![]() Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Tuesday, October 25, 2005 |
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INDUSTRY & ECONOMY CLIMATE & WEATHER Fresh rain alert for Tamil Nadu, AP coast NORTH Tamil Nadu and south coastal Andhra Pradesh are in line to get a hammering from waves of rain bands spawned by a fresh upper air cyclonic that took shape over the southwest Bay of Bengal on Monday. This system could well be the prelude ... More CONSUMER ELECTRONICS Philips eyes over Rs 1,200 cr turnover To focus on home entertainment PHILIPS Electronics India Ltd expects sales of DVD to cross eight lakh units, while colour televisions (CTV) could cross seven lakh units, taking its turnover beyond Rs 1,200 crore. "We are adding one new segment every year and if it was DVDs ... More ECONOMY We will take steps to rein in inflation: Chidambaram A DAY ahead of the mid-term review of the Credit Policy, the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, has said that the Government and Reserve Bank of India would take steps to keep inflation within moderate levels. He said that in the near term ... More ENGINEERING Indian cos bag $1-m contracts at Mexico engineering fair THE Engineering Export Promotion Council (EEPC), at its recently concluded three-day Indian engineering exhibition (Indee 2005) in Mexico, besides generating serious enquiries, concluded contracts worth over $1 million. Some 150 Indian ... More ENVIRONMENT DSCL Energy, Agrinergy enter pact for emission reduction solutions EYEING the high potential in carbon trading in the country, DSCL Energy Services Company Ltd (DSCL ES) and the UK-based Agrinergy Ltd have joined hands to offer end-to-end clean development mechanism (CDM) solutions to Indian companies. The ... More FERTILISERS Fertiliser output in August close to target FERTILISER production in the month of August was as per the target set by the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers, according to an official release. The estimated production of fertilisers during the month stood at 17.98 lakh tonnes of urea ... More FOREIGN TRADE
India, Mauritius sign preferential trade pactINDIA and Mauritius today signed a Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) to help increase the island nation's exports to India and provide India with the opportunity to tap into African markets. The agreement was signed by officials of the two ... More
Trade with EU up 30 pc in first four months PETROLEUM Oil price to increase fiscal burden, warns RBI THE Reserve Bank of India has repeated its warning that unless the Government passes on the increase in international oil prices to the domestic market, it will pose a significant risk to the country's fiscal situation. "The hike in ... More PHARMACEUTICALS Govt to consider compulsory licensing of bird flu drugs today TOP Government officials from the Ministries of Health, Chemicals and Fertilisers, Industry and Animal Husbandry are likely to take stock of the spread of bird flu in India and the availability of medicines on Tuesday. Speaking to newspersons ... More
Experts pool soon for evaluation of clinical R&D data TAXATION Exempt `foreign dividend' from tax in India: FICCI THE Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry has suggested to the Government that dividends received by an Indian company from its investments in the shares of foreign companies should be exempt from tax in India. Similarly, the ... More
SBT launches e-payment of taxes
KCCI to hold meet on Nov 5 on future course of agitation COAL Coal India mining to be fully mechanised by 2017 COAL India Ltd (CIL) has plans to convert the present mix of manual, semi-manual and mechanised underground (UG) mining in favour of 100 per cent mechanised mines by 2017. The current available methods - long-wall and board & pillar (B& More PERSONAL PRODUCTS L'Oreal to tackle pricing pressure through stock keeping units TRYING to strike a balance in its pricing strategy for the Indian market, `L'Oreal India Private Ltd believes that by introducing more stock keeping units (SKU's) it will be able to tide over the steep pricing of its products. Mr Ashwin ... More
FMCG sector buoyancy to continue: Adi Godrej EDUCATION Global biz schools to take part in XLRI annual fest in Kolkata ENSEMBLE, the annual management fest organised by XLRI Jamshedpur, is set to reach out to foreign business schools this year. The forthcoming event, which will feature leading Indian business schools and top companies, will receive some ... More INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS Govt urged to take steps to revive plantation sector Structural changes will have to happen in the regulatory and legal structure binding the industry and in the development and marketing strategies. More FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT Govt plans to allow PIO participation in aviation The Finance and Commerce Ministries are said to be favourably inclined towards the move to include PIO as NRIs. More
Foreign equity holders in cellular cos may up stake RURAL DEVELOPMENT ABN-Amro plans to expand micro-financing to Rs 400 cr ABN-AMRO Bank is planning to lend Rs 400 crore to 10 lakh women through micro-finance institutions (MFIs) by the end of 2008. Speaking to newspersons on the occasion of the inauguration of the 22nd branch of the bank at Mangalore on Monday, Mr ... More ENTERTAINMENT & LEISURE `Global entertainment biz to gravitate to Asia' India may garner $200 b, says Shekhar Kapur THE global entertainment industry, projected to touch a whopping $1.8 trillion by 2015, is gravitating towards the Asian region, and India has the potential to garner a chunk of it about $200 billion. Riding on the emerging digital ... More EXPORTS & IMPORTS India to import onions from China, Pak IN a bid to check spiralling onion prices, India will import 2,000 tonnes of onion from China and 650 tonnes from Pakistan, through the State procurement agency, National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation (Nafed). Onion imports ... More
Tsunami effect: Shrimp exports to US take a hit NATURAL CALAMITIES
Wipro, HTMT offices on Hosur Road floodedONE of the offices of WiproLtd has been completely cut off because of heavy rains which caused flooding. The company today said it has put in place "a well-documented and tested disaster recovery, business continuity and contingency management ... More ALTERNATIVE MEDICINES Testing for heavy metals in herbal medicine exports made mandatory AFTER health regulators in the UK and Canada issued warnings on the presence of heavy metals in certain Ayurvedic and Unani products, the Health Ministry has made it mandatory for exporters of such medicines to test for heavy metals like ... More Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
Top Stories In Focus Indian Aviation: Sky is the limit Stock splits India Inc's bonus bonanza Dabhol power regenerated Sethusamudram Canal Project India Inc's overseas acquisition
In Depth Gender Justice Simple Economics Tax Talk
Looking back Oct. 16-Oct. 22 Vegoil tariff values raised by $10-24/t UK, Australian firms in race to be legal advisors for Iran pipeline project No response from Indian firms Shipping Ministry steers for an India-owned LNG fleet Time for India to draw FDI into R&D Antibiotics segment ailing due to high input costs Staffing cos may soon pip IT firms in job market More pharma patent litigations in store Ranbaxy, Dr Reddy's prepare for long battle India watching PetroKazakh revamp Panel to examine compulsory licensing of bird flu drug Mid-size sedans in the fast lane Bio-diesel card being overplayed a little; cautious monitoring of market needed H1 exports up 20 pc; trade deficit widens Domestic companies fuelling growth in insulin segment Spate of natural calamities turns worrisome Insurers to scale up CAT cover D&B index predicts optimistic outlook for Q4 South likely to have more wet spell H1 gem & jewellery exports up 20.73 pc Online auction to help discover price for carbon credits Rlys to plant jatropha for captive use Minister seeks private participation 5 lakh bales cotton contracted for exports NTC case: Maharashtra not to appeal, says CM Crude oil output dips by 7.3% in Sept High margins trigger increase in soya oil imports Sports channels have to share telefeed with Prasar Bharati Cabinet clears uplinking, downlinking policy Global benchmarks in manufacturing Indian arms of MNCs show the way Cabinet gives in-principle nod for IBP-IOC merger Steel cos likely to sustain growth on robust volumes Crude, metals to remain firm in Q4 Operating cost of new vehicles goes up with fuel prices: J.D. Power Most rubber estates may not get carbon credit Consumer durables sector sees pick-up in sales Govt chalking out plan for joint overseas bidding by oil PSUs |
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