The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, April 29, 2009

INDUSTRY & ECONOMY

TRAVEL & PLACES: Govt steps up surveillance at international airports
SWINE FLU FALLOUT. New Delhi/Mumbai, April 28 To prevent the entry and spread of swine flu virus in the country, the Government has put in place a series of measures including screening air travellers arriving at nine major international ...

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT: Outward FDI declines 15.3% in April-Dec 2008
New Delhi, April 28 India’s outward investment in joint ventures and wholly owned subsidiaries (WOS) stood at $ 11.3 billion in April-December 2008, representing a 15.3 per cent decline over an outward FDI of $ 13.35 billion recorded ...

ECONOMY: I complicate, therefore I am
For the last 60 years, politicians have been obsessing over the rate at which national output grows. The phenomenon of it growing forever, sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly, has come to be known as economic ...

HEALTH: Swine flu: Centre taps Hetero for generic Tamiflu supply
Company receives enquiries from W. Asia, Africa, Latin America. The Hyderabad-based Hetero Drugs has been sounded out by the Centre to supply 10 lakh doses of generic versions of Roche’s anti-influenza drug Tamiflu, used to treat swine flu ...

EDUCATION: Great Lakes to offer course in Energy MBA
Plans collaboration with University of Houston; new campus inaugurated. Chennai, April 28 Great Lakes Institute of Management (GLIM) is considering introducing a MBA course in Energy Management, in collaboration with the Global Energy Management ...

URBAN DEVELOPMENT: Poor struggle to weather the storm
The hero of Slumdog Millionaire, Jamal Malik, faces many hazards before he can win the game-show and be with his promised one: growing up in a Mumbai slum, orphaned in religious violence, living on a rubbish dump, getting caught up with ...

HEALTH: Swine flu: IT majors closely monitoring Mexican centres
Taking precautionary measures to ensure safety of workers. New Delhi, April 28 With swine flu outbreak in Mexico now triggering fears of a global pandemic, Indian IT companies – which have operations in Mexico – have swung into ...

CINEMA: Multiplexes brace for 35-50% dip in business
Due to standoff with producers, IPL & poor content. Mumbai, April 28 Multiplex chains are expecting a slump of 35-50 per cent in business due to the ongoing producer-exhibitor ...

HEALTH: Airline stocks nosedive on swine flu fear
Kingfisher loses 7.58%; SpiceJet sheds 8.61%. Mumbai, April 28 Fears of a swine influenza pandemic dragged airline stocks down on ...

ANTI-DUMPING: Dumping duty proposed on Chinese ceramic tiles
The Designated Authority in the Commerce Ministry has recommended imposition of provisional anti-dumping duty on imported ceramic tiles from China, following a complaint from H&R Johnson (India) Ltd and Kajaria Ceramics ...

CARS: MLR Motors expects to display demo car at auto expo
In talks with banks and private equity players for funds. Hyderabad, April 28 Admitting to a delay in project implementation, MLR Motors maintains it is making all out efforts to showcase a prototype of its small car at the New Delhi auto show ...

MEDICAL & SURGICAL EQUIPMENTS: Manufacturers gearing to meet demand for auto disable syringes
Pune, April 28 The Union Health Ministry has mandated April 30 as the date on which the public health system will switch over from conventional disposable syringes to auto disable (AD) ones, which become dysfunctional after a single ...

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION: RDB Ind offers incentives to boost demand for residential project
Kolkata, April 28 In its bid to boost consumer demand for residential property, RDB Industries has announced a Nano free with every first batch of 50 flats purchased at one of its projects, known as Regent Sonarpur project, near ...

POWER: AP industries to face less power cuts
Hyderabad, April 28 The power holiday for high tension industrial consumers in Andhra Pradesh will be brought down to about one day a week from three days and the domestic sector will not have any load shedding ...

INFRASTRUCTURE: Kerala PWD to take up Rs 1,000-cr projects
The Public Works Department of the Kerala will implement projects worth Rs 1,000 crore in a time-bound manner in the ...

RADIO/TV: NDTV enters into pacts with BT
New Delhi, April 28 BT’s Media and Broadcast Sector has entered into two new agreements with New Delhi Television (NDTV) to be its global network supplier, and enabling it to distribute NDTV Good Times (lifestyle channel) and NDTV ...

EDUCATION: Ms Sujatha , CEO, Suvai Ice Creams, Coimbatore; Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam
Coimbatore, April 28 Regional brands with their freshness and faster access to markets could stand up to MNCs and being regional is the ‘in thing’ now, according to Ms Sujata Krishnan, Chief Executive Officer, Suvai ...

POWER: CII-Kerala hails easing of power curbs
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Columnists: • B Venkatesh • C Gopinath • Bhanoji Rao • P.V. Indiresan