The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, August 06, 2009

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OUTLOOK: Textile exports to US slip 12% in H1
New Delhi, Aug. 5 Textile exports to the US have plummeted 12 per cent during January-June this year, even as order inflows position for the second half of the year also looks bleak. The drop in India’s exports comes at the expense of ...

OUTLOOK: Cost reduction vs optimisation
The most significant effect of downturn on organisations across the globe is their unified need to cut costs. With the limited scope of expanding their top lines, companies have innovated seemingly bright ideas that can improve their ...

SECURITY: Zicom pitches security systems as ‘lifestyle’ products
Chennai, Aug. 5 Selling security systems as lifestyle products is the way forward for the growth of the retail security market, said Mr Santonu Choudhury, CEO, Zicom Retail Pvt. Ltd, a division of Zicom Electronic ...

OUTLOOK: Starting businesses in India easier now: IFC report
They normally do not get enough time to keenly follow up implementation of projects considering it as their main task, he pointed out. Therefore, he said, projects do not get the requisite priority over other routine ...

ENGINEERING: L&T hopes to bag more ONGC orders
Mumbai, Aug. 5 Engineering and construction major Larsen & Toubro has scaled up its capabilities over the last two years to execute fully integrated large process offshore platform orders such as the Rs 5,300-crore Mumbai High North ...

POWER: NHPC open to hydel ventures in South
With about 10 per cent of the country’s potential hydel capacity located in the southern part of the country, NHPC Ltd has hinted that it is open to working with State governments through joint ventures and by providing ...

OUTLOOK: Models look to Bay for redeemer circulation
The IMD has forecast subdued rainfall for the western, central and peninsular regions of the country for another four days when two raging storms in the west Pacific would continue to coax most of the westerly flows unto ...

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