The Hindu Business Line : Sunday, November 02, 2008

INDUSTRY & ECONOMY

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION: Wanna buy a home in US?
If you’ve dreamt of being a home owner in the land of opportunity, now may be the perfect time to realize your ...

EXPORTS & IMPORTS: Exporters may get cover against default
Commerce Ministry seeks export relief measures. New Delhi, Nov. 1 The meltdown of the world financial market and its aftermath of incipient recession across the globe have together impacted on India’s exports tangibly with the latest ...

MINERALS: New export duty on iron ore fines leaves Goa mining industry shaken
Revised rate at Rs 200/t; exporters body to petition Centre. Panaji, Nov. 1 Already reeling under the pressure of worldwide recession, coupled with an unstable rupee-value, the Goan mining industry in the private sector feels further jolted by ...

EVENTS: Weekly News Round-up
The RBI announced on Saturday a further 50 basis points cut in repo rate to 7.5 per cent with effect from November ...

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION: Building housing the ‘Kalavara’ way
It has all the makings to emerge as yet another ‘Kerala model’, this time in the property development sector that remains largely out of reach for the lower end of the social ...

NRIS: Allahabad Bank cuts NRE rates
Allahabad Bank has reduced interest rates on FCNR and NRE deposits effective November 1, 2008, according to a press statement issued by the bank. For FCNR (B) deposits, the revised rates of interest on dollar deposits of various tenure are ...

COAL: Coal India hopeful on fuel supply pact
Coal India is hopeful to sort out the differences with power utilities on entering the fuel supply agreement (FSA) within the extended timeframe of November 30. Larger section of the power utilities led by NTPC refused to sign the pact unless ...

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION: Mangalore spruces up main roads
If you happen to be in Mangalore these days, you will see most of the arterial roads in the city either closed for the movement of vehicles or allowed for partial vehicular movement. The reason is the road improvement activity taking place ...

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION: Buy with care

Buying a house is probably the single largest investment that most people make in their life time. With the investment involving anywhere between Rs 30 lakh and a few crore rupees, there is a significant amount of the ...

COAL: Coal India counting upside potential in credit squeeze
Kolkata, Nov. 1 At a time when corporate India is busy estimating the downside risk of a credit squeeze and falling demand, Coal India Ltd is busy counting the upside potential, riding on price advantage in the domestic market, increasing ...

PETROLEUM: ‘Bangladesh not in a position to export gas to India’
Bangladesh is not in a position to export any gas to India as its total gas reserve is not known, Md. Syed Masud Mahmood Khundoker, Deputy High Commissioner of Bangladesh, said here ...

NRIS: Castlewood offers luxury homes in Hungary, US
New Delhi, Nov. 1 Castlewood Investment Properties has tied up with Singapore-based HomePlace International and their Indian partner, Land Solutions, to offer properties in Hungary, the US and the UK, among other ...

INFRASTRUCTURE: UK firm to invest $5 m in freight station near Ennore port
Chennai, Nov. 1 Eredene Capital Plc, a UK-based company that invests in infrastructure projects in India, will invest £5 million in a new Container Freight Station (CFS) close to the ...

FOREIGN TRADE: German State opens representative office in Pune
Pune, Nov 1 Rheinland-Pfalz became the second German State to open a representative office in India at Pune on Saturday, following on the heels of NordRheinland-Westfalen, which inaugurated its representative office ...

EXCISE AND CUSTOMS: Veg oil duty hike unlikely to benefit growers and consumers
Mumbai, Nov. 1 The country’s edible oil trade is in a heightened state of expectation about an imminent increase in customs duty on various imported oils such as palm and ...