The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, September 13, 2005

Bharti-Changi pulls out of airport project
THE Government's ambitious programme for modernisation and restructuring of Delhi and Mumbai airports has run into a rough patch. On Monday, one of the bidders, the Bharti Group expressed its inability to participate in the project because its ... More

Bandwidth rates in India among highest — TRAI justifies price regulation
The move has been opposed by VSNL, which controls nearly 80 per cent of the bandwidth market. More

Sensex climb continues, touches 8,138
IT was the seventh consecutive day of record high and ninth day of rise for the stock markets on Monday. Continued buying by institutional investors, foreign and domestic, and expectation of sound corporate earnings season ahead contributed to ... More

JP Morgan in talks to buy stake in Andhra Cements
JP Morgan is in talks with Mr G.P. Goenka for picking up approximately 15 per cent stake in Andhra Cements Ltd, the ailing cement producer. JP Morgan is aiming at precisely 14.95 per cent of the company's equity, sources close to the ... More

Negative growth in electricity, mining pulls down IIP in July
NEGATIVE growth in the electricity and mining sectors in July this year lowered the overall growth in industrial production to 6.7 per cent against 8.5 per cent in July 2004, according to an official release. On a cumulative basis, however, the ... More

Home textiles - the next big opportunity
AFTER garments, home furnishing is emerging as the next hot destination for textile players. Exports of home textiles - bed, bath and kitchen linen - have zoomed over the past six months, after the dismantling of quotas, sparking off a ... More

Ranbaxy guns for Pfizer's $12-b cholesterol drug — Generic cos watch blockbuster battle closely
IT is the mother of all patent challenges, quips an analyst closely watching the development of Ranbaxy's onslaught on Pfizer's $12-billion cholesterol drug Lipitor. Whether or not success is scripted in favour of Ranbaxy, the case is becoming ... More