urged
The Tamilnadu Chamber of Commerce and Industry has urged the introduction of a double decker train service between Madurai and Chennai. In a memorandum submitted to Mr Thomas Varghese, General Manager, Southern Railway, during ... More

TEA President in team to UK
The Tirupur Exporters Association (TEA) President, Mr A. Sakthivel, figures among the 70-member Chief Executive Officers delegation from the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Confederation of Indian ... More

KNITWEAR & HOSIERY
Programme for small apparel exporters
Knitwear units' design production More

RESORTS & AMUSEMENT PARKS
Time-share resort with a theme
A Chennai-based entrepreneur is building a time-share holiday resort at Annur near Tirupathi. The resort seeks to distinguish itself with its ability to offer a combination of pilgrimage-cum-sight seeing opportunities to its members. This ... More

GENDER
Workshop for women managers
The UGC-sponsored national workshop on capacity building programme for women managers in higher education is to be held for the first time in Kerala from October 10 to 14 at Sree Vidyadhi Raja NSS College, Vazhoor, near Kottayam. ... More

LABOUR REFORMS
Child labour ban takes effect today
Children cannot be employed as domestic help More

EVENTS
World productivity meet in China
Mr M S Mathivanan, former Chairman of the Powerloom Development and Export Promotion Council (PDEXCIL) and Chairman of the SSM College of Engineering, will attend the world productivity congress to be organised at Shenyang in ... More

ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Youngsters must discard `scarcity mentality'
The Managing Director of Elgi Equipments, Dr Jairam Varadaraj, today called upon youngsters to "discard the `scarcity mentality' and start thinking innovatively". Speaking at the inaugural function of the `Innovator Identification Camp - ... More

EXPORTS & IMPORTS
Oilmeals export up 26 pc in H1
Exports of oilmeals for September 2006 doubled from the same period last year. Soyabean exports of 1.79 lakh tonnes accounted for a large part of the total exports. The availability of rapeseed from NAFED throughout the year boosted its ... More

West takes a new fancy to lanterns
LIGHTING THE WORLD More

Shefexcil plans to promote guar gum exports
Plan to bring larger areas of land under cultivation More

ECONOMIC OFFENCES
Allegations on tendering: PMO seeks DoT response
Yet another BSNL tender has run into controversy with the Prime Minister's Office seeking comments from DoT on certain issues brought to its notice pertaining to the grant of 18-million line contract to ITI-Alcatel joint venture under the public ... More

Cops on home loan trail!
Simple precaution for bankers: Register mortgage More