The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, August 23, 2005

Swiss watchmaker LVMH to launch Zenith, Fendi
`A gradual reduction in duties could help the high-end watch market take-off in the next few years.' More

STRATEGY

Banks rejig rates to cash in on festival season
IN order to take advantage of the festival season, which is typically accompanied by an increase in spending, several banks are either offering lower interest rates on retail loans or raising deposit rates. Many banks are also conducting deposit ... More

Sahara One acquires broadcast rights of Boney Kapoor's films
SAHARA India Mass Communication Ltd has acquired the worldwide satellite and pay TV broadcast rights of the entire library of film producer Mr Boney Kapoor's films. The films include the yet unreleased multi-starrer No Entry and ... More

POLICY

Media Commission
NEW DELHI: The Government is examining a proposal to set up a Media Commission. The Information and Broadcasting Minister, Mr S. Jaipal Reddy, told Rajya Sabha, "The proposal and its various aspects are under examination." He ... More

REGULATORY BODIES & RULINGS

Anti-competitive practices — Bid to keep competition panel the nodal agency
THE Ministry of Company Affairs (MCA) is examining a few options to ensure that the Competition Commission of India (CCI) acts as the nodal agency to determine if the rules of the game put in place by sectoral regulators have resulted in ... More

ADVERTISING

rmg david to revamp operations
POST the restructuring of rmg david's operations, Mr Kumar Subramaniam, the newly appointed President at rmg david, will handle the job of getting new business for the agency, while its erstwhile head Mr Josy Paul, who has been elevated as the ... More

PROMOTIONS & OFFERS

DCPL plans restaurants in South to promote olive oil
DCPL plans to sell 500 tonnes of olive oil a year. More

CHANNELS AND FRANCHISES

T.S.Mahalingam opens Club Mahindra franchisee outlet
T.S. MAHALINGAM (TSM) & Sons with business interests in the used car segment and financial services has become a franchisee for Club Mahindra Holiday World with an outlet in Besant Nagar here. Mr K. Mahalingam, Partner and Managing Director, ... More

MARKET SHARES

`HCL tops in desktop PCs'
NEW DELHI: HCL Infosystems, on Monday, said it has been rated as the top desktop PC company by IDC India's Quarterly PC market tracker report. In comparison with the second quarter of 2004 to second quarter of 2005, HCL's market share ... More

BRANDS

Dubai air show to feature `Brand India'
A `Brand India' pavilion will be mounted at the ninth international aerospace exhibition — Dubai 2005 — in November. . This is the first time India is making a presentation at the Dubai air show. `Brand India' is being ... More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Birla Sun Life launches single premium plan
BIRLA Sun Life Insurance has launched a single premium plan called "Prime Life". The entry age for the plan is a minimum of 30 days and a maximum of 65 years. While the minimum premium is Rs 20,000, the face amount of the policy is 150 per ... More

Fevicol now in Egypt too
Fevicol is already being exported to over 15 countries including the UAE, South Africa, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Congo, Mozambique, Saudi Arabia and Angola. Plans are under way to launch the brand in ... More

Another news channel Tez from TV Today
AFTER `Sabse Tez,' it is now `Khabarein Phataphat.' TV Today has launched its third news channel, Tez, five years after Aaj Tak hit the airwaves. Tez will be a 24-hour Hindi news channel. It aims at delivering news to a viewer who does not ... More

Toon Disney in Hindi now
TOON Disney, the offering from Walt Disney Television International-India, has now been launched in Hindi. The channel is already available in English, Tamil and Telegu. The channel has dubbed 1800 hours of programming in Hindi. Totally, ... More