![]() Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Monday, January 14, 2002 |
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INDUSTRY & ECONOMY CEMENT L&T, Grasim joint study to cut production cost CEMENT majors Larsen & Toubro Ltd and Grasim Industries Ltd have initiated a joint study to find out ways of reducing production cost. This is stated to create a synergy, to begin with, in the operations of the two companies. According to Mr ... More ECONOMY World Bank, IMF meet on poverty begins today A FOUR-DAY meeting under the joint auspices of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank to discuss threadbare the Poverty Reduction Strategy Programme (PRSP) is scheduled on January 14 in Washington. According to a Bank release, ... More FOREIGN TRADE Lower rupee value to help exports A BUSY week for the rupee against the dollar as it got back to its lowest level against the US dollar . With the resistance of 48.43 just a whisker away, the market will be inclined to take it beyond those levels soon. The catalyst continues ... More
Zhu visit to boost ties across the prism HEALTH Health Ministry eases blood storage norms THE Union Health Ministry has allowed peripheral centres and hospitals to store whole blood and blood components without having to obtain a regular licence for running a blood bank. Through a recent amendment in Schedule K to the Drugs and ... More INFRASTRUCTURE Vision 2020 -- Why satellite towns remain distant dreams LAST WEEK, when I gave a talk at IIM Calcutta, local journalists asked me what my solution was to the problems of Kolkata. High cost of real-estate is the main problem of Kolkata (and all other cities in the country). The problem is man-made. As ... More PSU ICICI arm, L&T in race for EPIL stakes ICICI PESTICIDES Excel demerger move set to boost agro-chemical export prospects EXCEL Industries Ltd's move to demerge its agro-chemical division into a separate entity and induct a strategic investor is expected to boost its export prospects in the area of agro-chemicals. The induction of Australia-based Nufarm Limited ... More POWER Global energy from wind power balloons in 2001 THERE has been a 31 per cent increase in the global installed wind energy capacity during 2001, according to the Washington-based Earth Policy Institute (EPI). According to an EPI paper, authored by its President, Dr Lester R. Brown, the ... More
Centre may pick up equity in Power Trading Corpn TELECOMMUNICATIONS Motorola, HP may strike deals with Reliance Comm CLOSE on the heels of Qualcomm's strategic equity investment in Reliance Communications Ltd (RCL), two other ``big fish'' - Motorola and Hewlett-Packard - are likely to strike similar multi-million dollar deals with the telecom arm of ... More
I-T sops for telecom cos likely to stay CARS Honda Siel `to break even this fiscal' HONDA Siel Cars India Ltd would break even this financial year, selling about 10,000 cars, after which it is aiming for a marginal growth in sales in 2002-03, a top company official has said. Honda Siel is also conducting feasibility studies ... More INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in |
Top Stories In Depth Inside Kashmir Guide to derivatives US-64 Looking back Jan. 6-Jan. 12 UK will step up aid to India Working group not for withdrawal of MAT -- Fin. Ministry may not cut depreciation rates Analysts see mixed Q3 for IT sector Want IT experience? Well, pay up buddy `Scrap I-T sops on small savings' Industrial growth slumps to 0.9 per cent in Nov |
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