The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, November 11, 2006

STRATEGY
Havas Sports' gameplan for India
Game plan includes setting up an Indian tennis season, conducting a 20/20 cricket tournament and promoting sports tourism in the country More

Airlines set to scrap dual pricing
Foreigners can look forward to flying at reduced rates with the three full-service domestic airlines Jet Airways, Air Sahara and Indian. While Jet Airways did away with differentiation in fares that a foreigner and an Indian passenger would pay ... More

Jamaica tourism targets India via cricket cup
Tourist Board use World Cup `07 as platform for promotion More

M-COMMERCE
Telemarketers may soon sell insurance policies
You could soon be courted by a telemarketer to buy an insurance policy once the regime of free pricing (detariffing) of general insurance policies gets under way, thinks Mr Dalip Verma, Managing Director of Tata AIG General Insurance Company. ... More

EVENTS
BrandScan to be held in Manipal
BrandScan, a market research programme conceptualised and organised by students of T.A. Pai Management Institute (TAPMI), Manipal, will be held at Manipal in Udupi district on November 18 and 19. A press release by Mr S. Bharath, Convenor of ... More

PROMOTIONS & OFFERS
A perfect fit
NEW PARTNERSHIP: Mr Ravi Naware, Divisional Chief Executive, ITC Ltd's Foods Division, and cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, at a press conference to announce a partnership to promote a new brand of health food in the name Sunfeast Sachin's Fit Kit, in ... More

MARKET SHARES
Low-cost airlines capture 27.1 pc share in Jan-Sept
But Jet Airways continues to dominate domestic market More

RETAILING
Trinethra plans to open hypermarket in Mysore
Looking at tier-II towns for next stage of growth More

Microsoft CEO visits Reliance `Fresh'
The Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft Corporation, Mr Steve Ballmer, now on an India tour, took some time out of his busy schedule to visit Reliance Industries' recently launched `Fresh' outlet in Banjara Hills, here on Friday. The main ... More

Big Bazar to add more stores
After opening its fourth store in Ahmedabad, Big Bazar, the value retailing concept of Pantaloon Retail (India) Ltd, part of the Kishore Biyani-promoted Future Group, on Friday announced its plans to open 75 to 80 new stores ... More

BRANDS
Raymond, Italian co Grotto to set up 50:50 joint venture
`GAS' brand to be launched in India More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES
Bio-Rad launches HIV test kits
Bio-Rad India has launched ULTRA test kits for HIV, Hepatitis B & C virus, which greatly decreases detection time. Current systems take around 25 days to detect antibody in HIV patients. According to Mr Dhiren Wagle, Country ... More

NIIT launches NetworkLABS
NIIT has announced the launch of NetworkLABS, a specialised training programme that caters to learners in networking and infrastructure management technologies. "The industry is facing an acute shortage of skilled ... More

Dassault tool for SMEs
Dassault Systems announced the launch of SmarTeam Design Express (SDE) for Multi-CAD (computer aided design) for small to medium sized businesses (SMBs). SDE lets manufacturers fully implement an optimised collaborative product ... More

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Looking back
Oct. 29-Nov. 4
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