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VSNL cuts bandwidth prices
Plans 2 new submarine cables to link with US, Europe, Asian countries More

Move to amend textile labour laws
Flexibility will boost competitiveness, capacity utilisation, says Vaghela More

A tale of two cereals
Non-basmati exports rising steadily; to cross $1 b this year More

Bharti inks $1-b network expansion deal with Ericsson
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Meet on VAT compensation package soon
Keen to sort out difference of opinion More

ONGC, Shell in talks for upgradation of Kalol field
Shell likely to make investments in the project More

Bosch India plans to add 1,000 employees every year
Bosch envisions the future of Indian cars with more silicon and is increasing its focus on automotive electronic control units. More

Southern flour mills strike deal to buy Australian wheat
Willing to pay more for quality produce; deal as part of import arrangements More

Oil products consumption up 0.4 pc in July
The month of July saw a 0.4 per cent increase in consumption of oil products in the country. According to a Union Petroleum Ministry data, fuel sales rose to 8.97 million tonne (mt) in July from 8.93 mt in the same month last year. Sale of ... More

Sun Micro launches ControlCentre in Chennai
Provides alerts to Sun's customers of any impending problem More

Bangalore races to become No.1 wireless hotspot
The Karnataka Government expects to see wireless broadband connectivity in the whole of Bangalore in a year's time, affirmed Mr Anup K. Pujari, Principal Secretary to Government, IT and BT, speaking at a summit on Internationalisation of the Web ... More

Barclays scouts for more buys
The UK-based Barclays Bank is looking for "a number of small acquisitions" in India, Mr Jason Nisse, Public Relations Director, told Business Line. These acquisitions will support "our mainly organic expansion in India," he said in an ... More

Buying at lower levels props up Sensex; metals shine
The markets opened lower tracking the weak global markets, but thanks to bottom-fishing and buying at lower levels the indices recovered more than what they shed during the early trade. Sustained buying in both the large cap and other select ... More

Paper stocks up on price rise talk
Paper stocks have been active of late on market expectation of a rise in product prices. JK Paper on Wednesday informed a hike of Rs 1,000 a tonne on coated paper from September 1. Stocks such as Seshasayee Paper (11.3 per cent), JK Paper (9.8 ... More

Helios jumps on bonus hopes
The Helios and Matheson stock has been surging at the stock market with increased trading volumes. The stock has gained 16 per cent week-on-week basis and 36 per cent on a month-on-month basis. Trading volumes moved up to 2.35 lakh shares against ... More

`Low' could hit monsoon withdrawal schedule
Will have forced the eastern end of the trough to shift southwards More


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