Leaders of Indian industry are confident of exports topping USD 200 billion in fiscal 2008-09 despite a strong rupee, says a survey. Source: Zee News : Business | 30 Mar 2008 | 11:58 am
British Airways, which has had to cancel nearly 250 flights since the opening of its state-of-the-art terminal at London`s Heathrow airport, said on Saturday passengers would face further disruption next week. Source: Zee News : Business | 30 Mar 2008 | 11:58 am
China will sign its first free trade pact with a developed country on April 7 when it inks a deal with New Zealand, according to reports on Sunday. Source: Zee News : Business | 30 Mar 2008 | 11:58 am
Fido Dido, the adorably reckless cartoon character representing global beverage giant PepsiCo's soft drink brand 7UP, is all charged up in his new avatar to reflect the style and mood of the Orkut generation as he gets more jazzy and hi-tech but with a warm heart. Source: IndiaeNews.com: Business News | 30 Mar 2008 | 9:02 am
KUWAIT (Reuters) - Kuwait's Mobile Telecommunications Co (Zain) wants to expand into India and China, chairman of the third-biggest Arab telecom firm by market value said in remarks published on Sunday.
NEW YORK/TOKYO (Reuters) - Lehman Brothers was fleeced out of more than $355 million in a fraud the U.S. investment bank believes was perpetrated by two employees at Japanese trading house Marubeni Corp., according to a person briefed on the matter.
MUMBAI (Reuters) - The government has convened an emergency meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Prices on Monday to discuss possible solutions to curb inflation, which hit a 14-month high earlier this month, the Economic Times said on Sunday.
Art from West Bengal is back in focus after a lull. Over the past fortnight, Delhi and Mumbai have played host to more than a dozen shows by artists from Bengal, and an equal number of coffee table volumes on masters from Kolkata and Santiniketan have hit the stands. Source: IndiaeNews.com: Business News | 30 Mar 2008 | 6:00 am
Japan's All Nippon Airways is increasing its Tokyo-Mumbai service to seven days a week from April 12 from the present six to tap the robust demand on the sector, airline officials say. Source: IndiaeNews.com: Business News | 30 Mar 2008 | 5:00 am
It was a car rally with a difference as a group of Delhiites followed clues received on high-end Nokia cell phones to discover the city's 'Soul of the Night', with the winners receiving an all-expenses-paid trip to Las Vegas. Source: IndiaeNews.com: Business News | 30 Mar 2008 | 4:00 am
Indian auto components makers may be shipping their products to several global firms, but they may not gain immediate entry into the Jaguar and Land Rover plants acquired by Tata Motors, experts have said. Source: IndiaeNews.com: Business News | 30 Mar 2008 | 4:00 am
Under pressure from his colleagues, Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh is willing to rethink his opposition to a bill allowing foreign universities and institutions into India. Source: IndiaeNews.com: Business News | 30 Mar 2008 | 4:00 am
For the last 25 years, 40-year-old Sandhya Devi has been walking 10 km every day to fetch drinking water for her family of seven. This has been the way of life for almost everyone in this part of western Rajasthan. Source: IndiaeNews.com: Business News | 30 Mar 2008 | 3:00 am
Leaders of Indian industry are confident of exports topping $200 billion in fiscal 2008-09 despite a strong rupee, says a survey. Source: IndiaeNews.com: Business News | 30 Mar 2008 | 3:00 am
India's National Knowledge Commission is laying special emphasis on the internet to act as a 'powerful and democratic source of information and knowledge' and is planning to open a series of web portals for the purpose. Source: IndiaeNews.com: Business News | 30 Mar 2008 | 2:30 am
The Malayalam film industry has suffered huge losses due to unexpected heavy rains that have lashed several parts of Kerala in the past couple of weeks. Source: IndiaeNews.com: Business News | 30 Mar 2008 | 2:00 am
With major predictions of a deceleration in domestic air traffic, airlines are lowering seat capacity by reducing the number of flights or dropping fares in order to fill up their seats. ?? Source: Business Standard | Front Page Headlines | 30 Mar 2008 | 12:13 am
California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS), America’s largest pension fund with an over $600 million (Rs 2,400 crore) exposure in Indian equities, remains confident of the market’s long-term growth prospects, as ... Source: Business Line - Home Page | 30 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
Mumbai, March 29 The market turmoil of the last two months has put brakes on new demat accounts. The number fell more than 50 per cent in February, compared to January.January figures at Central Depository Services Ltd (CDSL) and ... Source: Business Line - Home Page | 30 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
The new pay structure devised by the Sixth Pay Commission, headed by Mr Justice B.N. Srikrishna, intended to provide an additional Rs 12,561 crore per year in the hands of the Central Government employees and armed forces personnel. The ... Source: Business Line - Home Page | 30 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
Ajit Gulabchand, CMD, HCC, said the entire procurement process has to be streamlined to meet the speedy, high quality requirement of building infrastructure today which calls for a very sound and fair contract document. Source: Moneycontrol Top Headlines | 29 Mar 2008 | 3:25 pm
Indra Nooyi, Chairperson and CEO, PepsiCo, said, \"I am not an economist or expert on micro economics. I read the newspapers just as everybody else does and there are bulls and bears. The bulls will say its a short downturn and things will come back in early 2009 while there is bears that believe the downturn will be more prolonged. Source: Moneycontrol Top Headlines | 29 Mar 2008 | 1:46 pm
Its a big land bonanza for the residents of urban Andhra Pradesh. The State Assembly has decided to repeal the Urban Land Ceiling Act freeing 28,000 acres of land. That means realestate prices are set to go down, reports CNBCTV18. Source: Moneycontrol Top Headlines | 29 Mar 2008 | 1:41 pm
Finance Secretary D Subbarao said the Cabinet Committee on prices will meet on Monday to consider the price situation, reports CNBCTV18. He added that the rise in inflation is due to high global commodity prices. Source: Moneycontrol Top Headlines | 29 Mar 2008 | 1:34 pm
An Indian company named Spykar is changing the equations in the Rs 20,000 crore branded apparel industry that includes the likes of Levis, Wrangler and Pepe. Source: Moneycontrol Top Headlines | 29 Mar 2008 | 1:18 pm
Its that time of the year when luxury brands come in to sharp focus. According to the Nielsen Company\'s Designer Brand Survey, India is among the top 3 most designer brand conscious countries in the world. And topping our designer shopping list are Calvin Kline, Gucci, and Diesel Source: Moneycontrol Top Headlines | 29 Mar 2008 | 1:08 pm
While Bangalore\'s new airport remains unopened, the airport at Shamshabad has been inaugurated and attracted villagers who wanted to see the flight take off creating a bit of chaotic situation. The airport still seems to be suffering teething problems, reports CNBCTV18. Source: Moneycontrol Top Headlines | 29 Mar 2008 | 12:56 pm
All major consumer durable manufacturers are increasing ENM spends this year, starting summer. This is despite the price hikes and a slowdown that the sector has been coping with since the past 12 months. Source: Moneycontrol Top Headlines | 29 Mar 2008 | 12:48 pm
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan is raising the price it pays to farmers for wheat by nearly 23 percent, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Saturday, after failing to tempt producers to sell the grain for strategic stocks.
KOLKATA (Reuters) - Steel firm Ispat Industries Ltd plans to raise 10 billion rupees through a mix of rights issue and foreign currency convertible bonds (FCCB) to part-finance new projects and capacity expansion, a top official said on Saturday.
Tamil Nadu faces one of its biggest power crisis ever. With demand exceeding supply for the first time in a decade, the State Electricity Ministry has announced compulsory load shedding in the industrial areas. The worst hit are IT companies and manufacturing units, reports CNBCTV18. Source: Moneycontrol Top Headlines | 29 Mar 2008 | 12:22 pm
The Department of Telecom (DoT) has asked Research in Motion, the company that offers BlackBerry technology to look at the possibility of setting up a server in India. The government feels this will enable security agencies to monitor emails sent by blackberry users, reports CNBCTV18. Source: Moneycontrol Top Headlines | 29 Mar 2008 | 12:11 pm
