The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, August 16, 2005

ITC launches new greeting cards collection `Expressions Regalia'
IN a bid to give a special thrust to its greeting cards, gifting and stationery business prior to the festival season, ITC has launched a new corporate gift collection `Expressions Regalia'. Mr R. Srinivasan, Member, Corporate Management ... More

HPCL Visakha plans petrochem complex
HPCL Visakha Refinery is planning to set up a refinery and petrochemical complex outside the refinery area with the support of MNCs, according to the General Manager-in-charge, Mr A.S. Rao. He was speaking at the Independence Day function in ... More

BHPV bags Rs 278-cr orders
VISAKHAPATNAM: Bharat Heavy Plate and Vessels Ltd here has work orders worth Rs 278 crores and is shortly expecting orders worth Rs 300 crores, according to Mr I.S.S.S. Ganesh, General Manager (Finance). He was speaking at the ... More

INSIGHT

Illiquid stocks — They may be shunned by the market but they reward their shareholders
NOT all the 3,000 of the 5,000 listed stocks that are not traded on a given day represent companies without operations. There are many that are quite profitable and, what is more, have backed their performance with good dividend payouts. A ... More

REGULATORY BODIES & RULINGS

Corporates can't bypass jurisdictional zonal benches, says CESTAT
CORPORATES may no longer find it easy to bypass the jurisdictional Zonal Benches and approach the Principal Bench of Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) in New Delhi in appeal against the orders of the Commissioners of ... More

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES

Dredging Corp plans joint ventures for Sethu project
THE Dredging Corporation of India (DCI) is striving to become globally competitive and to that end, it has hired a reputed consultant to suggest areas of improvement, according to Mr N.K Gupta, Chairman and Managing Director. He said, at the ... More

SOCIETY & DEVELOPMENT

DRL launches plan for underprivileged youth
DR REDDY'S Foundation (DRF), the corporate social responsibility arm of pharma major Dr Reddy's Laboratories Ltd, has launched a new programme `Learning Studio' towards ensuring upward career mobility and development for the alumni of LABS spread ... More

Satyam's non-profit group rolls out emergency service
THE Emergency Management Research Institute (EMRI), a non-profit society, has launched a round-the-clock emergency response service to provide timely help in situations that threaten life and property. The response service will cover ... More

PERFORMANCE

Falling prices hit Salem Steel exports
Steel experts had forecast that stainless steel prices in the global market would continue to remain dull. A combination of several factors including high inventories and summer holidays in northern hemisphere would keep the prices down. More

`70 pc foreign cos making profits from Indian operations'
THE Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry's (FICCI) annual survey on foreign direct investment finds that 70 per cent of the foreign companies are making profits from their Indian operations and 84 per cent of the surveyed ... More

TRENDS

Covering one's back
THERE is an impression that it is only the government officials who record everything in writing, document every conversation with peers, bosses, politicians and outsiders, as a measure of self-protection. But such self-preservation ... More

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