Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Monday, August 26, 2002
Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Monday, August 26, 2002 |
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INDUSTRY & ECONOMY INVESTMENTS Managing your pennies In many ways, the stock market is akin to a football match, where the game-plan might go awry and you might have to change your moves to score. Given this scenario, how does one manage investments or portfolios? Excerpts from Tom Dorsey's Trading Tips could provide you some valuable insight. More TELECOMMUNICATIONS ECONOMY Kerala finances back on rails: Minister The Government did not have to raise loans from co-operative institutions or advances from the Centre to get past the season. More
EXCISE AND CUSTOMS Chennai Customs info service for shippers THE Chennai Customs House (CCH) has introduced CHITS, Custom House Information Technology Service, in a bid to improve dissemination of faster information to importer/exporter. CHITS would provide various services to the shippers on daily a ... More HEALTH AIDS prevention As the years go by, awareness and prevention programmes for AIDS is touching the business community as well. Last week on Rajiv Gandhi's birth anniversary, among the many programmes in the city, was a tie-up of the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation with ... More INFRASTRUCTURE Ropeway project launched in Vizag A PROJECT for the construction of a ropeway for joyrides from the seashore to the summit of the Kailasgiri hill, offering a view of the Bay of Bengal and the city, has being launched in Visakhapatnam. The Visakhapatnam Urban Development ... More PETROLEUM 
15 HPCL outlets in Chennai to be upgradedFIFTEEN of the 55-odd petrol stations of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd are to be upgraded to `Club' standards. These outlets will have a plethora of add-on facilities, such as convenience store, ATM, newspaper stall and facilities to check ... More POWER `Energy conservation as important as production' THE Power Secretary, Mr R.V. Shahi, has said that a concerted effort by consumers, managers and technocrats at large is required for an effective implementation of energy conservation norms. Mr Shahi also agreed that the saving due to ... More
`Holistic approach to energy needed' TAXATION Drought impact a cause for worry — Govt revenue up 10 pc in June THE Tamil Nadu Government's tax revenue continues to demonstrate a buoyant trend with an increase of nearly 10 per cent up to June, compared to the same period last year. However, the Government is worried about the possible adverse impact the ... More TEXTILES TN textile exports facing transhipment delays TEXTILE shippers from Tamil Nadu who use Colombo transhipment route for their export cargo to European destination ports are facing delay in getting into mainline vessels as most of the `mother' vessels coming from the Far East choose to skip the ... More WATER MANAGEMENT Role for villagers in drinking water projects pays dividends According to Mr Thakare, local knowledge is germane to the proper implementation of these schemes when they come up. "We felt that people's wisdom and skills in understanding their environment should be used to develop water supply schemes,'' he said . More
Spurious brands flood bottled water market in TN COAL Fly-ash for Govt buildings: GOs aplenty, but no impact NOTWITHSTANDING a string of Government Orders insisting on use of fly-ash as an alternative building material by its departments in all their civil works, mountains of this waste product are piling up in Andhra Pradesh, much to the discomfiture ... More BREWERIES Panel to study alcohol industry woes demanded THE Distillers' Association of Maharashtra has asked the Government to set up a joint coordination committee consisting of the authorities and industry representatives to discuss and tackle problems of the alcohol industry. Addressing a seminar ... More RADIO/TV Stand-alones are languishing — Kids' channel is tough nut to sell THEY were lured by pester power. Except Cartoon Network, the other stand-alone kids channels such as the Pentamedia Graphics-promoted Splash TV, Viacom's Nickelodeon, Hallmark Entertainment's Kermit have all been languishing. And channels like ... More EDUCATION Move for FDI in elementary education comes under fire "Instead of reaching 40 per cent of the children below the poverty line, FDI will accentuate existing inequities in economic opportunities as well as gender-location disability biases. It may turn out be India's Trojan horse," says Mr Sanjiv Kaura, N ational Convenor, NAFRE. More
FOODS & FOOD PROCESSING Ministry to go easy on food labels IF you can't wield the stick, try the carrot, or at least that is the line the Union Health Ministry is taking to rein in corporates not adhering to the coloured-dot labelling scheme for food products. Though consumers may see a Complan, for ... More GEMS & JEWELLERY 
Jewel 2002A sales girl displaying fresh water pearl necklace in an exhibition "jewel 2002" organised by ZAK-ANZ International Trade and Marketing Associates in Chennai on Sunday. A wide range of jewellery made of gold, diamonds, silver, pearl, platinum, ... More MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS & HOSPITALS GRANITE & MARBLE `Serpentine' marble included in EO discharge THE Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), through a recent circular, has now clarified for the benefit of Customs as well as Regional Licensing Authorities that for the purpose of exports under the Duty Exemption Scheme, the `Serpentine' ... More SMALL SAVINGS Subscribers to gain from delay in EPF notification The delay in issuing the notification — to be done by the Labour Ministry — has ensured that EPF subscribers would effectively receive an interest of around 9.25 per cent on their deposits during 2002-03, officials said. More
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SOCIAL WELFARE vMoksha's initiative for deprived girls FIRST it helped them bridge the digital divide, and now they can showcase their skills on their own Web site, thanks to vMoksha Technologies. Over the past 10 months, 24 residents of Navajeevana, a home for the underprivileged girls on the ... More EVENTS Aqua meet to focus on 10th plan strategy IDENTIFYING core issues in sustainable shrimp aquaculture, framing measures within the directives of the Supreme Court on shrimp farming and the strategy for the Tenth Plan will be the emphasis of a two-day expert consultation on aquaculture, ... More
INCOME TAX Interest to `nominal' members of co-ops may attract TDS CO-OPERATIVE societies may soon be required to deduct tax at source (TDS) on interest payments made to its `nominal' members. The Finance Ministry is considering a proposal to withdraw the existing TDS exemption on interest income paid to ... More EXPORTS & IMPORTS Materials damaged in 2000 floods — Kukatpalli CFS users yet to get full compensation MANUFACTURERS of different materials in the twin cities, who stored their imported products and those meant for export in the Central Warehousing Corporation's (CWC) Customs-bonded godowns at Container Freight Station in Kukatpalli here two years ... More TOURISM Rlys to run specials for Pushkaram fete THE Railways will run five special trains with 20 coaches apiece to cater to the needs of the public during the Godavari "Pushkaram" fete being celebrated next July. An initial grant of Rs 1 crore has been given for improving infrastructure at ... More Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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Top Stories In Depth Gender Justice Simple Economics Small Investor Looking back Aug. 18-Aug. 24 Exit price for delisting — Reverse book-building route prone to manipulation: CII Change in States' attitude augurs well for PSU divestment: Shourie Tractor sales down 13.6 pc Tea cos cheer `welcome aberration' Tenth Plan to ease private funding of minerals sector Banks reject tax challans sans PAN 'Raw sugar imports to replenish stocks' — Part of cost-effective operations, says Sakthi Sugars CMD Nasscom sees pricing pressure bottoming out Car makers freed from export obligation Petro-product sales show positive growth in July Garment exporters decry hefty transaction cost |
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