The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Rising onion prices leave consumers in tears
Onion prices on Monday zoomed to unprecedented levels, with rates crossing Rs 60 a kg at agricultural produce marketing yards ...

Top 10 advance taxpayers' payout increases 15%
ONGC set to pip SBI to be on top of the league. ONGC has widened its lead over State Bank of India (SBI) in terms of advance tax payout and is well on course to emerge as the top advance taxpayer for the current fiscal, dislodging the country's ...

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Tata Chem's UK arm acquires British Salt for Rs 650 crore
Tata Chemicals' wholly-owned UK arm, Brunner Mond, has acquired UK's leading pure dried vacuum salt manufacturer British Salt for Rs 650 crore ...

Domestic air traffic soars in Nov despite hike in fares
Despite high last-minute airfares, the seven domestic airlines flew 48.75 lakh passengers in November, the highest carriage recorded during a single month this ...

How a blog paying system became WikiLeaks' only financial source
Imagine a Facebook “Like” button, which rather than simply allowing you to express your approval of a blog, photograph or video online, would dole out a small amount of your cash to its author too. That's the idea behind Flattr, ...

‘Green shoots' may set off reverse migration of labour
Sprouting of ‘green shoots' back home could lead migrant labour in South India to return, according to Sundaram BNP Paribas ...

BlackBerry maker offers cloud-based monitoring
Home Affairs Ministry agrees to Research In Motion's solution. In what could be a relief to all BlackBerry users, the deadlock between security agencies and the device-maker is heading for ...

Ranbaxy venture wins $133-m HIV drug supply order in S. Africa
Drugs to be supplied over the next 2 years. Pharma major Ranbaxy Laboratories on Monday said that its South Africa-based joint venture, Sonke Pharmaceuticals, has won Rand 913.5 million ($133 million) order in that country for supplying ...

J&J to roll out Nicorette from this week
QUIT SMOKING. Smokers looking to give up the habit have one more alternative to choose from, with Johnson & Johnson Ltd set to bring in Nicorette, its sugar-free nicotine gum that helps reduce ...

Azim Premji varsity to hire 4,500 in next 5 years
Azim Premji University, which will be operational from the academic year 2011, plans to hire 4,500 people in the next five years. The hunt is on for deans, professors ...

SKS plunges to all-time low
AP's Bill on regulating MFIs to affect co's performance. The stock of SKS Microfinance Ltd has declined to an all-time low on the Bombay Stock Exchange on Monday to close at ...

Hero Honda recovers on brokerages upgrade
Co clarifies spilt in joint venture will lead to decline in its royalty payments. Shares of Hero Honda rose 18 per cent on Monday - the most since May 2009 - after the company management on Thursday said that the spilt in the joint venture will ...

Rainy New Year likely for north-west, central India
Dawn of the New Year may herald a burst of isolated to scattered showers over parts of northwest India and adjoining ...