EXPRESSINDIA.COM The Indian Express Group _________________________________________________________________ The Financial Express daily newsletter Edition of Thursday, September 09, 2004 _________________________________________________________________ ********************* THE FINANCIAL EXPRESS ********************* TODAY'S TOP STORIES ******************** FM May Shift Stance With Partha Shome In Saddle With Dr Parthasarthi Shome, former director, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, joining chief economic advisor Ashok K Lahiri, in North Block, Finance Minister P Chidambaram will have more flexibility in deciding tax policies. Dr Lahiri too, before being selected as the CEA, was NIPFP director. http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=68249 _______________________________________________________________ PFs In Comfort Zone, SDS Conversion Plan Shelved Political opposition to the cut in the employee provident fund rate to 8.5 per cent has forced the finance ministry to shelve its plan of converting the special deposit scheme corpus into dated government securities. http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=68250 _______________________________________________________________ Foreign Retailers Set To Outsmart China Bazaar Come December, China�s $240 billion retail arena will open wide to foreigners, Beijing says. From Wal-Mart to 7-Eleven to Home Depot, top names are shelling out billions of dollars to set up shop in Asia�s largest retail arena after Japan. http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=68251 _______________________________________________________________ MTNL Slashes C2C Tariff, Halves STD Rates The price war in the telecom sector has come full circle now. Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited, which had last cut tariffs in June, on Wednesday announced a cut in cell-to-cell tariff by 36.8% to Rs 1.20 a minute in the post-paid segment and by 28.5% to Rs 1.50 a minute in the pre-paid segment. http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=68254 _______________________________________________________________ Montek Quotes Mahatma Gandhi, Left And Right Under attack from the Left parties for seeking multilateral agencies� views on development schemes, Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia took refuge in Gandhian philosophy. He quoted Mahatma Gandhi on the need to keep one�s windows open. http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=68255 _______________________________________________________________ Ease Of Doing Business In India Still A Mirage: World Bank First, the good news. India ranks among the top 5 reformers in the world for the year 2003. Now the bad. India ranks 120th on ease of doing business out of a total of 145 countries surveyed by the Monitoring Analysis and Policy Unit of World Bank Group. http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=68262 _______________________________________________________________ /------------------------ advertisement ------------------------ No 1 Indian Matrimonials - 550,000+ members, 150,000+ photo profiles, 16,000+ successful matches! 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The only difference is that its importance has grown in recent years. http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=68245 More in Edits & Columns at http://www.financialexpress.com/edits&columns.html _______________________________________________________________ Investor ******************* Delivery-based Trading Up In August http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=68269 DPC: FinMin, Opic Lock Horns Over Claims By GE, Bechtel http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=68275 Senegalese Fgn Minister Arriving Today http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=68277 More in Investor at http://www.financialexpress.com/investor.html _______________________________________________________________ Money & Banking ******************* Apex Bank Sees Consolidation Among Old Private Sector Banks http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=68267 Munich Re Refuses NIA�s Riskier Reinsurance Deal http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=68268 United Insurance Records 122% Jump In FY �04 Net http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=68270 More in Money & Banking at http://www.financialexpress.com/money&banking.html _______________________________________________________________ Economy ******************* Recommendation On Wage Ceiling Approved by Cabinet http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=68265 New Pricing System For Phosphoric Acid Okayed http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=68266 FM To Meet Bankers Today http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=68273 More in Economy at http://www.financialexpress.com/economy.html _______________________________________________________________ Corporate ******************* Honda Pegs Unicorn At Rs 50K http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=68243 Tata Group To Hold Just 3% Stake In Haldia Petro http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=68247 Hindustan Shipyard All Set To Report Profit This Fiscal http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=68248 More in Corporate at http://www.financialexpress.com/corporate.html _______________________________________________________________ Fe Insight ******************* The Celebrity Cult Is Turning Into A Religion http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=68260 Branding Is One Of The Few Eternal Laws Of Success http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=68261 Ad Agencies: Image Makers Or Brand Sustainers? http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=68263 More in Fe Insight at http://www.financialexpress.com/feinsight.html _______________________________________________________________ News ******************* India, Pak Chart Out Roadmap To Peace http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=68278 Growth Of Smaller Parties Affecting Governance: CEC http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=68279 More in News at http://www.financialexpress.com/news.html _______________________________________________________________ ********************* EFE ********************* Front Page ******************* BCCI: Zee Likely To Name Partner Today http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=68223 BSNL Adds 6.27 Lakh GSM Users http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=68224 Pre-paid Continues To Rule The Roost http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=68226 More in Front Page at http://www.financialexpress.com/efe/frontpage.html _______________________________________________________________ Convergence ******************* Transgene Opens Shop In Andhra Biotech Park http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=68229 TVS-E Launches Thermal Printer http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=68230 COAI To Trai: ADC Regime Is Flawed http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=68231 More in Convergence at http://www.financialexpress.com/efe/convergence.html **************************************************************************************** Visit us at http://www.expressindia.com for indepth coverage of news from around India, updated round the clock. 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