The Hindu Business Line : Friday, July 20, 2007

AUTOMOBILES
Divergent views on interest rate impact on auto sales
Chennai, July 19 In a panel discussion organised here by TV channel CNBC AWAAZ, experts from the automobile industry differed over the impact of rising interest rates on automobile sales. Dr Pawan Goenka, President-Automotive, Mahindra ... More

COURTS/LEGAL ISSUES
Bench reserves judgment in PIL on Nandigram police firing
Kolkata, July 19 The Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court comprising the Chief Justice, Mr S.S. Nijjar, and Mr Justice P.C. Ghose today reserved judgment in the public interest suit filed relating to the police firing which took place at ... More

ECONOMY
Investment boom had begun to set in 2003-04 itself: Report
‘Deficits in physical, social infrastructure constraining growth rates’ More

ENVIRONMENT
No new power connections without CFLs
HARYANA GOES GREEN More

INFRASTRUCTURE
Smart City to go green
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GMR bags Rs 500-cr Tidco project
For developing the multi-product SEZ at Hosur More

PETROLEUM
ONGC, HPCL sign pact to share infrastructure
New Delhi, July 19 Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (ONGC) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to share infrastructure and expertise. According to a statement issued by ... More

POWER
‘Power highway only on consensus’
Thiruvananthapuram, July 19 The Koodamkulam-Madakkathara 400 KV power highway would be implemented only after evolving a consensus among the public, the Electricity Minister, Mr A.K. Balan, said in the Assembly on Thursday.Replying to ... More

TYRES
Tyre industry worried over Chinese imports
New Delhi, July 19 Close to five-and-half lakh truck and bus tyres were imported from China between April and December 2006 against just over three lakh units during the entire financial year 2005-06. Recently an article in The New ... More

MANAGEMENT
Managing SMEs demands a different mindset
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FOODS & FOOD PROCESSING
Texmaco plans Rs 1,000-cr food park venture with LMJ Intl
Kolkata, July 19 Texmaco Ltd, a K K Birla group company, is planning to set up a “food park” — an industrial zone for food processing units — at Sankrail, some 25 km off Kolkata in Howrah District.Announcing ... More

MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS & HOSPITALS
Apollo Hospitals to launch health insurance scheme
Jointly with Germany-based DKV Health Insurance More

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION
SEZ: L&T Arun Excello to start work next month
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Property co Yoo to build branded houses
Pune realtor Panchshil signs agreement for the project More

IVR Prime pegs project spend at Rs 334 cr
Hyderabad, July 19 IVR Prime Urban Developers Ltd, which is going for a public issue on July 23, will spend Rs 334 crore on the IT park, mall and hotel it is planning to build at Gachibowli.Addressing a press conference here on ... More

PAPER, BOARD & NEWSPRINT
Paper industry pins hopes on new policy
Starved of raw material the paper manufacturing industry is pinning hopes on a likely policy on Multi-Stakeholder Partnership (MSP) prepared by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest.The MSP proposed to facilitate formation of ... More

MINERALS
Export only low-grade iron ore: J.J. Irani
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FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
Quinn Hotels among 17 FDI proposals cleared
New Delhi, July 19 The Government on Thursday approved 17 foreign direct investment proposals worth Rs 589.85 crore, including a Rs 313.33-crore proposal from Sweden-based Quinn Hotels.The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) at ... More

EVENTS
Call for pvt investment in defence sector
New Delhi, July 19 Indigenous development of armament is an opportunity for private sector for which quality, safety, reliability and measurability are the criteria to qualify, said Mr A.K. Antony, Defence Minister.He was speaking at ... More

Next ACMEE meet in June 2008
Chennai, July 19 The eighth edition of ACMEE, an international machine tools and auto components exhibition organised by the Ambattur Industrial Estate Manufacturers Association (AIEMA), is scheduled to take place in June 2008. The ... More

EXPORTS & IMPORTS
Concessions not helpful: Rubber exporters
Kochi, July 19 The Cochin Rubber Merchants Association has said that the recent announcement of the Finance Ministry in awarding concessions to exporters in order to compensate the loss suffered by them on account of rupee parity with dollar ... More

PEOPLE
Honorary Consul of Mongolia in TN
Chennai, July 19 Mr C.N. Gangadaran, Partner, CNGSN & Associates (a Chennai-based auditors), has been appointed as Honorary Consul of Mongolia in Tamil Nadu. Mr Gangadaran is also an Executive Committee Member of the Federation of ... More