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Made in India: From writing music to penning books
Times of India
Considered one of the pioneers of disco and indi-pop, he also produced hits like Dance Little Lady Dance, Disco Deewane and Made in India. But success didn't come easy. The Grammy-win...



Zee News

Made in Melbourne: India's first victory of tour
thatsCricket
Finch made 36 while Bailey was run out for three. Australia were reduced to 54/4 in 8.3 overs. From this stage, there could not stage a recovery mainly due the excellent fielding ...



Indorama bets big on India for spandex filament production
mydigitalfc.com
By Yogima Seth Sharma Feb 05 2012 , New Delhi Indorama Industries, part of Singapore-based Indorama Corporation, is all set to make India the hub for production of spandex fi...



Sugar Production May Result in a Second Surplus Next Season, Olam Says
Bloomberg
Output in India, the world's second-largest producer after Brazil and the biggest consumer, will climb by 1 million tons to 27 million tons in 2012-13, according to Ola...



BBC News

Indian factories increase output
BigPond News
India's industrial production increased in November, rising 5.9 per cent on an annual basis, led by expansion in the manufacturing sector, oficial figures show. The performance was stronger than ...



Move for FTA with EU has car majors worried
The Hindu
?Technically, this can even be at zero rate of duty,? says Vishnu Mathur, Director General of Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers, the industry association. The domestic car manufacturers ...



Indorama bets big on India for spandex filament production
mydigitalfc.com
By Yogima Seth Sharma Feb 05 2012 , New Delhi Indorama Industries, part of Singapore-based Indorama Corporation, is all set to make India the hub for production of spandex fi...



NSL Consolidated advances closer to first iron ore sales from its Indian projects
Proactive Investors Australia
NSL Consolidated (ASX: NSL) is focused on developing an iron ore mining and related infrastructure company in India. The company's strate...



Agricultural trade fair from May 30
Times of India
COIMBATORE: Agri Intex 2012, the 12th edition of south India's largest agricultural trade fair, will be held from May 30 to June 3. Supported by Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, the fair will be ...



Indian footprint growing in Art Dubai
Times of India
Art Dubai, one of the biggest art showcases in the Gulf, is seeking to position itself as a crucial international platform for Middle Eastern and South Asian art, with a strong Indian presence at ...



Abu Dhabi: ICS 'India Fest 2012' Attracts Variety of Exhibitors
Daijiworld.com
Chief guest Lokesh took a tour of the India fest fair through the stalls of exhibitors along with the President of ISC Ramesh Panicker, Cultural Secretary of the Embassy ...



Drives & Controls

Drives Show attracts exhibitors from Estonia to China
Drives & Controls
Other exhibitors are coming from as far afield as Estonia, India and China. US-based Regal Beloit has been expanding aggressively in recent years with a string ...



India to pay Iran 45% oil import bill in rupee
mydigitalfc.com
By Vikas Srivastav Feb 05 2012 , Mumbai Indian and Iranian governments are jointly working on rupee trade mechanism for payment of up to 45 per cent of India's total crude imports from t...



CBC.ca

India in bind over Iran oil import as US seeks tighter sanctions to curtail ...
Economic Times
MUNICH: India will have to walk a fine line between continuing to source oil imports from Iran and escalating pressure from the US and Europe to adh...



Business Standard

Credit cost to slow export growth
Business Standard
Last week, the government reported a 25.8 per cent growth in exports for April-December 2011, adding these were only rough estimates subject to change. Responding to the news, the ...



Widening trade deficit may dent India's growth
Deccan Herald
As India's rebounding economy raises demand for manufacturing and oil imports, trade deficit is bound to rise, but the euro zone debt crisis hitting country's exports and economic and poli...



Credit cost to slow export growth
Business Standard
Last week, the government reported a 25.8 per cent growth in exports for April-December 2011, adding these were only rough estimates subject to change. Responding to the news, the Federation of Ind...



Onion exports pick up after MEP cut, growers want it at zero
Economic Times
NEW DELHI: Lowering of the minimum export price for onions to USD 150 a tonne recently has marginally increased India's outbound shipments of the kitchen staple, but traders...



Iran issues ultimatum to India over gas field
Reuters
The measures are aimed at shutting off the second-biggest OPEC oil exporters' sales of crude. However, India which relies on Iran for about 12 percent of its oil needs or around 350000-400000 bar...



Widening trade deficit may dent India's growth
Deccan Herald
As India's rebounding economy raises demand for manufacturing and oil imports, trade deficit is bound to rise, but the euro zone debt crisis hitting country's exports and economic and poli...



India needs a new strategy for electricity needs
Nagaland Post (blog)
India should learn from the instance of Wales and other areas of United Kingdom. Many ports and other industrial operations have shut down as coal reserves exhausted. Building ult...



Indian travel and leisure companies start knocking on thailand's door
Bangkok Post
More Indian companies are set to open shop in Thailand to explore business opportunities here and across the Asean region in the wake of the wide-ranging economic, cu...



Moneycontrol.com

TEXT: Fitch: Negative Outlook for Indian Shipping Sector in 2012
Reuters
(The following was released by the rating agency) Link to Fitch Ratings' Report: Outlook 2012: India Shipping here MUMBAI/SINGAPORE, January 30 (Fitch) Fitch Ra...



Colombo Page

* Sri Lanka seeks operators to resume Tuticorin ferry service
Colombo Page
A top official of the Ceylon Shipping Corporation has said that they have placed advertisements both in India and locally calling for EOIs and the deadline for su...



Rail Bottlenecks Thwart India Efforts to End Blackouts: Freight
BusinessWeek
2 (Bloomberg) -- India, reliant on coal for more than half its electricity, is struggling to ease blackouts as delays in adding railways hinder fuel supplies and discourage...



Container lines announce hike in freight rates
Hindu Business Line
Several major container lines serving the Asia-Europe trade, also covering the Indian sub-continent, have announced freight increases. Some of them have already effected the increase...



Newsmaker: Gurdeep Singh Chadha
Business Standard
... and hosted by Gurdeep Singh Chadha aka Ponty, at his palatial home?a party that was attended by everyone, who was anyone in the UAE?they couldn't have known their host might land into trouble wit...



Bloomberg

Defending Mom-and-Pop Stores, an Old and Enduring Fight: Echoes
Bloomberg
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division India's ambivalence about modern retailing has brought derision from the West. The government's decision to put of...



Zee News

Amazon Sets up Website for Indian Retailers and Own Products
PCWorld
By John Ribeiro, IDG News Amazon.com has set up a subsidiary in India, Junglee.com, that aggregates products from local online and offline retailers, but does not sell them...



Indian retailers expand ahead of global brands entry
Fibre2fashion.com
Realizing the tough competition they might have to face once single format global brands enter the Indian market, apparel retailers in India have adopted a strategy to expand and...



Waiting for justice
CanadianBusiness.com
Prajapati became a key witness in the landmark "virtual slavery" trial, where more than 50 workers from India accused Pickle of trapping them inside the factory and forcing them to work for just dollars a day...



Workers' strike continues at Reliance textile unit
Indian Express
The workers have been demanding a 60-per cent hike in wages and 20 per cent bonus. ?For the last five years, there has been no increase in the wages for workers,? Patil told The India...



ADB sees India's economic growth at 7-7.5% in FY'11-12
Hindu Business Line
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) sees Indian economy growing at 7-7.5 per cent this fiscal, lower than the 7.9 per cent growth forecast by it around September last year. The ...



Zee News

India not out of woods totally, says Pranab on food inflation fall
Times of India
Pranab Mukherjee said that inflationary pressures must be brought down to a tolerable and acceptable level before Indian economy can revert to high growth. NEW...



Coal Min to inquire into CIL's new pricing method
Indian Express
The Coal Ministry has decided to conduct an inquiry to ascertain whether Coal India Limited's move to switch over to the new coal pricing mechanism was aimed at profiteering. Following...



The Hindu

Starbucks bets on brand as it enters India
MarketWatch
... which this past week signed a deal to open retail stores with India's Tata Global Beverages Ltd., is banking on its brand's attraction within a young and increasingly affluent middl...



Hindu Business Line

India Inc struggles to expand profits
Hindu Business Line
Raw material costs as a proportion of sales (of manufacturing companies) jumped to 60 per cent from 55 per cent a year ago. While globally companies may be benefiting from ...



India needs a new strategy for electricity needs
Nagaland Post (blog)
Rating agency Fitch has warned that rising cost of imported coal, coupled with a weakening of rupee could force some Indian companies to default on their debt obligations. The ave...



Bloomberg

Oil prices rise after drop in US hiring expands
CBS News
(AP) NEW YORK ? A surge in US hiring lifted oil prices for the first time in a week. As more Americans commute to work and the economy picks up, demand for energy is expected to rise....



Bloomberg

Saudi Aramco Raises March Oil-Price Differentials to Europe, Cuts to U.S.
Bloomberg
Saudi Arabian Oil Co., the world's largest crude exporter, raised differentials used in determining its official selling prices for all grades to customers ...



Gold Seek

Precious stones massively underperform precious metal prices
Gold Seek
The chart below gives a picture of price movements over the past five years. You can see that diamond prices are up 20-40 per cent from the lows of 2009 ? a low that las...



Industrial metal prices fall on worries that weak consumer confidence could ...
Washington Post
Industrial metal prices fell Tuesday because of worries that an unexpected drop in consumer confidence could mean slow demand in the US economy. The Conf...



'Small towns more active on stock markets'
Business Standard
Commenting on the Indian stock market, Rathi said retail investors would benefits only if their investment horizon was at least 5 years and not a few months. Speculators and those who inve...



Technology for All Won't Boost Stock Markets
Forbes
This past week, in a discussion group with a top Indian tech executive, I raised the question: Isn't innovation for the mass market, by which we mean driving technology down to a price where billio...



WorldStage

NSE Index rises 0.26%, as Newgold, Oando, Berger Paint lead gainers
WorldStage
Lagos (WorldStage Newsonline)-- Trading on the floor of Nigerian Stock Exchange ended the week on a positive note, as the NSE All Share Index (ASI), the key ben...



WorldStage

NSE's turnover rises 49.5% this week
WorldStage
There were no transactions executed through the stock market in the Federal Government Development Stocks, State Government Bonds and Industrial Loans/Preference Stocks sectors On the price m...


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