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Biocon net jumps 42 p.c.Positioned as largest producer of human insulin The company's vision is to be an integrated biopharmaceutical enterprise of global distinction. 
Sensex zooms 108 pointsMUMBAI: Stemming the free fall of indices in the last few days the stock markets on Wednesday recovered on bargain hunting, which lifted the market sentiment. However, information technology stocks are still badly hit, especially TCS which lost ... Panel favours duty recast in oil products The panel has expressed `serious concern' over excise hike 
Jewellery exports rise to $16 bThe sector employs 13 lakh jobs and can add three lakh jobs every year Other Stories
Barometer Briefly Commodities trading MUMBAI: In a major development that could impact trading volumes at commodity exchanges, the Forward Markets Commission (FMC) has asked national and commodity exchanges to stop daily future trading on agricultural products by 5 p.m. except goods ... Nod for Sterlite NEW DELHI: Sterlite Industries India has received permission to operate the expanded copper smelter plant at Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu. The new smelter facility, expected to commence operation shortly, would increase production of copper cathode ... Dishman acquires U.K. firm NEW DELHI: Dishman Pharmaceuticals and Chemicals today acquired Synprotec, a Manchester-based contract research company, through its wholly-owned U.K.-based subsidiary company, Dishman Europe Ltd. The acquisition is a major step for the ... U.S. ends dumping cases WASHINGTON: The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) has terminated subsidy and anti-dumping investigations on U.S. imports of polyethylene terphthalate (PET) resin from India, Indonesia and Thailand. In a negative preliminary ruling, ... SPI Technologies' expansion plans COIMBATORE: SPI Technologies, a leading business process outsourcing services provider, aims to further extend its service lines and production capabilities through organic growth and selective acquisitions in the U.S. and Asia. The company's ... D-Link India's fresh plans MUMBAI: D-Link India plans to launch a range of products such as laptops, LCD monitors, keyboard, mouse, servers and USB flash drives through its joint venture, Gigabyte Technology India. Gigabyte Technology of Taiwan has introduced its ... AMP Sanmar premium income cross Rs. 100 crs. CHENNAI: AMP Sanmar Life Insurance has recorded a premium income of Rs. 105 crores in 2004-05 against Rs. 31 crores in 2003-04. Graham Meyer, Managing Director, has indicated in a release that the branch network went up by 29 to 76 and the number ... KVB revises FCNR, NRE rates CHENNAI: : Karur Vysya Bank has revised the FCNR rates for dollar deposits upwards. For 1-2 years, the bank offers 3.81 per cent against 3.48 per cent earlier and for 2-3 years to 4.13 per cent (3.71 per cent). For a three year deposit, the rate ... Microsoft India to launch SQL Server 2005 NEW DELHI: Microsoft Corporation India Pvt. Ltd. on Wednesday announced that it would launch the next version of its popular database and analysis offering — SQL Server 2005 — in the second half of this year. The SQL Server 2005 ... ONGC gets Asiamoney award NEW DELHI: Oil and Natural Gas Corporation has been awarded `Best Deals of the Year 2004' trophy by Asiamoney, Asia's leading capital markets publication. The award was given in recognition of the successful placement of Rs. 10,694 crore worth ... BPL Mobile introduces MyFX KOCHI: BPL Mobile has launched `MyFX', a new caller ring tune service in Kerala. This will replace standard ring-back tones with any tone the subscriber chooses using a customised procedure. Mohammed Saleem, Chief Operating Officer (south), BPL ... Builders' Association office bearers KOCHI: Praphulla Kumar, managing director of Geo Foundations, was elected Chairman of the Builders Association of India, Kochi centre. Biji Stephen is the Secretary and C. K. S. Panikker is the Treasurer. Cherian Varkey is the State Chairman of ... Alappad Arcade's feat KOCHI: Prominent jewellery group of Alappat Fashion, from the stable of P. T. Antony & Sons, has entered the fifth year and on the occasion is launching a number of offers, says a ... UAE Exchange opens new branch KOCHI: UAE Exchange has opened another branch at Mira Road, Mumbai, which offers special services such as issuance of Saudi Riyal (SAR) drafts for Haj pilgrims and Travelex international debit card for overseas travellers, says a ... P&G, CRY launch `Shiksha' KOCHI: Procter & Gamble along with CRY and Asianet Plus has launched `Shiksha' to help educate underprivileged children. Each time a consumer buys a P&G product, it will be supporting one day's education of one child, claims a ... Bank of Baroda pact with HP CHENNAI: Bank of Baroda has chosen HP as its IT partner for the bank's technology enabled business transformation project. HP will implement and manage enterprise-wide service-oriented architecture, including core banking, phone banking, Internet ... Tata Institute, HP tie up NEW DELHI: The Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) has announced a partnership with Hewlett Packard to implement "High Performance Computing" (HPC) solutions at its Computational Mathematics Laboratory (CML) in Pune. The project will ... Nokia Growth invests in Sasken BANGALORE: Sasken Communication Technologies, a telecom R&D outsourcing company, on Wednesday announced an investment of $3 million by Nokia Growth Partners, to boost its growth. "Nokia Growth Partners, as an investor in Sasken, is a good news ... Sonim Tech to open development centre BANGALORE: Sonim Technologies, a leader in enabling wireless data networks to deliver high margin voice over IP applications, will open a new development centre here. The company Chief Executive Officer, Bob Plaschke, said the new centre would ... Approva secures $15 m in new funding BANGALORE: Approva Corporation, the leader in enterprise controls management software, has raised $15 million in a series C round of venture capital financing. The round was led by new investor Sierra Ventures, with participation from previous ... Read Today's supplements: | Life | Metro Plus | Sci Tech | Send: Comments to: thehindu@vsnl.com Letters to the Editor to: letters@thehindu.co.in with full postal address |
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