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Malaysia beckons Indian tourists

14.06.2008 17:18    rediff.com
Visa on arrival applies for all Indians, except for people coming in from Chennai. Anyway, if you get a visa in India itself, it works out cheaper, and what's more, you get a visa for multiple entries.


The E-class Mercedes-Benz experience!

14.06.2008 17:18    rediff.com
The E's nature is genteel, more upscale and assured. And that's what most people who gravitate towards the three-pointed star want. It's just that attaining that experience has become that much more accessible with these two new variants.

Airlines mull cheaper ATF imports

14.06.2008 17:18    rediff.com
Faced with high Air Turbine Fuel (ATF) prices fuelled by rising international crude prices and a higher levy of sales tax, air-carriers are considering ATF imports as an alternative to purchases from domestic oil companies.

Family owned biz? Learn from Malvinder

14.06.2008 17:17    rediff.com
If the operating principle is that all members of a family must be given an equal role in the business and that they will not make way for better managers who are not members of the family (in other words,


MTN: Ambani brothers' war to intensify

14.06.2008 17:17    rediff.com
Ambani siblings' war intensified on Saturday with the younger Anil's group warning to retaliate in case Mukesh-led Reliance Industries goes legal with its claim on the potential multi-billion dollar amalgamation deal that the former is pursuing with South African telecom

Inaction may be India's solution

14.06.2008 08:58    rediff.com
The rise in inflation could not have come at a worse time for the government, which needs to call a general election by May next year in a country whose hundreds of millions of poor voters are sensitive even to

Spice minority owners to get sell, swap option in Idea deal

14.06.2008 08:58    rediff.com
The Aditya Birla group's wireless telephony firm Idea Cellular has agreed to buy Spice Communications in a three-stage deal in which minority shareholders of Spice would be given an option either to swap their shares for the Birla group firm

Airlines to revise order books, sub-lease aircraft

14.06.2008 08:58    rediff.com
Faced with the prospect of $1.5 billion losses owing to a slowdown in passenger traffic and high aviation turbine fuel (ATF) costs, airline companies are cancelling or cutting deliveries of new aircraft due this year or sub-leasing them to other

'We'll sell Ranbaxy stake to the highest bidder'

14.06.2008 08:58    rediff.com
Insurance companies, which are major shareholders in the country's biggest drug maker Ranbaxy Laboratories, said they will sell part of their stake in the company to the highest bidder.

Raghuram Rajan slams loan waiver decision

14.06.2008 08:58    rediff.com
It would amount to penalising the people, who make an attempt to repay loans.

Volvo plans financial services arm

14.06.2008 08:58    rediff.com
AB Volvo, the Swedish truck and bus major, is planning to launch its financial services subsidiary in India. The new subsidiary is expected to start operations in the next six months, according to Volvo India Managing Director Eric Leblanc.

SBI to set up Rs 500-cr PE fund soon

14.06.2008 08:58    rediff.com
The State Bank of India (SBI) is setting up a Rs 500-crore (Rs 5 billion) private equity (PE) fund to cater to the small and medium enterprise (SME) sector.

SBI defers interest rate hike

14.06.2008 08:58    rediff.com
The State Bank of India (SBI) on Friday deferred a decision on raising interest rates and said it will prefer to wait for one to two weeks before taking a call on the issue.

Pune resident files a PIL against RBI

14.06.2008 08:58    rediff.com
A Pune resident has filed a public interest litigation (PIL) alleging that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) lost Rs 65,065 crore (Rs 650.65 billion) in 2006-07 due to fall in its valuation of investments in foreign exchange.

Former finance minister predicts rush of inactivity from next cabinet

14.06.2008 03:27    dailystar.com.lb
The new national unity government may not carry out serious reforms as the ministers will be too busy preparing for the next parliamentary elections, former Finance Minister Demianous Kattar said Friday. The former minister also ruled out any privatization of

Volvo forays into used truck segment in India

14.06.2008 00:39    expressindia.com
Volvo India Private Ltd, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Swedish commercial vehicle major Volvo, has entered into used truck segment to service the customers those are looking for heavy-duty higher-tonnage vehicles at lower price, a top official of the company said.

HP- EYP upbeat on India, China and Japan

14.06.2008 00:39    expressindia.com
HP completed the acquisition of EYP in February 2008 and the duo are all set to leverage each other's expertise to provide chip to brick solutions for datacentres, in these geographies.

... to enter financial services too

14.06.2008 00:39    expressindia.com
Volvo Financial Services, the captive financial service of the Swedish truck and bus major Volvo Group, is looking at possibilities to set up their operations in India, a top official of the company said.

7-year high inflation takes toll on Sensex

14.06.2008 00:39    expressindia.com
Key equity indices traded in a narrow range, swinging alternately between positive and negative terrains, but as news of inflation trickled in, the bourses headed south to end the day in the red on Friday.

Big cars to become expensive

14.06.2008 00:39    rediff.com
The government on Friday raised the export duty on iron ore and long steel products used in construction in another attempt to cool prices, rewarded flat steel producers with duty-free exports after they promised to hold prices and imposed fresh

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