The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, March 04, 2009

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ANDHRA PRADESH: Dr R.R. Pujari, Director of Totem Infrastructure Ltd; Siva Sivani Institute of Management
Hyderabad, March 3 The remittances from abroad are likely to decrease significantly due to the ...

MAHARASHTRA: Pune builder launches ‘rent today, own tomorrow’ scheme
Pune, March 3 The Pune-based Mont Vert group is launching a new scheme that offers buyers the choice of first hiring homes and then deciding whether they wish to convert it into a ...

KERALA: GM India unveils new models
General Motors India has unveiled its Chevrolet Captiva Automatic+, a premium sports utility vehicle, and the Chevrolet Spark Muzic special edition at a unique, dual-launch function at Kozhikode, presided by Mr Karl Slym, President and ...

WEST BENGAL: CII releases Orissa vision document
The Orissa State council of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) on Tuesday released the vision document “Orissa@2022”, according to a press release issued by the ...

KERALA: Pepper futures decline as traders keep away from exchange
Kochi, March 3 Pepper futures market declined on Tuesday after moving up on Monday as most of the operators kept away from the market following reports of turnover manipulation in ...

TAMIL NADU: Bank of India plans 130 branches this fiscal
Coimbatore, March 3 Bank of India is on a branch network expansion spree. “The bank has obtained license for opening 130 branches this fiscal. We have inaugurated around 100 new branches so far, taking the total branch network ...

KERALA: Geojit opens all-India call centre in Kochi
Kochi, March 3 The all-India call centre of Geojit Financial Services has started operations in Kochi. The company’s customer care cell that had been providing total client support to retail clients and B2B banking partners has grown ...

KERALA: Muthoot Group adds branches in Maharashtra
Pune, March 3 The Muthoot Group, A Muthoot M George Enterprise, has begun operations in Maharashtra with the opening of two branches in Pune at Pimpri ...

KERALA: ‘Sedentary life-styles lead to rise in spinal disorders’
Kochi, March 3 Changing life-styles, lack of exercise and working long hours in sedentary jobs are leading to a rise in the incidence of spinal disorders in Kerala, according to a surgeon attached to a speciality hospital ...

WEST BENGAL: Down memory lane
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KARNATAKA: Prince Jewellery to open outlet in Bangalore
Bangalore, March 3 The Chennai-based jewellery retailer Prince Jewellery is looking to consolidate itself in the South. The jewellery chain, which has three stores in Chennai and one in Thiruvananthapuram, is all set to open its fifth store ...

KERALA: Light Logics develops holographic weapon sight elements
Thiruvananthapuram, March 3 Light Logics, a Technopark-based start-up specialising in holographic imaging and photonics, has developed professional grade holographic weapon sight ...

KARNATAKA: ‘Bamboo crop to open new opportunities for SHGs’
Puttur (Dakshina Kannada Dist), March 3 The cultivation of bamboo and manufacture of value-added products out of it can open new opportunities to the members of self-help groups (SHGs), according to Dr L.C. Soans of the ...

WEST BENGAL: SBI Life launches new policy
Kolkata, Mar. 3 SBI Life Insurance Company has launched a Unit Linked Insurance Policy, Smart ULIP. The close-ended policy has a shelf life of one month with a provision of being extended to one year. The product provides NAV guarantee of ...

ANDHRA PRADESH: Air India introducing direct Hyderabad-Chicago flights
Hyderabad, March 3 Air India will introduce a direct flight to Chicago from Hyderabad via Delhi/Frankfurt, beginning March 29, ...

TAMIL NADU: Workshop on paper manufacturing
Coimbatore, March 3 The Indian Agro & Recycled Paper Mills Association is organising a two-day workshop on ‘Automation in Paper and Board Manufacturing’ on March 13 and 14 in ...

WEST BENGAL: Recession hits industrial sewing machines sale
Kolkata, March 3 There has been a 40 per cent drop in the sale of industrial sewing machines in the last three-to-four months because of the global recession, according to Mr Sanjay Mehta, Secretary, Sewing Machine Traders Association, ...

WEST BENGAL: United Bank of India's new branch
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ANDHRA PRADESH: ‘Out-of-box ideas must for finding more hydrocarbons’
Hyderabad, March 3 There is a need for finding more hydrocarbons in matured and semi-matured basins with the aid of innovative strategy and technology, said Mr P.K. Bhowmick, Head of KDM Institute of Petroleum ...

TAMIL NADU: Ramanujam Sridhar, Chief Executive Officer, brand-comm; Great Lakes Institute of Management
‘Insights build brands in a market dominated by parity products’. Chennai, March 3 In a market dominated by parity products and multiple choices, it is necessary to break through the clutter and appeal to the viewer or reader. A ...

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