Category: Business News

Step on the gas to save

Step on the gas to save

| August 23, 2012 | 0 Comments

CNG is cheaper than petrol, diesel and LPG. It is also safer than LPG because of thickness of the tank and lightness of the gas. Tata’s Nano is intended to bring a paradigm shift in middle class moving from a two-wheeler to four-wheeler. The car may have achieved the intent to certain extent. However, the [...]

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GVK’s $10 bn coal project gets Australian govt approval

| August 23, 2012 | 0 Comments

Hyderabad:  The Australian government has given a green signal to GVK Group’s USD 10 billion Alpha Coal project in Queensland. Federal Environment Minister Tony Burke has given an approval to construct and operate the Alpha Coal Mine and a railway line between the mine and the port at Abbot Point, near Bowen, GVK said in a statement. Last year, GVK [...]

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Giant shifts made easy

Giant shifts made easy

| August 22, 2012 | 0 Comments

The cost of lifting and shifting ranges from Rs.250 to Rs.300 per sqft and comes with a lifetime warranty. Do you want to get your house lifted to a certain height or shifted to a certain distance? Are you facing a problem with rainwater flowing in to the house because of low-level construction or facing [...]

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Tata-made Sikorsky frame clears tests

Tata-made Sikorsky frame clears tests

| August 20, 2012 | 0 Comments

The flight tests on the first Tata-made S-92 cabin have progressed satisfactorily and the helicopter is now being customised for supply to Lider Aviacao of Brazil. London: The first Sikorsky S-92 – a large, twin-engine helicopter that can be used for both civil and military purposes — with a Made-in-India airframe is now flying in [...]

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Plan bond purchases well

Plan bond purchases well

| August 17, 2012 | 0 Comments

The price or the market value of the bond may be different depending on the attractiveness and demand for the bond. Money Matters Nupur Pavan Bang Srikanth was already waiting in the cafeteria when Prof. Nicky walked in for her morning cup of coffee. Prof. Nicky: Good Morning Srikanth. What pulls you out of your [...]

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Oracle to pay $2 mn fine over India bribery charge

| August 17, 2012 | 0 Comments

Washington: Software giant Oracle has agreed to pay $2 million to settle US regulators’ charges that its Indian subsidiary violated foreign anti-bribery laws by secretly setting aside money to make unauthorised payments to phony vendors. In a complaint filed with the federal court in San Francisco, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Thursday alleged that [...]

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You can count on sunshine

You can count on sunshine

| August 16, 2012 | 0 Comments

Opting for a solar inverter will bring huge savings for the customer in the long run and is more reliable during long power cuts.

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Readymade buildings

Readymade buildings

| August 15, 2012 | 0 Comments

By opting for a pre-fabricated building one can save about 60 per cent construction time and 30 per cent of costs. Do you want to construct an industrial godown or shopping mall in less time and lower cost? Here is something that you need to look at. The trend of pre-fabricated buildings for large constructions [...]

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Design to success unravelled

Design to success unravelled

| August 14, 2012 | 0 Comments

Dcube is the aggregator of designer pro­ducts from India and abroad. It has become a retail platform for mo­st of the small designers who could not afford a store. Satya Prakash, a management graduate from IIM Kozhikode left his 14-year software career and accompanied his longtime friend David to partner with Dcube in 2011. Dcube [...]

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Industry needs leg up

Industry needs leg up

| August 13, 2012 | 1 Comment

Uttranchal, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat provide additional incentives to attract companies in their states, says industry expert D Venkat Rao. The electronics industry in the State shows a growth of 13 per cent, compared to the national growth rate of 18 per cent. The Rs6,000-crore industry employs 60,000 people from different education levels (matriculation pass [...]

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