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Articles 421 through 520 of 500:
- As Stocks Soar In India, Everyone Wants In (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2007)
Devender Singh invested in India's volatile stock markets for the first time last year, after watching a friend make a mint.
- Tse May List Depositary Receipts To Boost Indian Fundraising (Japan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2007)
The Tokyo Stock Exchange has devised a plan to list fundraising securities representing companies linked to Indian conglomerates, effectively making them India's first attempt to tap the bourse, TSE sources said Thursday.
- Bsnl To Bundle Data Card With Mobile Connections (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2007)
With only five per cent of its revenues coming from data services, BSNL is planning boost its revenue by bundling PC data card with its cellular connections targeting the frequently travelling customers to access Internet and download data.
- Policies Holding Back Growth At Home (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 13, 2007)
Indian steel producers seem to be on a roll, abroad. Reports say that Essar Steel is to acquire Canadian steelmaker Algoma Steel for $1.8 billion.
- Sensex Falls To 14,000, Recovers (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2007)
Key share indices recouped losses and ended up 0.3 per cent on Tuesday in a volatile session amid buying in heavyweight Reliance Industries.
- Global Compact Of Business Leader (The Economic Times, Arun Maira, Jun 13, 2007)
The UN Global Compact’s Leaders Summit will convene in Geneva in July. The Global Compact, with several thousand members across the world, is a voluntary organisation of business leaders whose aim is to direct corporate energy towards the . . . .
- Made In India? (Frontline, C.P. CHANDRASEKHAR, Jun 13, 2007)
After many years of economic reform, India is still plagued by a large deficit in its merchandise trade account, with imports growing much faster than exports.
- New Maharajahs (Frontline, Praful Bidwai, Jun 13, 2007)
India is embracing the same "shareholder-value" capitalist model that led to corporate loot by American CEOs and produced scandals such as Enron.
- Ground Reality: Naxals Buddha’S Enemy No. 1 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 12, 2007)
They played a leading role in protests against land-fencing at Singur. They were present when violence erupted on January 3 at Nandigram in protest against land acquisition for a special economic zone.
- As Fdi Streams In, Indian Firms Now More Confident Buying Foreign Assets (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 12, 2007)
The recently released World Bank report on globalization of corporate finance in developing countries has triggered a lot of excitement in the the country by pointing out that India has attracted a major chunk of the record $40.
- Tata Coffee Brews An Export Hub In Africa (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 12, 2007)
Even as the Tata group prepares its business strategy for
Tata Tea post Glaceau stake sale and acquisition of Everest Mineral Water, the conglomerate is now actively finalising plans for its coffee business.
- More Power To Green Energy (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 12, 2007)
Removing hurdles to investment is the key to developing renewable energy.
- Singur Compensation Highest In India: Basu (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2007)
Veteran Marxist leader Jyoti Basu, on Sunday, said there are legal obstacles in returning the land acquired for the Tata Motors project at Singur, without the consent of their owners, as is being demanded by Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee.
- Govt Puts Foot Down On Land (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2007)
The state government has told Jyoti Basu that it would not be legally possible to return land acquired for Tata Motors in Singur to “unwilling farmers”.
- Hundreds Of Workers Die As India's Tea Industry Suffers Crisis (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2007)
They were once the epitome of colonial gentility and imperial wealth, sending bags of delicately flavoured tea around the world. Today, thanks to changing drinking habits, a collapse in prices and rising labour costs, penury and death stalk the . . .
- Shaping The Future (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2007)
The Arunai Engineering College and its sister institutions are ringing in change in Tiruvannamalai by providing quality education.
- Daimler: No Plans To Manufacture Trucks In India (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2007)
A DaimlerChrysler spokesman said there were no plans for the company to manufacture trucks in India after a newspaper reported it would begin assembling trucks in the country in early 2008.
- Indo-Bangla Ties: Need For Rethink (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 09, 2007)
If both countries resolve the outstanding issues, it can set the pace for regional co-operation in South Asia.
- Outside The Ordinary (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2007)
Beyond Sight, an exhibition of photographs by the visually impaired, challenges conventional notions of art at a time when even the acceptance of such an idea is the biggest challenge
- `Rs. 91 Cr. Compensation Paid To Land Owners' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2007)
Government files affidavit
Land Acquisition Act provisions complied with
Total compensation is Rs. 119 crore
- Decided, Then Undecided: India’S Biggest Pvt Power Project On Hold (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2007)
Last year, China added a record 105 Giga Watt (GW) or over 100,000 MW of fresh power capacity in one year. However, in India, forget delivery of capacity, for the past six months, the country’s largest greenfield power project is on standby mode.
- High Interest Rates Force Tata Motors To Cut Down Production Of Cvs (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2007)
Heightened interest rates have affected Tata Motors, as the country's largest commercial vehicles manufacturer is trimming down production.
- Tata's Application For Expansion Of Dharwad Auto Plant Cleared (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2007)
An application of the Tata group for expansion of the automobile plant at Dharwad at a cost of nearly Rs. 2,300 crore has been approved by the State Cabinet.
- Lula, Pm Discuss Unsc Reform (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2007)
With the aim of strengthening economic relations, India and Brazil today signed seven agreements in the area of energy, space, education and business.
- India, Brazil Sign Pacts On Oil, Space (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2007)
As many as seven agreements and MoUs covering diverse fields, including oil, space and education were signed by both the countries.
- Basu, Mamata Hold Cordial Talks (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2007)
Discuss ways to restore peace and end stalemate over setting up Tata project
- Cabinet Okays Addl 300 Acres To Tata Motors (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2007)
Briefing newspersons after a Cabinet meeting, Home and Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister M. P. Prakash said the government had already allotted 600 acres to the company earlier and the company was in possession of the land.
- Target 2020: Govt Takes The Wheel For One Million Hydrogen Cars On The Road (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Jun 05, 2007)
On the eve of World Environment Day, the government committed itself to one green technology that may define the future — it has set 2020 as the target year to have 1 million carbon-free hydrogen vehicles on the road.
- Tatas, L&t To Hive Off For Defence Deals (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2007)
The Tatas and Larsen & Toubro Ltd may set up separate companies to target defence deals, said investment banking sources. The Mahindras and Godrej are also eyeing defence in a big way.
- Tata Lays Stress On Social Responsibility (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2007)
`Public, private sectors have a great deal to look forward to'
- Tata Tea To Buy 45% In Mt Everest For Rs 210 Cr (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2007)
Tata Tea, which recently sold its stake in US energy drinks maker Glaceau to Coca Cola Co for over a billion dollars on Friday said it has agreed to buy 25.74 per cent stake in Mount Everest Mineral Water Ltd for around Rs 115 crore and will acquire . ..
- From Sir With Hope (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 02, 2007)
Suspended dean of the arts faculty of MS University Baroda, Shivaji K. Panikkar, writes to his students. His message: difficult times must re-energise democratic values
- Nifty Scales New High, Sensex Up 133 Points (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2007)
The stock markets on Thursday staged a smart comeback with the benchmark Sensex and the Nifty ending higher on the back of a recovery in Asian markets.
- Vote For Industry (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 01, 2007)
It is never easy, especially in India, to make sense of the people’s electoral choices. But one thing about this week’s civic and rural polls in Bengal seems to be beyond doubt.
- India On Wheels (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 01, 2007)
Delhi could soon become a world-class Formula One racing destination. Only a couple of decades ago, India's growth chart seemed to follow the lumbering pace of the bullock cart, improving barely to keep up with the cruising speed of an Ambassador . ..
- Deccan Sells 26% To Mallya (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2007)
In yet another consolidation move in the Indian aviation industry, Vijay Mallya's UB Group today acquired 26 per cent in Deccan Aviation Ltd that owns low-cost carrier Air Deccan at a cost of Rs 550 crore.
- Tata Chem Net Jumps To Rs. 444 Cr. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2007)
Recommends Rs. 8 per share dividend; commences debottlenecking of Babrala facility
Fresh produce project to expand
Proposes bio-fuel venture
- Terrorists Gun Down Dsp In Doda (Tribune, Dinesh Manhotra, May 31, 2007)
A deputy superintendent of police of Jammu and Kashmir Police was killed in a terrorist attack at Udharana village 3 km from Bhaderwah town of Doda district.
- Synchronising With Dhaka (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, May 31, 2007)
With the army-backed government in Dhaka better disposed towards New Delhi, trade ties may improve.
- Tata Chem Net At Rs 508cr (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2007)
Tata Chemicals has registered a consolidated net profit of Rs 508.04 crores for the financial year 2006-07 in comparison to the profit of Rs 428.34 crores in 2005-06.
- Tata Steel Inks Mou With Vietnam Corpn. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2007)
Tata Steel, the world's sixth-largest and Asia's first integrated steel producer in the private sector, on Tuesday inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Vietnam Steel Corporation (VSC) for setting up a 4.5-million tonne steel plant . . . .
- India's Tata Steel Signs Pact With Local Company To Bui (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2007)
India's Tata Steel Ltd. signed an agreement on Tuesday with Vietnam's largest steel company to build a 4.5 million ton steel plant in that country.
- The Case Of An Intuitive Writer (Hindu, Shonali Muthalaly, May 29, 2007)
R. Gopalakrishnan’s “The Case of The Bonsai Manager” uses Nature to teach lessons on management
- Doctor, Heal Thy Government (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, May 28, 2007)
The most intriguing aspect of the Prime Minister’s ten commandments to businessmen last week was that if he made the same speech to his ministers and coalition partners it would make such a difference.
- Scientific Tests Proposed To Check Fraud In Auto Insurance Claims (Indian Express, DEEPTI BHASKARAN, May 28, 2007)
In an attempt to contain fabrication of claims rampant in the third party arm of motor insurance, National Insurance Academy has proposed a “scientific method” which would facilitate insurers and the courts to point out any anomaly in the claims.
- Will China's Chery Conquer Auto Market? (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, May 28, 2007)
THE WORD cherry to most in India, as in the rest of the world, invokes images of a rounded, red fruit.
- Summer Will Bite As Blackouts Worsen (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 28, 2007)
In Most Indian cities, being middle-class means owning your own power company.
- Coca Cola Acquires Glaceau For Usd4.1 Bn (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 26, 2007)
The world's largest aerated drinks maker, Coca-Cola on Friday announced an agreement to acquire the US energy drink maker Glaceau.
- Tata Tea Harvests Rs 4,900 Cr As Coke Takes Over Of Glaceau (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 26, 2007)
In the largest ever stake sale by an Indian company abroad, Tata Tea has sold its 30 per cent stake in US energy drink maker Energy Brands Inc (known as Glaceau) to Coca-Cola Company for $1.2 billion (around Rs 4,900 crore).
- Tata Tea Makes $523-M Profit With Glaceau Sale (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, May 26, 2007)
Tata Tea has agreed to sell its 30 per cent equity stake in the US-based Energy Brands Inc — which owns the Glaceau brands of beverages — to Coca-Cola for $1.2 billion, pocketing a neat profit of about $523 million (about Rs 2,106 crore) in less . . . .
- Big Can Also Be Beautiful: Ratan Tata To India Inc (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 26, 2007)
Tata Sons chairman Ratan Tata has urged big business to dispel the perception that it is bad and selfish and has asked industry to contribute more to society.
- Mamata's Supporters Try To ‘Reclaim’ Singur Land (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 26, 2007)
Singur turned violent again on Sunday when Trinamool Congress activists and members of the Krishijami Bachao Committee (Save Farmland Committee) clashed with the state police and tried to demolish the boundary walls of the Tata Motors small car . . . .
- Tata Tea Looking For Fresh Acquisitions In Us, India (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 26, 2007)
With more than a billion dollars in its kitty from the Glaceau stake sale to Coca-Cola, Tata Tea on Friday said it was looking for fresh acquisitions in the US, India and other countries but wanted a majority stake.
- Cbse Class Xii Results Announced (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 25, 2007)
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) declared Class XII examination results for four regions, including Delhi, at 8 am on Friday.
- The Telecom Party Rocks On (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, May 25, 2007)
About six million new users join the mobile phone market every month in India, which, with 166 million users, is the world’s fastest growing mobile phone market.
- ‘When You Reach The Limits Of Logic, Use Your Gut’ (Indian Express, SUDIPTA DATTA , May 25, 2007)
What lessons in management can we possibly learn from bonsai crocs, which are stunted because they are confined to a small enclosure soon after emerging from the egg? Or from the caterpillar whose transformation to a beautiful butterfly is so painful?
- Provide Handsets Below Rs 1,000: Govt To Cdma Cos (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 25, 2007)
The Government on Thursday asked CDMA vendors to provide a handset with a much lower price tag, preferably less than Rs 1,000, to promote rural connectivity.
- Still Debon-Air India (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, May 24, 2007)
The Maharaja is no longer the mascot of Air India alone. The gent with the handlebar moustache, striped turban and curled-up shoes will now also be the colourful representative of the new entity called, um, Air India, formed out of the blessed . . . .
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 24, 2007)
Old may not always be gold in the ever-advancing aviation sector, yet there is merit in the decision to retain the Maharajah as the mascot for the new, enlarged edition of Air India.
- Malaysia To Probe Indian's Mistreatment By Cops (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 23, 2007)
Malaysian government on Tuesday promised to probe the alleged police manhandling of an Indian software professional, who was detained and handcuffed for not carrying his passport while shopping here.
- Tata Tea Scrip Surges On Coke Interest In Glaceau (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, May 23, 2007)
Soft drink major files notification with FTC on proposed acquisition
- Nifty Reaches New Peak Of 4,261 Points (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 22, 2007)
Smart rally in refinery shares led by Reliance Industries, heavy buying interest and advances in global scrips helped the country’s equity market expand gains on Monday, with the NSE index Nifty scaling a new peak of 4,260.90 and the BSE . . . . .
- Tatas Get Vietnam Nod For $3.5 Bn Steel Plant (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 22, 2007)
Tata Steel today secured the Vietnam government’s approval for floating a joint venture with Vietnam Steel Corporation (VSC) to build a $3.5 billion (Rs 14,000 crore) integrated steel complex in that country.
- Electricity Crisis Hobbles An India Eager To Ascend (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 22, 2007)
This suburb south of New Delhi is where the fruits of India’s economic advance are on full display: sprawling malls, skyscrapers housing India’s acclaimed software companies, condominiums with names as fanciful as Nirvana Country.
- Sensex Gains 115 Pts (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 22, 2007)
Bulls had a field day on Monday as bears did not tread the Dalal Street. On the back of strong global markets, bulls lifted Sensex by 115.19 points and it closed at 14,418.60 levels. Nifty also shot up by 46.40 points to set a new peak . . .
- Virgin Mobile In Joint Venture India (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, May 22, 2007)
Virgin Mobile is on the verge of becoming the latest UK telecoms company to tap the rapidly growing Indian market for growth, following in the footsteps of Vodafone and BT.
- Violence Erupts Again At Singur Tata Motors' Plant Site (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 21, 2007)
Violence erupted at the Tata Motors' small car project on Sunday when activists of a Trinamool Congress-backed group opposed to acquisition of land for industry hurled bombs and brickbats in a bid to enter the site, prompting police to fire rubber . . .
- Electricity Crisis Hobbles An India Eager To Ascend (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 21, 2007)
This suburb south of New Delhi is where the fruits of India’s economic advance are on full display: sprawling malls, skyscrapers housing India’s acclaimed software companies, condominiums with names as fanciful as Nirvana Country.
- Bengal Juggles Peace, Protest (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 21, 2007)
Welcome to the politics of peace and protest, Bengal-style.
- Fresh Tension At Tata Motors Site In Singur (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 21, 2007)
Fresh tension erupted on Sunday at the site of the upcoming Tata Motors small car unit in Singur in West Bengal as some 200 farmers clashed with the police to reclaim their land acquired for the project.
- Violence Flares Up At Singur Tata Site (Asian Age, Parwez Hafeez, May 21, 2007)
Less than 24 hours after the Left Front and the Trinamul Congress agreed to hold peace talks on May 24 to restore normality in Nandigram, fresh violence erupted in Singur, near the site of the Tata Motors small car project.
- Tatas Line Up New Range Of Trucks To Take On Global Majors (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 21, 2007)
After indigenous production of world-class cars, auto major Tatas now plans to come out with a whole new range of trucks to compete with global majors.
- Steelmakers Fail To Rein In Prices (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, May 21, 2007)
A strong domestic demand and brisk changes in the rupee-dollar exchange rate seem to have led to an upward revision in flat steel prices in the last couple of months.
- Sensex Ends Flat (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2007)
The stock markets ended flat on Friday after a see-saw ride between positive and negative territories.
- Now Playing In Kerala Hill Resort: Demolition Tourism (Indian Express, RAJEEV P I, May 19, 2007)
Nobody is talking about promoting demolition-tourism yet in this hill resort. But for many more weeks to come, the town’s milling crowds of honeymooners, backpackers and tea labourers will get to gawk at JCBs piggybacking trucks, and bulldozers . . .
- Visa Power (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 19, 2007)
THE US gives 65,000 H1-B visas every year and this enables highly skilled international workers, around half of them Indian, to legally live and work there.
- Reliance, Birla Eye Retail Market (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2007)
Following the footsteps of India's biggest business houses Reliance, Tata and Bharti, the $24 billion Aditya Birla group on Friday announced its plans for the retail sector.
- Tata Steel To Become 2nd Largest By 2012, Q4 Net Up 41% (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2007)
World's sixth largest steel firm Tata Steel on Thursday said it aspires to become the second largest firm in the world by 2012 with 40 million tonnes production capacity as against 25.6 mt now.
- Tata Steel Q4 Profits Jump 41% (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2007)
Meeting market expectations,Tata Steel today posted a 40.91 per cent increase in net profit to Rs 1,103.50 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 31 as compared to Rs 783.11 crore in the year-ago period.
- High Spirits (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 18, 2007)
From steel to spirits, Indian companies are confident enough to acquire international firms. The year began with the news of Tata Steel acquiring the Anglo-Dutch steelmaker, Corus, after outbidding another buyer in an auction.
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