Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Tuesday, April 26, 2005
Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Tuesday, April 26, 2005 |
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INDUSTRY & ECONOMY EMPLOYMENT TN companies lead in hiring confidence: Study FOR the quarter April-June 2005, companies in Tamil Nadu have expressed the highest hiring confidence, followed by Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat. Surprisingly, Karnataka, home to more than a thousand IT and ITES companies, comes seventh in the ... More CLIMATE & WEATHER `Unstable' tropics a weatherman's nightmare Tropical weather, especially the Indian monsoon, continues to be an enigma that has engaged the minds of the best meteorologists over the last few decades. More INVESTMENTS `Average earner is risk averse' The data survey may help PFRDA in finalising the contours of a new pension scheme for the informal sector. About 40,800 households from different parts of the country comprised the sample for the survey. More AWARDS & HONOURS Yudhvir award for Badri Vishal Pitti INDUSTRIALIST, art collector and social worker, the late Badri Vishal Pitti has been selected for the prestigious Yudhvir Memorial Award for 2005. Mr Pitti took part in the Quit India Movement at the age of 14. During the Hyderabad Freedom ... More FOREIGN TRADE Campco to explore Pakistan market for arecanut, cocoa TAKING advantage of the improvements in Indo-Pakistan relationship, the Central Arecanut and Cocoa Marketing and Processing Cooperative Ltd (Campco) is planning to explore the Pakistan market for its products. Addressing presspersons here on ... More HEALTH `Indian Dental Association watching developments on triclosan' THE Indian Dental Association (IDA) said on Monday that it has not issued any guidance to dentists so far on the `triclosan' issue, which is causing a stir among oral care manufacturers globally. Dr Ashok Dhoble, Honorary Secretary General of ... More PETROLEUM 
Aiyar-Chidambaram meet on petroleum price hike inconclusiveTHE much-awaited meeting between the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, and the Petroleum Minister, Mr Mani Shankar Aiyar, here on Monday to discuss the issue pertaining to hiking the petroleum product prices remained inconclusive. Speaking ... More POWER IFC commits $49 m for Himachal hydel project INTERNATIONAL Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank, has committed around $49 million of equity and debt funding to the 192 MW AD Hydro Power Ltd. — one of the first hydro power plants to be financed on a ... More TAXATION Chidambaram confident of achieving revenue targets THE Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, has expressed confidence over achieving the revenue collection targets for 2005-06. "The revenue targets for the current fiscal are aggressive, but achievable," he told newspersons after releasing the ... More
Implement VAT for tea uniformly: Tea associations
Inputs paucity in `non-VAT States' RADIO/TV Reuters to pick up 26% stake in Times Group's news channel REUTERS Ltd has decided to acquire 26 per cent equity stake in The Times Global Broadcasting Co Ltd, the news broadcasting company of The Times of India Group. The Group declined from giving details of the valuation of deal. Reuters is expected ... More
Disney chief meets Kalam EDUCATION Karnataka State Board SSLC results on Reliance mobile phones THE results of SSLC (10th standard) examination, conducted by the Karnataka State Board, will be available on Reliance India Mobile's `R World' from April 26. A Reliance Infocomm release said here on Monday that the Karnataka State Board has ... More
Rs 100 cr to be spent on Govt, municipal schools in AP CARS Small cars continue to rule the sales chart DESPITE a string of launches in the sedan segment over the past year, it was the large-volume small car segment that saw a significant improvement in sales in the year. Small cars (consisting of brands such as the Hyundai Santro, Maruti Wagon ... More AUTOMOBILE COMPONENTS `Make compliance of battery handling rules mandatory' OFTEN hauled up for non-compliance of battery management and handling rules (BMHR), which makes retrieval of used lead acid batteries mandatory, the organised sector has now turned the heat on importers and the unauthorised lead smelters and ... More REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION Prajay Engineers new township in Hyderabad HYDERABAD: Prajay Engineers Syndicated Ltd, the Hyderabad-based construction company, has announced the launch of new township - Prajay Homes, here on Sunday. In a press release here, the company said the satellite township on the ... More
Akshaya Homes proposes five IT parks
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS 
FICCI signs MoU with Virginia bodyTRADE and investment between the US State of Virginia and India will receive a shot in the arm with the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the Virginia Economic Development Partnership (VEDP) and the Federation of Indian ... More SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY IcfaiTech workshop in Hyderabad HYDERABAD: Internationally reputed scientists in the area of VLSI design participated in the two-day workshop organised by the ICFAI Institute of Science and Technology (IcfaiTech) here on Monday. In a press release, the institute said ... More MINING & QUARRYING Posco, Orissa Govt talks deadlocked over mining rights The Korean firm has sought to ship 400 million tonnes of iron ore over a period of 30 years out of a captive iron ore mine capable of supplying 600 million tonnes of ore. More IPR Now, KPO in patents AFTER software, financial services, clinical research, outsourcing IPR could soon emerge as the new KPO (knowledge process outsourcing), in which India can become a global player. With more than 100 multinationals setting up their research and ... More SOCIAL WELFARE Micro financing — NGOs can raise ECB up to $5 m THE Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has allowed non-government organisations (NGOs) involved in micro-finance activities, to go in for external commercial borrowings up to $5 million under the automatic route. In order to be eligible for ECB, the ... More HUMAN RESOURCES Plan to hike retirement age to cut EPFO pension liability TO bring down the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation's (EPFO) pension liability in the long run, the Government is considering the proposal of increasing the retirement age from 58 to 60 for those employees who are members of the Employees' ... More TRADE & LABOUR UNIONS Singareni staff strike begins HYDERABAD: Only 28 per cent of the 50,000 Singareni Collieries employees reported to duty in the first shift on the first day of the three-day token strike that began on Monday. A company spokesman told Business Line that ... More EXPORTS & IMPORTS Exim Bank loan disbursement up 64% in 2004-05 LOAN disbursement by Export Import Bank of India rose by 64 per cent to Rs 11,435 crore in 2004-05 as compared with Rs 6,957 crore in the previous year. Sanction increased by 71 per cent to Rs 15,853 crore (Rs 9,266 crore). Foreign currency ... More Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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Looking back Apr. 17-Apr. 23 `Fringe benefit tax to hit SSIs hardest' Banks offering new schemes to lure women depositors India second largest apparel exporter to US? Panel report on oil PSUs' merger likely next month Charak Pharma in pact with Russian co for liver disorder drug IISCO-SAIL merger: Montek riles Left again Power projects sans govt guarantees — FIs ready to accept alternative payment security mechanism Global consumption of finished steel products to cross 1 b tonnes CII lists anomalies in Customs duty structure Oil marketing PSUs lose Rs 1,300 cr in two weeks Gem and jewellery exports up 29 pc at $15.7 b — GJEPC prefers exemption system over refunds for VAT Bank deposits losing favour with NRIs Textile companies move to keep up with global trends It's advantage India as China plans to tax its textile exporters As global iron prices fall — Domestic steel prices likely to soften Good pre-monsoon showers may help advance cardamom picking |
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