The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, December 31, 2005

BSNL cuts fixed line rental by 28% — AirTel, Tata Tele snip cell rates
IT'S New Year's eve and telecom operators could not be far behind in adding to the consumer's party. While state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd has announced a drop in monthly rental for fixed line telephones by 28 per cent, Bharti ... More

Pepsi exploring to enter `white' beverages
"It would definitely be a value-added product where we could create a niche for ourselves." More

INSIGHT

THE YEAR THAT WAS
FMCGs: The return to growth
FAST moving consumer goods once again began flying off the shelves in 2005, shaking off a three-year trend of snail-paced growth. And returning growth was only part of the story. The marketplace also saw evolutionary changes — a shift ... More

ADVERTISING

Tax on Google's sale of website space for display of ads
GOOGLE Online India Private Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Google International LLC in the US, submitted an application before the Authority for Advance Rulings (AAR), New Delhi (Central Excise, Customs and Service ... More

MRTPC restrains Cello from airing comparative ads
THE Monopolies & Restrictive Trade Practices Commission has asked Cello Pens and Stationery Pvt Ltd, which makes Maxriter and Pin Point pens, not to telecast an advertisement in which it compares its product with that of another ... More

RETAILING

Jindal Stainless lifestyle unit to open 25 outlets
THE lifestyle products division of Jindal Stainless Ltd (JSL), artd'inox, is on an expansion mode. It plans to open 25 new outlets spread across the country by 2006 and a store each in Dubai and Colombo. Under brand artd'inox, the company ... More

Panel on food processing discusses FDI in retail
THE Group of Ministers on food processing sector on Thursday discussed a host of matters relating to the sector's growth, including the issue of foreign direct investment (FDI) in retail and tax sops to be extended in the forthcoming Budget. ... More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES

CUB's multiple benefits plan
CITY Union Bank (CUB) has launched depository participant services and announced an insurance-linked deposit scheme, the CUB-multiple benefits plan. Speaking at the launch, Mr S. Balasubramanian, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, CUB, said ... More

IOB to sell gold coins
INDIAN Overseas Bank proposes to retail gold coins, with an eye on the commission income. The bank's Chairman and Managing Director, Mr T.S. Narayanasami, estimates the income at Rs 10 crore in the first full year of the plan's ... More

Brand Quest

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