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ABB Ltd

  • ABB’s net up 6.8% with strong order backlog

    Accounting Standards

  • TRAI asks DoT to examine Bharti’s long distance revenue reporting

    Airlines

  • SriLankan Holidays’ new package
  • ‘Fares may be cut if aviation fuel gets declared goods status’
  • Ministry examining fee issue for Mumbai airport
  • Kingfisher seeks time for ATF dues

    Alliances & Joint Ventures

  • LIC ties up with public sector banks to cover SHGs
  • YES Bank, Zameen Organic tie up

    Andhra Pradesh

  • AP cancels Rs 1,065-cr project awarded to NCC
  • Annex Glass setting up 2 units in AP

    Announcements

  • Geojit launches property services division

    Auditing

  • Satyam case: Hearing of PW partners’ bail plea posted to Feb 24

    Automobile Components

  • LGB Forge to consider merger

    Automobiles

  • Slowdown to make auto industry leaner, say experts

    Awards & Honours

  • South Indian Bank awarded

    BL Club

  • Mr Jagan Nathan Vaman, CEO - Secude India; St. Mary's Institute of Management Studies, Chennai

    Bharti Tele-Ventures Ltd

  • Bharti raises stake in Hexacom
  • TRAI asks DoT to examine Bharti’s long distance revenue reporting

    Bio-tech & Genetics

  • YES Bank, Zameen Organic tie up

    Bonus Announcements

  • BSE board okays 12:1 bonus issue

    Broadband

  • Unit stake sale after Wimax rollout: Tata Comm

    Budget

  • Interim Budget: A damp squib
  • A stimulus opportunity missed
  • Chambers disappointed
  • TN planters disappointed
  • Yeddyurappa presents surplus Budget
  • No new taxes in Kerala budget

    Cars

  • Nano plant on track, likely to be in place by end-Nov
  • SkodaIndia to roll out pre-owned car business in new format
  • Ford India to export small cars from mid-2010
  • ‘Toyota going ahead with compact car’

    Climate & Weather

  • Excess summer showers forecast for south India
  • Climate change

    Coffee

  • Costa Coffee opens more outlets in Pune

    Commentary

  • Markets this Week

    Consulting

  • More companies to freeze executive pay this year: Mercer study

    Consumer Finance

  • SBI freezes new car loans at 10%, farm loans at 8% for a year
  • SBI Bengal Circle car loan book grows 60%

    Corporate Governance

  • L&T studying Company Law Board order on Satyam
  • Satyam case: Hearing of PW partners’ bail plea posted to Feb 24
  • Crisil finds weak corporate governance structures in IPO cos
  • L&T touches year low
  • Mr Jagan Nathan Vaman, CEO - Secude India; St. Mary's Institute of Management Studies, Chennai
  • Maytas Infra given more time to reply

    Courts/Legal Issues

  • Vodafone case: Policy response required
  • Satyam case: Hearing of PW partners’ bail plea posted to Feb 24

    Credit Market

  • Banks see slowdown in export credit

    Credit Rating

  • Crisil finds weak corporate governance structures in IPO cos
  • ICRA will also appraise mutual funds’ net asset values

    Customer Relationship Management

  • ‘Value the customer to beat the economic slump’

    Dairy & Dairy Products

  • Pressure mounts for raising import duty on milk powder

    Debt Market

  • ICRA will also appraise mutual funds’ net asset values
  • ADB to kick off studies to foster deeper Asian currency bond markets

    Economic Offences

  • Taxability of fraudulent income

    Economy

  • Funding the unorganised sector
  • New growth model
  • Housekeeping
  • Stimulus, waiver packages announced
  • ‘Strong govt needed in times of difficulty’
  • Companies see benefits of team work to navigate crisis
  • Job situation in India encouraging despite downturn: Survey
  • Fiscal deficit not a major problem, says expert
  • ‘Economic growth may pick up in second half of 2009-10’
  • India, New Zealand to begin talks on FTA soon
  • Pranab sees protectionist trend in developed world
  • Slowdown to make auto industry leaner, say experts
  • iGate sees 28% drop in US banks’ IT spend

    Editorial

  • Funding the unorganised sector

    Electrical Goods

  • ABB’s net up 6.8% with strong order backlog
  • Areva T&D Q4 profit dips 34% on high input cost

    Employment

  • Job situation in India encouraging despite downturn: Survey
  • Naukri.com job index up for Jan

    Engineering

  • L&T studying Company Law Board order on Satyam
  • L&T touches year low

    Events

  • Companies see benefits of team work to navigate crisis

    Exports & Imports

  • Pressure mounts for raising import duty on milk powder
  • Plans to check imported medical devices
  • Banks see slowdown in export credit

    Farm credit

  • SBI freezes new car loans at 10%, farm loans at 8% for a year

    Financial Performance

  • ABB’s net up 6.8% with strong order backlog
  • TMB net profit rises 60%

    Financial Services

  • New directors on Geojit board
  • Geojit launches property services division
  • Religare, 2 brokers get nod to trade in Nissan Copper

    Foodgrains

  • Hike in MSP

    Foreign Banks

  • StanChart in shared ATM network

    Foreign Direct Investment

  • Foreign equity in domestic insurance cos cannot exceed 26%: IRDA

    Foreign Relations

  • India and China — Who will grab the gas?

    Forex

  • Forex reserves fall $1.84 b
  • Rupee ends down in thin volumes

    Gems & Jewellery

  • Long queues outside jewellery shops, now to sell
  • Gemfields to sell Zambia emeralds in India

    Glass

  • Annex Glass setting up 2 units in AP

    Gold & Silver

  • Long queues outside jewellery shops, now to sell

    Hardware

  • Wipro unveils new notebook
  • HP announces pay cuts for employees

    Human Resources

  • More companies to freeze executive pay this year: Mercer study
  • ‘Attrition rate declines in R&D sector’
  • HP announces pay cuts for employees

    IPOs

  • Crisil finds weak corporate governance structures in IPO cos

    Income Tax

  • Taxability of fraudulent income
  • Delightfully vague status of LLPs

    Industry Associations

  • Chambers disappointed

    Infosys Technologies Ltd

  • Infosys vying for mega domestic deals

    Infrastructure

  • Technopark cos welcome rent relief
  • Marine liquid terminal among 6 projects inaugurated at Ennore
  • AP cancels Rs 1,065-cr project awarded to NCC

    Insight

  • Vodafone case: Policy response required

    Interest Rates

  • SBI freezes new car loans at 10%, farm loans at 8% for a year

    Internet

  • Naukri.com job index up for Jan
  • DoT gives nod for new Internet protocol

    Interview

  • ‘Fares may be cut if aviation fuel gets declared goods status’

    Investments

  • Pension regulator modifies proposed investment norms

    Jet Airways (India) Ltd

  • ‘Fares may be cut if aviation fuel gets declared goods status’

    Karnataka

  • Chambers disappointed
  • Yeddyurappa presents surplus Budget

    Kerala

  • Stimulus, waiver packages announced
  • South Indian Bank awarded
  • Technopark cos welcome rent relief
  • ‘Strong govt needed in times of difficulty’
  • No new taxes in Kerala budget

    Larsen & Toubro Ltd

  • L&T studying Company Law Board order on Satyam
  • L&T touches year low

    Letters

  • New growth model
  • Housekeeping

    Life Insurance

  • LIC ties up with public sector banks to cover SHGs

    Maharashtra

  • Gemfields to sell Zambia emeralds in India

    Management

  • Satyam board to meet today

    Marketing Research

  • ‘Attrition rate declines in R&D sector’

    Medical & Surgical Equipments

  • Plans to check imported medical devices

    Mergers & Acquisitions

  • LGB Forge to consider merger
  • L&T studying Company Law Board order on Satyam
  • Bharti raises stake in Hexacom
  • L&T touches year low

    Music & Dance

  • Yamaha opens music instruments store

    Mutual Funds

  • ICRA will also appraise mutual funds’ net asset values

    NBFCs

  • IDBI Trust notified as SPV

    NTPC Ltd

  • NTPC suspends work at Loharinag-Pala project

    New Products & Services

  • Geojit launches property services division
  • Wipro unveils new notebook

    New Projects

  • NTPC suspends work at Loharinag-Pala project
  • Annex Glass setting up 2 units in AP

    Non-conventional Energy

  • Tata Power to generate 25% of output from green sources

    Other States

  • Plans to check imported medical devices
  • ADB to kick off studies to foster deeper Asian currency bond markets
  • Costa Coffee opens more outlets in Pune

    Outlook

  • Nano plant on track, likely to be in place by end-Nov
  • SkodaIndia to roll out pre-owned car business in new format
  • Excess summer showers forecast for south India
  • Ford India to export small cars from mid-2010
  • Tata Power to generate 25% of output from green sources
  • Infosys vying for mega domestic deals
  • iGate sees 28% drop in US banks’ IT spend
  • ‘Toyota going ahead with compact car’

    Pension Plans

  • Pension regulator modifies proposed investment norms

    People

  • New directors on Geojit board

    Performance

  • Lower net sales may impact Bhilai Steel profit

    Petroleum

  • India and China — Who will grab the gas?
  • ‘Fares may be cut if aviation fuel gets declared goods status’
  • Kingfisher seeks time for ATF dues

    Pharmaceuticals

  • Aurobindo gets nod for HIV drug

    Plantations

  • TN planters disappointed

    Politics

  • ‘Strong govt needed in times of difficulty’

    Power

  • Areva T&D Q4 profit dips 34% on high input cost
  • NTPC suspends work at Loharinag-Pala project

    Private Banks

  • South Indian Bank awarded
  • TMB net profit rises 60%

    Promotions & Offers

  • SriLankan Holidays’ new package
  • ‘Discount formats making large stores unviable’

    Public Sector Banks

  • LIC ties up with public sector banks to cover SHGs
  • SBI freezes new car loans at 10%, farm loans at 8% for a year

    RBI & Other Central Banks

  • ADB to kick off studies to foster deeper Asian currency bond markets

    Real Estate & Construction

  • Geojit launches property services division
  • Maytas Infra given more time to reply

    Regulatory Bodies & Rulings

  • Aurobindo gets nod for HIV drug
  • Foreign equity in domestic insurance cos cannot exceed 26%: IRDA
  • TRAI asks DoT to examine Bharti’s long distance revenue reporting
  • DoT gives nod for new Internet protocol
  • Maytas Infra given more time to reply
  • Pension regulator modifies proposed investment norms

    Research & Development

  • ‘Attrition rate declines in R&D sector’

    Retailing

  • Next to retail toys, gifts
  • ‘Discount formats making large stores unviable’
  • Provogue to invest Rs 25 cr on stores expansion
  • Yamaha opens music instruments store
  • Costa Coffee opens more outlets in Pune

    Rubber

  • Spot rubber improves on demand

    Rural Development

  • LIC ties up with public sector banks to cover SHGs

    SSI

  • Funding the unorganised sector

    Satyam Computer Services Ltd

  • Satyam board to meet today
  • L&T studying Company Law Board order on Satyam
  • Satyam case: Hearing of PW partners’ bail plea posted to Feb 24
  • L&T touches year low

    Shipping/Ports

  • Marine liquid terminal among 6 projects inaugurated at Ennore

    Sick Units

  • Port workers threaten strike

    Society & Development

  • Meet lays stress on biz social responsibility

    Software

  • Satyam board to meet today
  • L&T studying Company Law Board order on Satyam
  • Infosys vying for mega domestic deals
  • iGate sees 28% drop in US banks’ IT spend

    Standards & Benchmarks

  • US-India standards programme

    State Bank of India

  • SBI freezes new car loans at 10%, farm loans at 8% for a year
  • SBI Bengal Circle car loan book grows 60%

    Steel

  • Lower net sales may impact Bhilai Steel profit

    Stock Exchanges

  • BSE board okays 12:1 bonus issue

    Stock Markets

  • Markets this Week

    Stocks

  • L&T touches year low

    Strategy

  • SkodaIndia to roll out pre-owned car business in new format
  • Next to retail toys, gifts
  • Gemfields to sell Zambia emeralds in India

    Tamil Nadu

  • TN planters disappointed
  • YES Bank, Zameen Organic tie up
  • Marine liquid terminal among 6 projects inaugurated at Ennore
  • Mr Jagan Nathan Vaman, CEO - Secude India; St. Mary's Institute of Management Studies, Chennai

    Tata Communications Ltd

  • Unit stake sale after Wimax rollout: Tata Comm

    Tata Motors Ltd

  • Nano plant on track, likely to be in place by end-Nov

    Tata Power Co. Ltd

  • Tata Power to generate 25% of output from green sources

    Taxation

  • Delightfully vague status of LLPs
  • A stimulus opportunity missed

    Technology

  • StanChart in shared ATM network

    Telecommunications

  • Vodafone case: Policy response required
  • Bharti raises stake in Hexacom
  • TRAI asks DoT to examine Bharti’s long distance revenue reporting
  • Unit stake sale after Wimax rollout: Tata Comm

    Toys

  • Next to retail toys, gifts

    Trade & Labour Unions

  • Port workers threaten strike

    Travel & Places

  • SriLankan Holidays’ new package

    Trends

  • Companies see benefits of team work to navigate crisis
  • Long queues outside jewellery shops, now to sell

    West Bengal

  • Meet lays stress on biz social responsibility
  • SBI Bengal Circle car loan book grows 60%

    Wipro Ltd

  • Wipro unveils new notebook




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