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ABB Ltd


  • ABB India Q3 net up 47 pc

    Advertising


  • Shipra Mall to use outer walls as ad platform

    Agricultural Institutions


  • Nabard prefers SHG linkage model for micro finance

    Airlines


  • Damage control
  • Outsourcing boom to propel BA's revenue from here
  • Bell Helicopter open to setting up base in India
  • Rolls-Royce bullish on India's aircraft engine market
  • Prevent Vizag airport flooding, CM tells officials

    Alliances & Joint Ventures


  • Tatra in pact with Russia's Kamaz for trucks, buses

    Andhra Pradesh


  • AP CII plans series of meets
  • Call to broaden scope of Food Supply Bill
  • Prevent Vizag airport flooding, CM tells officials
  • Gitex IT show in Hyderabad
  • REC extends Rs 487-cr aid for AP
  • Polavaram project gets environmental clearance
  • Rs 400 cr sought for free power in AP
  • Tata Indicom celebrations in AP

    Announcements


  • GM evaluating options for Spark launch — 'Small car crucial for expanding market share'
  • K Sera Sera in pact for new film
  • Ashok Leyland to hire 100 people for EDS unit

    Anti-dumping


  • India third largest initiator of new anti-dumping measures during H1

    Automobile Components


  • Sakthi Auto Components set to double export shipments

    Automobiles


  • Will banks price car, tractor loans at par now?
  • `Auto sector's future lies in hydrogen tech'

    Bio-tech & Genetics


  • Panacea Biotec Q2 net up 106 pc

    Brands


  • Maker of `Tibre' trousers set to expand capacity — Unveils `supercrease' pants
  • FritoLay launches Quaker Oats

    Broadband


  • Spectrum row: Plan for joint working group put on hold

    Cars


  • Floods have no impact on car loan repayment: Crisil
  • Ford India expects sales boost with Fiesta launch
  • GM evaluating options for Spark launch — 'Small car crucial for expanding market share'
  • Bill Ford is here; India is right at the top for him

    Channels and Franchises


  • Tanner EDA signs on TechForce

    Cinema


  • Advergame, an `effective way of communication'
  • K Sera Sera in pact for new film

    Climate & Weather


  • Record downpour
  • `Low' materialises, tipped to intensify further

    Co-operatives


  • RBI facilitates merger of UCBs

    Coal


  • Orissa demands free power from Mahanadi Coalfields' project

    Coke & Metalurgical Coke


  • Goa Carbon board okays merger of Paradeep Carbons

    Commentary


  • Bank stocks surge in volatile trade

    Commodities


  • LME signs licensing pact with Multi Commodity Exchange

    Commodity Exchanges


  • NCDEX may introduce future contracts in ATF, naphtha
  • LME signs licensing pact with Multi Commodity Exchange

    Consumer Electronics


  • Philips eyes over 50 pc growth in sales volumes

    Consumer Finance


  • Floods have no impact on car loan repayment: Crisil
  • Will banks price car, tractor loans at par now?

    Corporate Disputes


  • Patent battle with J&J — A legal win for Sun Pharma in US generic drug market

    Courts/Legal Issues


  • Show them out
  • Throw them out!
  • Patent battle with J&J — A legal win for Sun Pharma in US generic drug market

    Credit Market


  • Banks' capital market exposure to go up Rs 1,000 cr: Reddy
    `It's rationalisation not restriction'

    Credit Policy


  • Keeping growth on a stable path
  • An aggressive stance
  • Going with the global tide
  • Inflationary pressures may push up interest rates
  • A measured move
  • A fine balancing act
  • Making India Inc more competitive
  • Bullish on growth, hawkish on inflation
  • Govt must fix PLR too, says TEA
  • RBI's price concerns
  • Rupee confusion mars wise moves
  • Inflation vaccine from Reddy's lab
  • Mid-Year Review of the Annual Credit Policy — Managing inflation, encouraging growth
  • A focus on price stability
  • Mixed opinions from housing finance cos
  • Lending rates may harden by Dec, says PNB chief
  • Micro finance fund corpus raised to Rs 200 crore
  • Insurers welcome e-trading of gilts
  • Intra-day short sales to improve liquidity in securities market
  • Reverse repo rate hike to ease margin squeeze
  • `Sub-PLR lending to take a hit, short-term rates may rise'
  • Sensex eases from peak level, closes 70 points up
  • Capital market exposure limit for banks hiked
  • RBI insists on `no frills' bank accounts
  • Infrastructure cos' ECBs through approval route
  • Logical; may not impact stock prices
  • Will banks price car, tractor loans at par now?
  • Provisioning norm may have little impact
  • India Inc satisfied with decision to hike reverse repo rate
  • Banks' capital market exposure to go up Rs 1,000 cr: Reddy
    `It's rationalisation not restriction'
  • Market positive; bank stocks surge
  • `Indications of an investment boom'
  • Growth's fine, inflation the worry
    RBI raises repo rates; loans may turn dearer

    Credit Rating


  • Floods have no impact on car loan repayment: Crisil

    Derivatives Markets


  • NCDEX may introduce future contracts in ATF, naphtha

    Diversified


  • Anna group plans expansion at Kizhakkambalam
  • Century Textiles sales up; rains dent bottomline

    E-Commerce & E-Business


  • Insurers welcome e-trading of gilts

    Ear to the ground


  • Dewan Housing betting on biz prospects

    Economic Offences


  • SEBI restrains Mega Corp

    Economy


  • Keeping growth on a stable path
  • An aggressive stance
  • Going with the global tide
  • Inflationary pressures may push up interest rates
  • A measured move
  • A fine balancing act
  • Making India Inc more competitive
  • Bullish on growth, hawkish on inflation
  • Inflation vaccine from Reddy's lab
  • Mid-Year Review of the Annual Credit Policy — Managing inflation, encouraging growth
  • `Indications of an investment boom'
  • Growth's fine, inflation the worry
    RBI raises repo rates; loans may turn dearer

    Editorial


  • RBI's price concerns

    Education


  • IIM-B course for entrepreneurs to start next month in Bangalore
  • Universitas offers new management course in Delhi

    Engineering


  • Rolls-Royce bullish on India's aircraft engine market
  • Patel Engineering posts 65.51% rise in profit
  • ABB India Q3 net up 47 pc

    Entertainment & Leisure


  • Gaming with hi-tech gizmos

    Entrepreneurship


  • IIM-B course for entrepreneurs to start next month in Bangalore
  • `Shed hesitant mindset'

    Environment


  • An environment hazard
  • Polavaram project gets environmental clearance

    Events


  • Brand Bangalore IT's abode
  • Gaming with hi-tech gizmos
  • AP CII plans series of meets
  • Gitex IT show in Hyderabad

    Exports & Imports


  • Leaf mosaic disease in tapioca — TN tuber growers, processors seek import of planting material
  • White arecanut prices on the rise
    Lack of quality areca, curbs on imports cited as reasons
  • Seabird imports sheep embryo shipment
  • Sakthi Auto Components set to double export shipments

    Fertilisers


  • Tata Chem net profit rises 44 pc on increased sales

    Financial Performance


  • SBT clocks net profit of Rs 104 cr in H1
  • HDFC net rises 20 pc in Q2
  • VSNL posts flat growth in Q2
  • HCL Tech net up 68 pc; keeps growth forecast
    Large deal strategy pays off; $50-m clients in fold
  • Higher sales drive Tata Motors — Second-quarter net profit rises 9 pc

    Financial Scan


  • Ben Bernanke: A safe pair of hands?

    Financial Services


  • SKP Securities' new initiative to target retail segment

    Foods & Food Processing


  • FritoLay launches Quaker Oats
  • Call to broaden scope of Food Supply Bill

    Foreign Trade


  • India, Holland stress on improving bilateral relations
  • `Indo-Dutch science, tech pact to be announced in 3 months'

    Forex


  • Rupee confusion mars wise moves
  • Rupee recovers; bond prices rise

    Govt Bonds


  • Rupee recovers; bond prices rise
  • Insurers welcome e-trading of gilts

    HCL Technologies Ltd


  • HCL Tech net up 68 pc; keeps growth forecast
    Large deal strategy pays off; $50-m clients in fold

    HCV/LCV/Tractors


  • Ashok Leyland to hire 100 people for EDS unit
  • Tatra in pact with Russia's Kamaz for trucks, buses
  • Tata Motors foresees good growth in sales
  • Higher sales drive Tata Motors — Second-quarter net profit rises 9 pc

    Hardware


  • New Pavilion PCs from HP
  • IBM scheme to tap SME customers

    Health


  • `Developing nations to be self-sufficient in vaccines soon'

    Healthcare Products


  • Procter & Gamble Q1 net declines 13%

    Horticulture/Fruits & Vegetables


  • Tears over onion

    Hotels


  • MphasiS' Jerry Rao joins board of Royal Orchid

    Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd


  • HDFC net rises 20 pc in Q2

    Housing Finance


  • Mixed opinions from housing finance cos
  • HDFC net rises 20 pc in Q2

    Human Resources


  • Ashok Leyland to hire 100 people for EDS unit
  • Mastek to hire 1,500 this year

    IPOs


  • GVK Power files for draft prospectus with SEBI
  • QuEST plans IPO to fund overseas buys
  • Vivek plans IPO or private placement

    IPR


  • Patent battle with J&J — A legal win for Sun Pharma in US generic drug market

    ISPs


  • VSNL posts flat growth in Q2
  • Sify posts net loss of $1.4 m

    Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd


  • IPCL: Operating margins under pressure
  • Extraordinary income boosts IPCL Q2 net by 119 pc

    Industry Associations


  • Integrated textile park planned in TN
  • AP CII plans series of meets
  • India Inc satisfied with decision to hike reverse repo rate

    Information Technology


  • Streamline core banking system, unions tell SBI

    Infosys Technologies Ltd


  • `Infosys complies with SOX Act'

    Infrastructure


  • Integrated textile park planned in TN
  • Prevent Vizag airport flooding, CM tells officials
  • Polavaram project gets environmental clearance
  • Infrastructure cos' ECBs through approval route

    Insight


  • Mid-Year Review of the Annual Credit Policy — Managing inflation, encouraging growth

    Interest Rates


  • Inflationary pressures may push up interest rates
  • Lending rates may harden by Dec, says PNB chief
  • Reverse repo rate hike to ease margin squeeze
  • `Sub-PLR lending to take a hit, short-term rates may rise'
  • India Inc satisfied with decision to hike reverse repo rate
  • Growth's fine, inflation the worry
    RBI raises repo rates; loans may turn dearer

    Karnataka


  • Tata Teleservices subscribers touch 5 lakh in Karnataka
  • IIM-B course for entrepreneurs to start next month in Bangalore

    Kerala


  • Anna group plans expansion at Kizhakkambalam
  • `Low' materialises, tipped to intensify further
  • Streamline core banking system, unions tell SBI
  • Drive to recover tax dues in Kerala
  • Water levels decline slightly in Kerala reservoirs
  • Kerala Feeds dividend to Govt

    Knitwear & Hosiery


  • Govt must fix PLR too, says TEA

    Kochi


  • Panel identifies feasible route for Kochi-Vallarpadam rail link

    Kolkata


  • Concor to run regular services between Kolkata, Narayangunj

    Letters


  • Show them out
  • Damage control
  • An environment hazard

    Maharashtra


  • `Developing nations to be self-sufficient in vaccines soon'

    Market Shares


  • GM evaluating options for Spark launch — 'Small car crucial for expanding market share'

    Medical Institutions & Hospitals


  • Apollo Hospitals signs MoU for unit in Mauritius

    Mergers & Acquisitions


  • Goa Carbon board okays merger of Paradeep Carbons
  • RBI facilitates merger of UCBs
  • European co to buy majority stake in Micro Inks for Rs 991 cr

    Microscope


  • IPCL: Operating margins under pressure

    Mutual Funds


  • LVB to distribute MF schemes of Prudential ICICI

    Natural Calamities


  • Damage control
  • Floods have no impact on car loan repayment: Crisil
  • Prevent Vizag airport flooding, CM tells officials
  • HTMT restores operations in Bangalore

    New Products & Services


  • Ford India expects sales boost with Fiesta launch
  • New Pavilion PCs from HP
  • FritoLay launches Quaker Oats

    New Projects


  • Anna group plans expansion at Kizhakkambalam
  • Bell Helicopter open to setting up base in India
  • TCS launches Chennai centre for infrastructure management & BPO
  • Southern Online plans more bio-diesel trial runs
  • Apollo Hospitals signs MoU for unit in Mauritius

    Non-conventional Energy


  • Southern Online plans more bio-diesel trial runs

    Offhand


  • Throw them out!

    Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Ltd


  • ONGC plans toll-refining at MRPL's new refinery

    Oilseeds & Edible Oil


  • M.P. set to boost soya output

    On Mint Street


  • Will banks price car, tractor loans at par now?

    Other States


  • Universitas offers new management course in Delhi
  • Nabard prefers SHG linkage model for micro finance
  • Shipra Mall to use outer walls as ad platform

    Outlook


  • Ford India expects sales boost with Fiesta launch
  • Philips eyes over 50 pc growth in sales volumes
  • Sakthi Auto Components set to double export shipments
  • Bill Ford is here; India is right at the top for him

    Outsourcing


  • Outsourcing boom to propel BA's revenue from here
  • TCS launches Chennai centre for infrastructure management & BPO
  • Satyam forms think tank for strategic deals

    Overseas Borrowings


  • IVRCL plans to revise global offering size upwards to $200 m
  • Infrastructure cos' ECBs through approval route

    PSU


  • Kerala Feeds dividend to Govt

    People


  • Ben Bernanke: A safe pair of hands?
  • MphasiS' Jerry Rao joins board of Royal Orchid
  • IOC's Naresh Nayyar to head ONGC-Mittal Energy
  • Bill Ford is here; India is right at the top for him

    Performance


  • IPCL: Operating margins under pressure
  • Tata Motors foresees good growth in sales

    Personal Products


  • Marico consolidated net up at Rs 20 cr

    Petrochemicals


  • IPCL: Operating margins under pressure
  • Extraordinary income boosts IPCL Q2 net by 119 pc

    Petroleum


  • NCDEX may introduce future contracts in ATF, naphtha
  • ONGC plans toll-refining at MRPL's new refinery
  • IOC's Naresh Nayyar to head ONGC-Mittal Energy

    Pharmaceuticals


  • `Developing nations to be self-sufficient in vaccines soon'
  • Aventis net up 17%
  • Patent battle with J&J — A legal win for Sun Pharma in US generic drug market
  • Elder Pharmaceuticals posts 19% rise in profits
  • JB Chem net profit up 12 pc

    Photographic & Allied Products


  • Picture framing - machines do the job now

    Plantations


  • Leaf mosaic disease in tapioca — TN tuber growers, processors seek import of planting material
  • White arecanut prices on the rise
    Lack of quality areca, curbs on imports cited as reasons

    Policy


  • Call to broaden scope of Food Supply Bill

    Politics


  • Show them out
  • Throw them out!

    Pollution


  • An environment hazard

    Power


  • GVK Power files for draft prospectus with SEBI
  • Two more reactors for Koodankulam
  • Orissa demands free power from Mahanadi Coalfields' project
  • REC extends Rs 487-cr aid for AP
  • Rs 400 cr sought for free power in AP

    Printing


  • European co to buy majority stake in Micro Inks for Rs 991 cr

    Private Banks


  • LVB to distribute MF schemes of Prudential ICICI

    Private Placement


  • Vivek plans IPO or private placement

    Promotions & Offers


  • Advergame, an `effective way of communication'
  • Yana is Piramyd Megastore brand ambassador
  • Tata Indicom celebrations in AP

    Public Sector Banks


  • Streamline core banking system, unions tell SBI
  • SBT clocks net profit of Rs 104 cr in H1

    RBI & Other Central Banks


  • Ben Bernanke: A safe pair of hands?
  • Provisioning norm may have little impact

    Radio/TV


  • Cartoon Network bid to expand product merchandising biz

    Railways


  • Panel identifies feasible route for Kochi-Vallarpadam rail link

    Readymade Garments


  • Maker of `Tibre' trousers set to expand capacity — Unveils `supercrease' pants

    Real Estate & Construction


  • IVRCL plans to revise global offering size upwards to $200 m

    Regional Rural Banks


  • Micro finance fund corpus raised to Rs 200 crore

    Regulatory Bodies & Rulings


  • SEBI restrains Mega Corp
  • `Infosys complies with SOX Act'

    Retailing


  • Yana is Piramyd Megastore brand ambassador
  • Vivek plans IPO or private placement

    Roadways


  • Patel Roadways to foray into third-party logistics services

    Rubber


  • Mixed trend in rubber prices

    Rural Development


  • REC extends Rs 487-cr aid for AP
  • Nabard prefers SHG linkage model for micro finance

    SSI


  • Sivakasi trade opposes CST notification
  • IBM scheme to tap SME customers

    Satyam Computer Services Ltd


  • Satyam forms think tank for strategic deals

    Say Cheek


  • Tears over onion

    Science & Technology


  • Scientific community told to educate society
  • `Indo-Dutch science, tech pact to be announced in 3 months'

    Sensor


  • Bank stocks surge in volatile trade

    Shipping


  • Seabird imports sheep embryo shipment
  • Panel identifies feasible route for Kochi-Vallarpadam rail link
  • Concor to run regular services between Kolkata, Narayangunj

    Soaps & Detergents


  • Nirma Ltd profit soars

    Society & Development


  • Scientific community told to educate society

    Software


  • Brand Bangalore IT's abode
  • QuEST plans IPO to fund overseas buys
  • HTMT restores operations in Bangalore
  • Mastek to hire 1,500 this year
  • Tanner EDA signs on TechForce
  • Intelligroup deploys suite for Telik
  • TCS launches Chennai centre for infrastructure management & BPO
  • Satyam, partner for Valvoline Cummins
  • Satyam forms think tank for strategic deals
  • `Infosys complies with SOX Act'
  • HCL Tech net up 68 pc; keeps growth forecast
    Large deal strategy pays off; $50-m clients in fold

    Spices & Condiments


  • Global demand for vanilla yet to pick up

    Sports


  • Pulling ahead

    Standards & Benchmarks


  • White arecanut prices on the rise
    Lack of quality areca, curbs on imports cited as reasons

    Stock Markets


  • Dewan Housing betting on biz prospects
  • Intra-day short sales to improve liquidity in securities market
  • Sensex eases from peak level, closes 70 points up
  • Capital market exposure limit for banks hiked
  • Logical; may not impact stock prices
  • You can trade soon on Nokia mobiles
  • Banks' capital market exposure to go up Rs 1,000 cr: Reddy
    `It's rationalisation not restriction'

    Stocks


  • Market positive; bank stocks surge

    Strategy


  • `Plan 140' helps Coimbatore BSNL post growth
  • Cartoon Network bid to expand product merchandising biz
  • Advergame, an `effective way of communication'
  • You can trade soon on Nokia mobiles
  • IBM scheme to tap SME customers

    Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd


  • Patent battle with J&J — A legal win for Sun Pharma in US generic drug market

    Supply Chain Management


  • Concor to run regular services between Kolkata, Narayangunj
  • Patel Roadways to foray into third-party logistics services

    Tamil Nadu


  • Two more reactors for Koodankulam
  • Integrated textile park planned in TN
  • Govt must fix PLR too, says TEA
  • Sivakasi trade opposes CST notification
  • `Plan 140' helps Coimbatore BSNL post growth
  • Picture framing - machines do the job now
  • `Shed hesitant mindset'

    Tata Chemicals Ltd


  • Tata Chem net profit rises 44 pc on increased sales

    Tata Consultancy Services Ltd


  • TCS launches Chennai centre for infrastructure management & BPO

    Tata Motors Ltd


  • Tata Motors foresees good growth in sales
  • Higher sales drive Tata Motors — Second-quarter net profit rises 9 pc

    Taxation


  • Sivakasi trade opposes CST notification
  • Drive to recover tax dues in Kerala

    Technical Analysis


  • Volatile movement

    Technology


  • `Auto sector's future lies in hydrogen tech'

    Telecommunications


  • Tata Teleservices subscribers touch 5 lakh in Karnataka
  • `Plan 140' helps Coimbatore BSNL post growth
  • Spectrum row: Plan for joint working group put on hold
  • Tata Indicom celebrations in AP
  • You can trade soon on Nokia mobiles

    Textiles


  • Integrated textile park planned in TN
  • Moderate rise in Indo-Rama Textiles profit
  • Gokaldas H1 net up 22 pc at Rs 30 cr

    Trade & Labour Unions


  • Streamline core banking system, unions tell SBI

    Trends


  • Tears over onion

    Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd


  • VSNL posts flat growth in Q2

    Water


  • Water levels decline slightly in Kerala reservoirs



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