The Hindu : Wednesday, December 17, 2003

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FICCI plan suggests jobs for 20 million
NEW DELHI, DEC. 16.The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry has suggested a three-pronged package of measures for generating additional employment of 20 million against 11.6 million envisaged in the Tenth Plan document. ...

S&P revises India rating to stable
MUMBAI, DEC. 16. The international rating agency, Standard & Poor's, today revised the outlook on India's `BB' long-term foreign currency rating to `Stable' from `Negative' to reflect the sovereign's improving external finances. However, the ...

TCS clarifies on BPO report
BANGALORE, DEC. 16. The latest addition to companies going back and forth outsourcing to India and then pulling back work is Lehman Brothers Holding, the U.S. based financial services firm. The firm was reported to have pulled `help desk work' ...

Chevrolet Optra's new variant
NEW DELHI, DEC. 16.General Motors India today launched yet another model of the Chevrolet Optra in a bid to broaden its appeal in the mid-size sedan segment. The 1.6 litre model is the same size as the 1.8 litre version and is thus expected to ...

Frost hits plantations in Munnar
MUNNAR, DEC. 16. Large tracts of tea plantation areas here have been affected by last week's severe cold spell and unless it rains in the coming days, green leaf production would decline, according to plantation sources. One of the coldest ...

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`Harmonise food laws to capture global market'

TV Today IPO at Rs. 80-95

Indian units of U.S. firms file more than 1,000 patents

Sensex crosses 5400 mark

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FDI limit to be raised
NEW DELHI, DEC. 16. The Government has decided in principle to enhance the limit of foreign direct investment in banking companies to facilitate setting up of subsidiaries by foreign banks and invite investment in private sector banks, the Rajya ...

Swadhan network off
CHENNAI, DEC. 16.Come December 31, Swadhan will die a natural death. Swadhan is an IBA (Indian Bank Association)-sponsored shared payment network that links ATMs (automated teller machines) of 32 banks. The Swadhan network will go off the ...

i-flex buys SuperSolutions
MUMBAI, DEC. 16. The boards of i-flex solutions Ltd. and SuperSolutions today approved i-flex's acquisition of SuperSolutions Corporation, a U.S.-based specialised consumer lending software provider in an all-cash deal for $11.5 million. "This ...

Total Outsource takes stake in Syntax
CHENNAI: Syntax Soft-Tech, the Bangalore based IT consulting company, has announced that Total Outsource Inc. (TOI), has picked up 40 per cent stake in Syntax. TOI, is a technology company based in Chicago. It is the IT arm of the U.S. based UCA ...

Good response to Indian Bank's loan fair
TIRUCHI: The two-day home loan fair organised by the Circle Office of the Indian Bank at its Thillainagar branch on December 13 and 14 evoked good response. Loan applications from 252 persons amounting to Rs. 10.54 crores were received during the ...

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