Plans on to ease woes of exporters The Commerce Ministry is understood to be working on a formula to compensate exporters for local and municipal taxes in the wake of an appreciating rupee impacting their margins.
INFOTECH / Mulls picking five per cent stake
Microsoft chats up Facebook to get at Google Microsoft is in talks to buy a stake in Facebook of as much as 5 per cent, for $300 million to $500 million.That would value Palo Alto, California-based Facebook at about $10 billion...
FM eyes IMF panel chair If Mr Chidambaram makes it to the International Monetary & Financial Committee chair, he would be the first leader from the emerging markets to occupy the post. ...
THE MARKET YESTERDAY:SENSEX 16,900 (UP 54)
Sensex races toward 17k mark The Sensex onTuesday inched closer to the 17,000 mark, gaining 54 points on surge in shares of Relaince Industries and other oil stocks...
RBI further eases forex norms The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), on Tuesday, decided to accelerate the implementation of third phase of the recommendations of Committee on Fuller Capital Account Convertibility (CFCAC) regarding foreign exchange outflows.
Palm Inc. South Asia Business Head Sharon Ee launches the first Windows Mobile Treo Smartphone in collaboration with Bharti Airtel and Microsoft, in New Delhi on Tuesday.The Palm Inc. Treo 750 will cost US$ 692 in India. AP
The State government has proposed a ban on the use of cellphones by schoolchildren saying that it would affect their mental and physical growth. Is the government justified? Deccan Herald had invited readers to send their responses.
Most readers opine that the ban is a wise move since the use of cell phones has affected the health and academic performances of students. Others argue that these gadgets are quintessential to this globalised world.
