The Hindu Business Line : Monday, September 08, 2008

INDUSTRY & ECONOMY

READYMADE GARMENTS: Irungattukottai apparel park cries out for support
SIPCOT yet to address problems, says exporters body. Chennai, Sept. 7 The Apparel Park at Irungattukottai continues to be plagued with infrastructure problems and there has been no effort to improve the situation either, according to the ...

COAL: CIL looking at jt ventures to revive abandoned mines
Looking for reciprocal offers abroad; floats EoI for 18 mines. New Delhi, Sept. 7 Coal India Ltd (CIL), which had floated a global expression of interest (EoI) for reopening some of its abandoned mines through joint ventures with private ...

TOURISM: Cruise operators want one good port of call in short run
Witnessing a demand for cruise tourism in India, international cruise operators want the Indian Government to set up one or two good ports of call in the short run rather than planning to set up cruise hubs (which can be taken up as long-term ...

HEALTH: How to damp down HIV
Thailand has taught us that fewer men buying sex translates into lower risks for HIV infection, writes Elizabeth Pisani in ‘The Wisdom of Whores: Bureaucrats, brothels, and the business of AIDS’ (
EDUCATION: ‘Right links matter in global marketing’
Mehala group CEO outlines challenges. Coimbatore, Sept. 7 International marketing is not easy. While wanting to go global, organisations should be ready to face the challenges in the process, Mr S. Arun, Chief Executive Officer of the ...

GOLD & SILVER: Bearish reversal seen in comex gold
Gold futures, ended lower as the dollar strengthened despite weak payroll numbers. The dollar gained against the euro even as reports showed the US unemployment rate rose to a five-year high last month and foreclosures in the second quarter ...

PSU: HSL officers voice grievance

SSI: Strike call by small enterprises

EDUCATION: AP seeks ISM university campus in Khammam
Hyderabad, Sept. 7 The Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, has requested the Centre to set up a campus of Indian School of Mines (ISM) University in Khammam. ...

SSI: Exotic derivatives: SME exporters want RBI to annul contracts
New Delhi, Sept. 7 Forex Derivative Consumers Forum (FDCF), a grouping of SME exporters from Tirupur, has sought regulatory intervention to annul all exotic derivative contracts sold by banks to SME exporters in the country. ...

POWER: FICCI to submit report on power crisis next week
New Delhi, Sept. 7 The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, along with CRISIL Infrastructure Advisory group, would be submitting to the Ministry of Power next week its recommendations on the looming threat of power crisis ...

SSI: BHEL ancillary units’ estate planned
Madurai, Sept. 7 The Madurai District Tiny and Small Scale Industries Association (Maditssia) is working on an exclusive industrial estate for BHEL ancillary units under cluster development programme on the outskirts of ...

WATER: New initiative

INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS: Industry chamber seeks diesel subsidy
The Tamilnadu Chamber of Commerce and Industry has urged the Chief Minister to implement the assurance given by the Electricity Minister to provide 60 per cent of the extra cost incurred by industries as diesel subsidy for captive power ...

GENDER: Little joy for women in coir
For a sector that is second to agriculture as a source of employment in Kerala, especially for the State’s women, coir manufacturing certainly needs a fillip from the government. ...