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The Financial Express daily newsletter
Edition of Tuesday, November 16, 2004
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THE FINANCIAL EXPRESS
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TODAY'S TOP STORIES
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NTPC, Gail to pump in Rs 500 cr each in SPV
The government has asked NTPC, Gail and the IDBI-led consortium of Indian
lenders to Dabhol Power Company to invest Rs 500 crore each in a special
purpose vehicle proposed to kickstart the ailing power project and associated
LNG regasification terminal.
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=74289
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Petrol cheaper, LPG, diesel unchanged
Petrol will be cheaper to the consumer by Rs 1.16/litre from midnight tonight
in Delhi. Diesel and LPG prices will, however, remain unchanged.
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=74290
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Jubilant in pact with 30 US pharma companies
Jubilant Biosys, a subsidiary of Jubilant Organosys, has inked agreements with
30-odd leading US-based pharma companies including Merck, Pfizer, Johnson &
Johnson, Genstruct, Ariadne Genomics, Novartis and Chiron to provide
bio-informatics and chemoinformatics services.
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=74291
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Intellect Inc chips in $1.6 b for AP semiconductor unit
Korea-based Intellect Inc, a semiconductor/chip fabrication company, has
decided to set up a plant in Hyderabad with an estimated investment of around
$1.6 billion in two phases.
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=74293
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Infosys, Microsoft to invest $8 m in joint initiative
Infosys Technologies and Microsoft Corporation announced a new information
technology transformation initiative designed to help clients improve business
performance and build competitive advantage.
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=74294
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Centre to frame laws to bar EOUs� import of plastic scrap
The government will frame laws to bar import of plastic scrap/waste by
export-oriented units. This is in the wake of major quantities of often toxic
scrap being dumped by the developed world in developing countries.
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=74295
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ICICI Bank set to take two arms public
ICICI Bank, the second largest commercial bank in the country, is readying to
take at least two of its subsidiaries to the market in the coming days.
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=74296
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NHS, UK slaps $175 m claim on Ranbaxy and four others
Indian pharma major Ranbaxy is amongst the five drugmakers including German
company Merck which may have to pay a 94.5 million pounds (175 million dollars)
claim from a UK probe of alleged anti-competitive behaviour regarding the
generic version of ulcer medicine Zantac.
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=74292
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Edits & Columns
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Sense(x) & sensibility
In a fitting tribute to the resilience of the Indian economy, the Sensex
crossed the much-vaunted 6,000 mark in muhurat trading Friday last.
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=74197
Squeezing out the minority shareholder
The minority protection programme is emerging as a major concern in corporate
India. In the licence raj era, restrictive investment, tax laws and a
preponderance of financial institutions as stakeholders acted as deterrents.
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=74201
Snippets from the world of December 1949
For the first two issues of the Children�s Number of Shankar�s Weekly, Nehru
also wrote articles. As my tribute on November 14, I read the first issue.
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=74200
More in Edits & Columns at http://www.financialexpress.com/edits&columns.html
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Investor
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STT hits average daily turnover in Oct
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=74261
Hopes of softening yields spur demand for income funds
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=74262
India No 2 in MSCI Asiaemerging markets index
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=74263
More in Investor at http://www.financialexpress.com/investor.html
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Money & Banking
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Rising staff costs hit pvt bank bottomlines
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=74221
RBI to stop handling cash transactions of govt depts, Union ministries
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=74222
RBI may not increase interest rates before April next, says JP Morgan report
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=74223
More in Money & Banking at http://www.financialexpress.com/money&banking.html
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Economy
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Exim Bank to boost funding for agro sector
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=74272
Autonomous bodies told to generate their own funds
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=74273
Investment coming in textile sector with quotas on the go
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=74286
More in Economy at http://www.financialexpress.com/economy.html
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Politics
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NDA reaffirms alliance, promises to uphold judicial verdict on Ayodhya
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=74232
Pawar warns NCP ministers
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=74233
BJP to chalk out Bihar poll strategy
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=74234
More in Politics at http://www.financialexpress.com/politics.html
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Corporate
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Tata Tea draws up new global, local plans for branded business
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=74241
Unity Infra bags order to design Mumbai airport terminal
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=74245
Helios & Matheson eyes $100 million turnover
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=74248
More in Corporate at http://www.financialexpress.com/corporate.html
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Commodities
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Orissa shrimp exports seen rising 3-fold
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=74265
Coops display brand success at centenary celebration
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=74266
Arabica to offset fall in Robusta output
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=74268
More in Commodities at http://www.financialexpress.com/commodities.html
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International
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Iran says nuclear freeze is voluntary, brief
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=74277
Television cameras on trial in English courtroom
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=74278
Jaguar gives wings to Red Bull�s F1 dream
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=74279
More in International at http://www.financialexpress.com/international.html
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News
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Arafat �guilty� of skimming $2m from gasoline trade
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=74231
�Seer did not deserve the treatment meted out to him�
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=74235
Don�t expect miracle from talks with Pak, says Natwar
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=74236
More in News at http://www.financialexpress.com/news.html
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EFE
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Front Page
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Diwali dhamaka: short msgs take a long jump
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=74209
Microsoft to hire hundreds at Hyderabad campus
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=74210
US firm Virtusa to spend $20 million on Indian expansion
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=74212
More in Front Page at http://www.financialexpress.com/efe/frontpage.html
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Convergence
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Security to top India Inc�s IT agenda: PwC
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=74297
Richie rich have hearts of gold as well: survey
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=74298
India lags in knowledge economy: World Bank
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=74299
More in Convergence at http://www.financialexpress.com/efe/convergence.html
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Marketing & Management
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Media buying players draw up fresh plans to gain edge
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=74215
Surya Vinayak Industries now eyes export market
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=74216
Voltas to tap new overseas markets
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=74217
More in Marketing & Management at
http://www.financialexpress.com/efe/marketing&management.html
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