The Hindu Business Line : Friday, December 14, 2007

ENVIRONMENT
IBM develops GreenCert to simplify carbon trading
Bangalore, Dec. 13 IBM, Enterprise Information Management Inc, and Evergreen Energy Inc have developed a greenhouse gas meter called GreenCert. The software tool, which runs on WebSphere portal, can calculate carbon emission reductions ... More

FERTILISERS
FACT marketing imported fertilisers
Imports to meet shortfall in production More

FOREIGN TRADE
Nod for tax treaty with Senegal
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PETROLEUM
GoM meet on commodities, oil pricing put off
New Delhi, Dec. 13 The meeting of the Group of Ministers (GoM) on pricing of essential commodities, including petroleum products, scheduled for Friday has been postponed. “Some of the members will not be there on Friday,” Mr ... More

Zenith Birla setting up pipe-making plant
Plans Rs 250-300 cr investment; hives off cutting tools division More

POWER
Bengal power utility plans Rs 400-cr investment
Project includes installation of capacitors, feeder relocation More

Lanco Talcher strikes power supply deal with Haryana, MP
Lanco Infratech Ltd, which is in the process of setting up a 2,640-MW coal-fired plant at Talcher in Orissa, has secured a mandate for supply of 390 MW of power to Haryana and 600 MW to Madhya Pradesh.The company, which is setting up ... More

Call to tap surplus power from captive plants
Various duties, levies imposed by States pose main barrier More

SSI
SIDBI planning asset reconstruction co for SMEs
New Delhi, Dec 13 Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) said on Thursday that it would within the next two months approach the Reserve Bank of India for approval to set up an asset reconstruction company (ARC) targeted at the ... More

COAL
GMR Infra plans coal mine acquisition
Part of QIB placement to fund acquisition More

TERRORISM
Maoist cloud over Chhattisgarh rail link initiative
‘May face similar problems as on Kirandul-Kottavalsa line’ More

EDUCATION
ISB contest links students with grassroot innovators
Hyderabad, Dec. 13 The Indian School of Business (ISB), in association with the Union Ministry of Science and Technology, is organising Metamorphosis — a platform to bring together grassroot innovators and B-school students. The ISB has ... More

AUTOMOBILE COMPONENTS
Tata Motors’ auto component units to come up at Singur
Kolkata, Dec. 13 Fifty-five auto component makers, including 54 from outside West Bengal, will set up auto component manufacturing facilities in the vicinity of the Tata Motors’ small car plant at Singur near here. The State Government ... More

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION
‘Manpower, material shortage may plague construction sector’
India needs to invest more in power sector More

Nitesh Estates buys premium land in Chennai
Bangalore, Dec. 13 Nitesh Estates, the real estate arm of the Bangalore-based Nitesh Group, announced on Thursday that it has acquired nine acres of premium land in the heart of Chennai for Rs 630 crore. Located at Chamiers Road in the ... More

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
French institutes keen to forge stem cell tie-ups
Joint research in neurology, heart, diabetes holds promise More

GENDER
Nasscom moots best practices for cos to retain women talent
Bangalore, Dec. 13 Nearly 70 per cent women in the IT/ITeS sector in the country feel that attrition among them was not due to their incapability or incompetence at work, indicating that there were personal issues involved. A joint ... More

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
Kolkata to be main centre of India-Japan joint ventures
Kolkata, Dec.13 Kolkata will emerge as a prominent centre for India-Japan joint ventures as more and more Japanese companies are now looking closely at investments in India. Mr Noro Motoyoshi, Consul General of Japan in Kolkata said here on ... More

RURAL DEVELOPMENT
AP to extend agriculture insurance to all districts
Hyderabad, Dec. 13 Andhra Pradesh is going to extend agriculture insurance to all the districts in the State, barring Hyderabad, with village as a unit from next kharif season. At present, farmers in 10 districts are covered in the ... More

REGULATORY BODIES & RULINGS
Flexibility soon for insurers to invest in IPOs
Mortgage based securities, infrastructure bonds may also be okayed More

EVENTS
Fifth China products exposition kicks off in Mumbai
Mumbai, Dec 13 The fifth China Products (Mumbai India) Exhibition kicked off today with participation by 150 Chinese companies looking for business alliances with Indian companies. Mr Suresh Shetty, Minister for Tourism, Maharashtra on ... More

Chidambaram identifies four ‘building blocks’
Underscores need to focus on human resources, infrastructure More

Panel discussion on Mangalore
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ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Tiecon Chennai to be held on Jan 11
Chennai, Dec. 13 The Chennai chapter of TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) in association with Tamil Maiyam (a non-profit organisation) is holding a one-day seminar ‘Tiecon Chennai 2008’ on January 11 at the Chennai Trade Centre. ... More