Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
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INDUSTRY & ECONOMY AUTOMOBILES Bangalore to be Volvo's hub for Asia VOLVO has chosen Bangalore as its hub for truck product development and for sourcing of components for Asia. Volvo's product development unit, 3P, will focus on building India as a base for truck development aimed at supporting strategic ... More FERTILISERS Govt yet to decide on DAP subsidy The Government is importing DAP in large quantities through State channels and is effectively paying a higher subsidy for imported DAP compared to domestically produced DAP since the last quarter. More FOREIGN TRADE India, US likely to ink R&D, agri pacts during Bush visit DURING the maiden visit of the US President, Mr George Bush, India and the US are expected to see greater collaborations being forged in the fields of agriculture and knowledge economy. According to sources, India is also likely to accede at ... More HEALTH `Company hasn't supplied any infected chicks' MR O. P. Singh, Chief Executive Officer of Venkateshwara Hatcheries, has categorically stated that the company, per se, has not received any show-cause notices from the District Magistrate of Nandurbar. Mr Singh told presspersons on Tuesday ... More
Task force set up to tackle bird flu in AP HOTELS Shrishti, InterContinental to set up 5-star hotel in Kolkata SHRISHTI Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (SIDCL), jointly with HUDCO, has tied up with the InterContinental Hotels Group Plc to set up a Rs 400-crore five-star hotel at New Town, Kolkata. The foundation stone laying ceremony has ... More
Portal to search serviced apartments PSU Air India places $2-b order for GE engines AIR India has signed an agreement with GE Aviation for the purchase of GE engines valued at more than $2.2 billion at list price to power its new Boeing 777 and 787 fleets. The agreement was signed today at the Asian Aerospace show in ... More
Indian Airlines firming up plans for Alliance Air
NMDC exploring gold mining in Tanzania PETROLEUM GAIL issues notice to IPCL on gas supply pact GAIL (India) Ltd today said that it has served a notice to IPCL stating that supplies to the company would be disconnected if the latter does not sign a revised gas supply agreement. GAIL supplies 1.03 million standard cubic metre per day ... More POWER 
Pvt players keen on ultra mega power projectsThe Government's plan to set up five `ultra mega' thermal power projects of 4,000 MW each has generated considerable interest among private players. A host of top companies, including Tata Energy, Aditya Birla Group, RPG Group, Reliance ... More TAXATION Bankers seek lower service tax on credit cards IF bankers' Budget wishes are fulfilled, their credit card customers may no longer scream at their bills. If not a waiver, at least a reduction in service tax is what a clutch of banks is seeking from the Finance Minister. The service tax levy ... More
Lahiri panel proposes uniform duty for refined oil products SSI SMERA bags 200 applications for ratings SMERA (SME Rating Agency of India Ltd) has so far clocked 200 applications for ratings, a good portion of which are referrals from banks. SMERA, which seeks to provide an independent assessment of a small and medium enterprise (SME), now ... More COAL Ministry asks Coal India to pay Rs 800-cr dividend THE Finance Ministry has asked Coal India Ltd (CIL) to pay Rs 800 crore as dividend for fiscal 2005-06 before the end of the current financial year. Of this the Ministry has asked for Rs 600 crore as special dividend and another Rs 200 crore as ... More RADIO/TV 4 new FM stations planned in AP HYDERABAD: Andhra Pradesh will have four FM radio stations at Kakinada, Karimnagar, Srikakulam and Nellore by the end of the 10th Plan period. Also a radio station and studio are technically ready at Macherla, but awaiting staff ... More EDUCATION IBM, Visvesvaraya varsity tie up BANGALORE: IBM India and Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) have signed a memorandum of association that will enable IBM employees pursue M.Tech programme in computer science in Karnataka. Mr Harish Grama, Vice-President, IBM ... More
ICFAI PG diploma courses MEDICAL & SURGICAL EQUIPMENTS Chinese cos eye Indian medical products market AFTER flooding India with toys, plastic products, and many other sundry goods, Chinese companies are now looking at a high-end, specialised segment - medical and health products. One of the major reasons for them to enter the huge Indian ... More MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS & HOSPITALS Multi-speciality hospital for women opened near Kochi SUNRISE Hospital, a multi-speciality hospital for women, has started functioning at suburban Kakkanad. The hospital aims to provide tertiary care in obstetrics, gynaecology, paediatrics and trauma. This is one of the few hospitals in the ... More BIO-TECH & GENETICS Seminar on DNA tech HYDERABAD: The Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) and the Association for Promotion of DNA Fingerprinting and other DNA Technologies (ADNAT) are jointly organising a two-day symposium on RNAi and microRNA in Development of ... More SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ISRO Director to head UN space panel DR B.N. Suresh, Director of the Indian Space Research Organisation's launch vehicle activity hub, the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, has been elected by consensus to head a sub-committee of the UN body on space. A joint Asian nominee, Dr ... More FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT Sectoral issues need to be addressed for FDI inflow, says American Chamber Due to the barriers to FDI, India is able to attract only $5 billion from the US, whereas China gets about $60 billion. More HUMAN RESOURCES Retail talent crisis: Head-hunters combing all sectors THE Indian employment market has never witnessed such intense combing operations before. The retail industry is giving out impossible mandates, while head-hunters are in a scramble, scouting every possible related sector to source talent: At ... More CORPORATE GOVERNANCE SEBI fiat to exchanges on compliance by cos THE Securities and Exchange Board of India has informed the Government that the stock exchanges are required to give their consolidated compliance reports on the revised clause 49 of the listing agreement by May 31 this year. The Union Company ... More TRADE & LABOUR UNIONS Jute mill workers go on strike VISAKHAPATNAM: Workers of three jute mills in Vizianagaram district under the Kolkata-based Hooghly Jute Mills - Aruna, East Coast and Bobbili - have decided to go on strike from Wednesday, as wage negotiations have failed. There ... More EVENTS 
Kalam wants more Indian cos in Fortune 500THE President, Mr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, on Tuesday urged more Indian companies to make it to the Fortune 500 list by becoming brand institutions. He said that righteousness and indomitable spirit are the key qualities that make a corporate ... More
Project management meet at Hyderabad ENTREPRENEURSHIP Coir Board to launch entrepreneur development programme in Amalapuram THE Coir Board, in association with the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, is organising a three-day entrepreneur development programme at S.K.B.R College in Amalapuram in East Godavari from Wednesday, said Mr T.P Padmanabhan, ... More EXPORTS & IMPORTS Hectic lobbying on by vegoil refiners against cheap imports Reports that the Ministry of Finance is engaged in a serious exercise to re-impose excise duty on manufacture of refined oils are doing the rounds. More
TOURISM 'Malaysia to make visa issuance for India easier' NEW DELHI: Malaysia is looking at ways to make issuance of visa to Indians more attractive and convenient, the Deputy Director General, Tourism Malaysia, Mr Mirza Mohammad Taiyab, has said. "We are trying to see whether the visa can be ... More
Kerala Tourism unveils norms for tourists, operators PEOPLE AIR chief is VP of CBA NEW DELHI: The Director General of All India Radio, Mr Brijeshwar Singh, has been appointed the Vice-President of the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association (CBA). Mr Abu Bakar Jijiwa, Director General, Voice of Nigeria, has been elected ... More Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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Looking back Feb. 12-Feb. 18 Weather insurance slow to gain acceptance in India Women score high in micro finance Trade margins on generic drugs to be capped at 50 pc — No levies on medicines for cancer and HIV/AIDS IIMs may opt for uniform fee for PGP courses — Hike in fees on cards Pak out-prices India in white rice exports — But par-boiled still holds promise Iron ore exports: Raking up problems Soyabean oil imports turn cheaper than crude palm oil `Strengthening quarantine dept, pest risk analysis can check fruits imports' Passenger car sales up 8.3 pc in Jan Finance Minister likely to announce measures to improve tax clinics Weather concerns worry shrimp exporters — Arrivals likely to be delayed by a month Survey throws light on poor state of school education $14-17/t hike in tariff values for veg oils Digital imaging catches on in Indian film industry `Service tax inflow may touch Rs 23,000 crore' Cabinet gives nod for voting rights for NRIs SEBI debars Warner Multimedia, 12 entities CSO puts software sector's contribution to GDP at 2.7 pc Car prices may not come down after Budget Rs 50,000 crore investments likely from Gulf countries Jute industry concerned over rising imports |
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