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Agriculture

  • Kharif sowing lags despite monsoon revival

    Airlines

  • Air India Express plans to hike fares by 15%
  • Air India hikes fares by 10%; Deccan holds back
  • Jet Lite announces special advance fares

    Andhra Pradesh

  • Infrastructure sector sees Govt capacity to invest weakening
  • Cherma’s retail to expand across AP
  • Centre keen on public-private model for infrastructure growth

    Announcements

  • Adani in power purchase deal with Maharashtra State Electricity Co

    Automobiles

  • Bumpy ride for auto companies in July

    Bajaj Auto Ltd

  • Bajaj Auto forks out Rs 500 cr to settle Akurdi workers’ dues

    Banking

  • ‘Banks to see moderate credit growth’

    Breweries

  • Govt sets up National Wine Board

    Broadband

  • Wireless broadband policy announced

    Cars

  • GM puts off Hummer, Cadillac launch plans
  • Toyota’s small car may be high speed, not low cost

    Cashew

  • Q1 cashew nut shell liquid exports drop

    Ceramics

  • Asian Granito net up 49%

    Chemicals

  • GACL net rises 7.9%

    Cinema

  • IPL kept PVR’s audiences away from theatres in Q1

    Climate & Weather

  • Kharif sowing lags despite monsoon revival
  • July rain deficit contained to 17.6%
  • Partial eclipse

    Coke & Metalurgical Coke

  • Goa Carbon lines up Rs 700-cr investment

    Commentary

  • Markets this week

    Commodity Commentary

  • Vegoil prices on the decline; consumers to benefit

    Commodity Exchanges

  • NMCE launches new futures series
  • Pepper futures up on tight supply

    Consumer Electronics

  • Inflation, dearer money see slowdown in durables sales

    Convergence

  • Increased competition for Indian players
  • Scarce resource, auction mode, windfall for govt
  • Aggressive plans for affordable 3G devices
  • Advantage BSNL, MTNL
  • What is 3G
  • Get set for high-speed wireless connectivity
  • Operators eye more revenues from 3G services

    Credit Cards & Debit Cards

  • ‘Rising credit card defaults worrisome’

    Credit Market

  • ‘Banks to see moderate credit growth’

    Cultivation

  • Kharif sowing lags despite monsoon revival

    Diversified

  • Kesoram opts for ECB of Rs 460 cr
  • Visaka Industries Q1 net up at Rs 14.64 cr

    E-Governance

  • Higher IT e-returns filed

    Economy

  • July rain deficit contained to 17.6%
  • Exports clock 23.5% rise in June amid weak global growth

    Editorial

  • Chasing shadows

    Engineering

  • Elecon Engineering net rises 15%
  • Electromech to set up facility at Sriperumbudur

    Environment

  • Accounting for people, planet and profit

    Events

  • Partial eclipse
  • Kolkata to host ICT East 2008
  • Banks asked to tap more low-cost funds

    Exports & Imports

  • Q1 cashew nut shell liquid exports drop
  • Interest subsidy on export credit to go
  • Exports clock 23.5% rise in June amid weak global growth

    Fertilisers

  • Nagarjuna Fert Q1 net down

    Financial Performance

  • IPL kept PVR’s audiences away from theatres in Q1
  • Visaka Industries Q1 net up at Rs 14.64 cr
  • Logix net at Rs 4.81 cr
  • Zylog Q1 net up 31%
  • Tough biz climate pulls Moser Baer into losses
  • Aptech standalone revenue up 18%
  • HCL Q4 net down 71% on forex losses
  • Subex posts Rs 66-cr loss in Q1 on weak Re
  • Religare standalone loss stands at Rs 8.41 cr in Q1

    Financial Services

  • Religare standalone loss stands at Rs 8.41 cr in Q1

    Fixed Deposits

  • NRE deposit rates reduced
  • Banks asked to tap more low-cost funds

    Food & Dairy Products

  • Nestle net profit up 26.5% in Q2

    Forex

  • Rupee gains 20 paise

    Gems & Jewellery

  • Shrenuj Q1 net rises 58%

    Govt Bonds

  • Bonds gain in volatile trade

    Gujarat

  • Adani in power purchase deal with Maharashtra State Electricity Co

    HCL Technologies Ltd

  • HCL Q4 net down 71% on forex losses

    Haldia

  • Haldia dock users worried over poor navigability of Hooghly

    Hardware

  • Tough biz climate pulls Moser Baer into losses

    Home Appliances

  • TTK Prestige net up 19%

    Horticulture/Fruits & Vegetables

  • Govt sets up National Wine Board

    Housing Finance

  • Chasing shadows
  • Tata Capital to enter home loans business

    IPOs

  • Raj TV uses Rs 25.06 cr of IPO proceeds
  • BSNL union plans strike over IPO

    IT Training

  • Aptech standalone revenue up 18%

    Income Tax

  • Higher IT e-returns filed

    Industry Associations

  • Chamber flays VAT paper work delays

    Infrastructure

  • Infrastructure sector sees Govt capacity to invest weakening
  • Centre keen on public-private model for infrastructure growth
  • 29 SEZ proposals cleared

    Interest Rates

  • Chasing shadows
  • Interest subsidy on export credit to go
  • Banks asked to tap more low-cost funds
  • Union Bank may hike lending rate by 50 bps
  • ING Vysya hikes PLR by 50 bps

    Jet Airways (India) Ltd

  • Jet Lite announces special advance fares

    Karnataka

  • Bangalore malls ‘bouncing back to normalcy’

    Letters

  • Serial blasts

    Life Insurance

  • Oriental Bank insurance venture

    Lifestyle

  • The economics of growing old

    Marketing Research

  • Inflation, dearer money see slowdown in durables sales

    Mergers & Acquisitions

  • Strides Arcolab completes 50.1% acquisition of Genepharm
  • Allsec to buy i2i centre

    Microscope

  • Increased competition for Indian players

    Minerals

  • Sesa Goa jumps amid volatility

    NBFCs

  • Capital adequacy norms for NBFCs hiked to 12%
  • Tata Capital to enter home loans business

    NRIs

  • NRE deposit rates reduced

    New Projects

  • Goa Carbon lines up Rs 700-cr investment
  • Electromech to set up facility at Sriperumbudur

    Non-Performing Assets

  • ‘Rising credit card defaults worrisome’

    Oilseeds & Edible Oil

  • Vegoil prices on the decline; consumers to benefit

    Oriental Bank of Commerce

  • Oriental Bank insurance venture

    Other States

  • Revival plan for Tripura tea industry

    Outlook

  • GM puts off Hummer, Cadillac launch plans
  • Texmaco joins Japanese consortium to bid for Madhepura project
  • Toyota’s small car may be high speed, not low cost

    Outsourcing

  • Allsec to buy i2i centre

    Overseas Borrowings

  • Kesoram opts for ECB of Rs 460 cr

    Overseas Investments

  • Tata Steel sets up holding co for overseas assets
  • It’s time for Titan to grow in overseas markets

    People

  • Harkishan Singh Surjeet passes away

    Performance

  • Bumpy ride for auto companies in July

    Petroleum

  • Essar Oil nets Rs 29 cr
  • Air India hikes fares by 10%; Deccan holds back
  • Ministry seeks revival of RBI’s special liquidity window for oil cos

    Pharmaceuticals

  • Dabur Pharma’s Q1 profits dip
  • WHO approves Ranbaxy’s AIDS drug
  • Strides Arcolab completes 50.1% acquisition of Genepharm

    Policy

  • Govt sets up National Wine Board
  • Mobile number portability gets nod
  • Get set for high-speed wireless connectivity
  • 29 SEZ proposals cleared
  • New defence procurement norms announced
  • Wireless broadband policy announced

    Politics

  • Harkishan Singh Surjeet passes away

    Power

  • Adani in power purchase deal with Maharashtra State Electricity Co

    Private Banks

  • ING Vysya hikes PLR by 50 bps

    Public Sector Banks

  • NRE deposit rates reduced
  • Union Bank may hike lending rate by 50 bps

    RBI & Other Central Banks

  • Interest subsidy on export credit to go
  • Ministry seeks revival of RBI’s special liquidity window for oil cos

    Radio/TV

  • Raj TV uses Rs 25.06 cr of IPO proceeds

    Railways

  • Texmaco joins Japanese consortium to bid for Madhepura project

    Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd

  • WHO approves Ranbaxy’s AIDS drug

    Real Estate & Construction

  • Ansal net dips 34% on interest cost
  • Maytas Q1 income at Rs 391 cr
  • KNR Constructions nets Rs 10.16 cr
  • IRB Infra net at Rs 54 cr

    Reassessment

  • Stay of I-T demands

    Reflections

  • The economics of growing old

    Regulatory Bodies & Rulings

  • WHO approves Ranbaxy’s AIDS drug

    Reliance Communications Ltd

  • RCom slumps as Q1 nos fail to meet expectations

    Retailing

  • Cherma’s retail to expand across AP

    Rubber

  • Spot rubber turns weak

    Security

  • New defence procurement norms announced

    Shipping

  • Haldia dock users worried over poor navigability of Hooghly

    Shopping

  • Bangalore malls ‘bouncing back to normalcy’

    Short Term Instruments

  • Call rates end higher

    Software

  • Zylog Q1 net up 31%
  • HCL Q4 net down 71% on forex losses
  • Subex posts Rs 66-cr loss in Q1 on weak Re

    Spices & Condiments

  • Pepper futures up on tight supply
  • Lower export target fixed for vanilla

    Steel

  • Tata Steel sets up holding co for overseas assets

    Stock Markets

  • Markets this week

    Stocks

  • RCom slumps as Q1 nos fail to meet expectations
  • Sesa Goa jumps amid volatility

    Strategy

  • GM puts off Hummer, Cadillac launch plans
  • Raj TV uses Rs 25.06 cr of IPO proceeds
  • It’s time for Titan to grow in overseas markets
  • Aggressive plans for affordable 3G devices

    Tamil Nadu

  • Electromech to set up facility at Sriperumbudur

    Tata Steel Ltd

  • Tata Steel sets up holding co for overseas assets

    Taxation

  • Prospective versus retrospective amendments
  • Stay of I-T demands
  • Depreciation allowances for intangible assets
  • Multiple penalties for TDS failure
  • Chamber flays VAT paper work delays

    Tea

  • Revival plan for Tripura tea industry

    Technology

  • What is 3G

    Telecommunications

  • Increased competition for Indian players
  • BSNL union plans strike over IPO
  • Scarce resource, auction mode, windfall for govt
  • Aggressive plans for affordable 3G devices
  • Mobile number portability gets nod
  • Advantage BSNL, MTNL
  • What is 3G
  • RCom slumps as Q1 nos fail to meet expectations
  • Get set for high-speed wireless connectivity
  • Operators eye more revenues from 3G services

    Terrorism

  • Serial blasts
  • Bangalore malls ‘bouncing back to normalcy’

    Trade & Labour Unions

  • Bajaj Auto forks out Rs 500 cr to settle Akurdi workers’ dues

    Two/Three Wheelers

  • Bajaj Auto forks out Rs 500 cr to settle Akurdi workers’ dues

    Watches & Accessories

  • It’s time for Titan to grow in overseas markets

    West Bengal

  • Partial eclipse
  • Kolkata to host ICT East 2008




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