The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, April 22, 2003

Pension poses problem to insurers
THERE is growing confusion in pension circles, with the existing providers of pension schemes uncertain as to which way the road would eventually take them. With the Government having decided to restrict the number of players in the ... More

More State units break ranks — No meeting point yet on truckers' demands
THE eight-day old nation-wide strike called by the transporters to press their 10-point charter of demands appears to be losing steam with reports from Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, West Bengal and to a certain extent from Kerala indicating ... More

Strike, weak monsoon may drag diesel sales
GRIPPED with a nationwide truckers' strike and a forecast of weak monsoon, diesel sales are likely to dip in the first quarter of the current financial year, industry officials and analysts said. There are concerns that oil companies could cut ... More

Reliance Info decides to reduce agents — `Performance disappointing'
THE much-talked about Dhirubhai Ambani Entrepreneurship scheme, the `feet-on-the-street' retailing scheme of Reliance Infocomm, is being phased down. The number of Dhirubhai Ambani Entrepreneurs (DAEs), who have paid around Rs 10,000 each to ... More

It's wait and watch on govt securities market
THE Government securities market is expected to remain lacklustre at least for the next one week till the announcement of the Credit Policy on April 29. At the start of the new fiscal year there was an initial softening of yields. However, ... More

FCB Ulka to spruce up UTI image
UTI Mutual Fund, which is managing all the NAV-based schemes of UTI, is planning a major campaign to boost its image. The country's largest mutual fund has hired FCB Ulka Advertising to undertake the campaign to rebuild the corporate brand, ... More