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Progress on agriculture agreement
NEW DELHI, JUNE 21. The prospects for a framework agreement on agriculture at the World Trade Organisation took a step forward at Sao Paulo where the Group of 20 developing countries issued a paper after discussions with developed countries. ...

A PC in your palm
BANGALORE, JUNE 21.Visitors to the just-concluded CommunicAsia 2004 show in Singapore were treated to the first sight of what could well be the world's tiniest personal computer. The Tokyo-based Personal Media Corporation (PMC), unveiled the ...

National foreign trade policy by July end
NEW DELHI, JUNE 21. Exports rose by a phenomenal 29.4 per cent in May even as the Government proposed to announce a National Foreign Trade policy by the end of July. The latest trade data for the first two months of the current fiscal (April-May) ...

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Internet directory launched

Select blue chips drift lower

Rupee drops 27 paise

Guwahati tea auction goes electronic

RINL mulls big expansion

Bankers' meet to discuss farm credit

GAIL to expand pipeline network in Tamil Nadu

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NTPC files draft prospectus
MUMBAI, JUNE 21.The National Thermal Power Corporation has filed draft prospectus for its Initial Public Offering (IPO) with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) today. The corporation proposes an IPO of 43.29 crore equity shares of ...

Fine imposed on Alliance MF
MUMBAI, JUNE 21. The Securities and Exchange Board of India has imposed a penalty of about Rs. 2.86 crores on Alliance Capital Mutual Fund (ACMF) for alleged failure to report violation of capital market regulations. Based on the regulatory ...

Om Kotak's unit linked plan
MUMBAI, JUNE 21.Om Kotak Mahindra Life today launched Kotak Easy Growth Plan (KEGP), a single premium unit linked plan. The plan, which is targeted at high and middle-income segments, combines benefits of insurance and investment in a highly cost ...

HLL's children products
MUMBAI, JUNE 21.Hindustan Lever Ltd. (HLL), through its direct marketing arm HLL Network (HLLN), today announced its foray into children's personal care products with the launch of three new products. The products are being launched under the ...

Workshop on cotton
COIMBATORE: A workshop on the salient features of calibration cotton of the Central Institute for Research on Cotton Technology (CIRCOT) will be held in Salem on July 6. According to a release, the workshop aims at appraising the textile industry ...

Elected
COIMBATORE: P. M. Kumar (CITU), one of the committee members of the State-level Joint Action Council of the Textile Mill Workers' Unions (JAC), has been elected as the Secretary of the JAC, according to union sources. — Our ...

Francisco Partners invests in OfficeTiger
CHENNAI: OfficeTiger, a pioneer in providing industry-specialised business process outsourcing solutions to professional services firms and Fortune 500 companies, on Monday announced the recapitalisation of its holding company's ownership in a ...

CUB in pact with IDBI Bank
CHENNAI: City Union Bank (CUB) has entered into an agreement with IDBI Bank for collection of outstation bills drawn on any bank, at all IDBI Bank locations. This will enable CUB to give quick credits to customers who give bills for collection, ...

Datamatics-Cadmus JV opens BPO facility
CHENNAI: Datamatics Technologies and Cadmus Communication Corporation have opened their second BPO facility in Chennai. The two companies have formed a joint venture in 2003. The new BPO facility is sprad across 27,000 sq. ft and can house about ...

IDFC disbursements up
CHENNAI: IDFC has recorded higher approvals and disbursements in 2003-04 at Rs.5,727 crores for 81 projects against Rs. 2,704 crores for 59 projects. On a cumulative basis, gross approvals were Rs. 18,187 crores for 156 projects and gross ...

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