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Financial sector reform vital: PM
Deeper debt market a `must' to generate long-term funds required for growth

Initiative to build billion dollar Indian MNCs
Need to encourage cross-border investment

Hindalco, Videocon get nod for SEZs
NEW DELHI: The Central Government on Friday approved 25 more special economic zones (SEZs), including Indonesia's Salim Group's proposal for setting up two SEZs in West Bengal at an investment of Rs. 12,500 crore. The Board of Approval (BoA) ...

RIL gets GMR's fuel farm contract
HYDERABAD:

Sri Lanka to hold talks on exploration blocks
COLOMBO: The Sri Lankan Government has decided to appoint a committee to hold discussions with India and China about conditions on exploration blocks in the Mannar Basin. On Thursday, the Sri Lanka Cabinet granted approval to a memorandum ...

Nasscom to pursue call centre episode
The IT trade body's initiative has made progress in India

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Inflation rate rises to 4.77 p.c.
NEW DELHI: The inflation rate rose to 4.77 per cent for the week ended September 23 from 4.56 per cent in the previous week, owing to spurt in prices of pulses, wheat and iron ore. ...

Manmohan, Blair to address summit
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his British counterpart Tony Blair will address the India-U.K. Investment Summit on October 10 in London, the Confederation of Indian Industry and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and ...

TRAI norms for broadband services
NEW DELHI: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on Friday issued regulations on the quality of service of broadband services. The TRAI took the initiative following an exponential rise in the number of Internet users along with an increase ...

TDSAT reserves order on uniform frequency
NEW DELHI: The Telecom Dispute Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) on Friday reserved its order on the issue of uniform FM radio frequency for all operators. ...

Smart card unit goes on stream
NEW DELHI: A modern smart card manufacturing unit of the joint venture between Himachal Futuristic Communications and iCard Technology Ventures went on stream at Solan in Himachal Pradesh on Friday. ...

Aircel crosses 3-million subscriber mark
CHENNAI: : Mobile operator Aircel has crossed the three million-subscriber mark. The Aircel network is currently available in more than 700 towns across Tamil Nadu and is likely to cross 1,000 towns by the end of 2006. The company had recently ...

Hutch to launch BlackBerry
NEW DELHI: Hutch and Research In Motion (RIM), a global leader in wireless innovation, on Thursday announced plans to launch BlackBerry on the Hutch GPRS and EDGE networks. With the launch of BlackBerry, Hutch's subscribers will be able to enjoy ...

Ford India launches `Fiesta Durasport'
CHENNAI: : Ford India has unveiled a limited edition of its `Fiesta Durasport', priced at Rs. 6.05 lakh (ex-showroom Chennai). This special edition is available in two colours — Moon dust silver and Panther black — and will be at Ford ...

i-flex completes acquisition of Mantas
CHENNAI: : i-flex solutions, an IT solutions provider, has announced the closing of its acquisition of the U.S.-based Mantas, a provider of regulatory compliance, loss prevention and revenue generation solutions. Under a definitive agreement ...

Sands Utility wins MSEDC order
CHENNAI: The Chennai based Sands Utility Services Private Limited, a SANDS group company, has bagged an order worth Rs. 1.20 crore from Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company in Pune Zone for downloading, analysis and submission of ...

Bafna Pharma opens new facility
CHENNAI: Bafna Pharmaceuticals has commissioned its non-betalactam manufacturing facility at Grantlayon Village, Red hills, Chennai. In its effort to expand the export market and penetrate into Europe, Australia, South Africa, Canada and the ...

Clickjobs.com launches `My Search'
CHENNAI: : Clickjobs.com , the online recruitment solutions provider, has announced the launch of its all new features `My Search' and real-time `Web Notification.' My Search allows the employer to customise search options by providing 17 ...

New Director (operations) for CPCL
CHENNAI: K. Balachandran has been appointed Director (operations) of Chennai Petroleum Corporation. Mr. Balachandran joined Indian Oil Corporation in 1977 and has worked through various levels. He has also served in the Refineries division ...

Financial management product from Oracle
NEW DELHI: Oracle on Thursday announced the general availability of its "PeopleSoft Enterprise Financial Management 9", which features enhancements to core financial accounting, asset lifecycle management and enterprise service automation ...

Investnet opens new regional office
KOCHI: : The stock and commodity broking firm Investnet has opened its new regional office in Palakkad. It would cater to northern Kerala, Konkan and Coimbatore regions. Investnet has another regional office in Kochi, a press release ...

Samsung launches LCD TV
KOCHI: Samsung India has launched its `Sonoma' series of LCD television sets. The slim and compact design enabled it to be mounted on a wall or placed on a stand, a press release ...

DSP Merrill Lynch fund offer to close on Oct. 16
KOCHI: : The new fund offer (NFO) of the open-ended equity growth scheme DSP Merrill Lynch Small and Mid Cap Fund will close on October 16. The fund managers have a consistent performance track record of nearly ten years in equity fund ...

Vasan Eye Care hospital chain to expand operations
KOZHIKODE: : Vasan Eye Care hospital chain would expand its operations to major cities in South India including Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Vellore, Kanchipuram, Thiruvananthapuram, Kottayam, Bangalore, Mysore and Mangalore by March 2007, ...

Advanta files prospectus with SEBI
BANGALORE: Agronomic seed company Advanta India Limited has filed a draft red herring prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to enter the capital market with a public offering of equity shares. The wholly-owned ...

Syndicate Bank raises term deposit rates
BANGALORE: Syndicate Bank has hiked interest rates for domestic term deposits — both retail and bulk — for maturities of over three years and less than five years to 8 per cent. The bank said it was specifically targeting savings for ...

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