India Economy & Policy News 12th March 2008

India, US to double trade to $60 bn by 2008 end
FreshPlaza - Netherlands
They participated in the US-India Economic Dialogue and US-India CEO Forum events held in New York City in September. These events included discussions ...
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development: Agribusiness assault —Syed Mohammad Ali
Daily Times - Lahore,Pakistan
Moreover, the policy stance of many developing countries over the last decade seems to have tilted in favour of agribusiness, which has significant ...
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India less corrupt than China
Rediff - Mumbai,Maharashtra,India
The Philippines was considered the most corrupt economy with a score of 9.00, followed by Thailand (8.00). More than 400 expatriate business people were ...
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Global firms snap up IIM-B school grads
Sify - Chennai,Tamil Nadu,India
As a policy, the management did not disclose the compensation offered or the range in which it was fixed. But there was a significant increase in the ...
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Credit off-take unlikely to be impressive
Financial Express - Bombay,India
At that time, experts and policy makers were worried about over-heating of the Economy. Several banks were considered to be indulging in over-lending as far ...
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$15bn loan waiver reaps harvest of anger
Asia Times Online - Kowloon,Hong Kong
Finance Minister Chidambaram says that while investment in India is continuing on a roll, the farm sector was pulling down the economy with agriculture ...
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SPRING CLEANING
Calcutta Telegraph - Calcutta,India
The chief economic adviser has the opportunity to have considerable influence on the government's economic policy. Virmani has made good use of the ...
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Management & Marketing News 12th March 2008

Salaries jump 60% at IIM-K; marketing, IT hot at IIM-A
Economic Times - Gurgaon,Haryana,India
AHMEDABAD/MUMBAI: Students at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad were busy until the last day of final campus placements chasing down their 'dream ...
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Progress Software plans to raise marketing budget for India
Sify - Chennai,Tamil Nadu,India
Nicholas Tang, Managing Director, Asia, said allocation for marketing expenses for India would see a big jump. At present, it is less than five per cent of ...
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'Digital media has tremendous potential as marketing tool'
Economic Times - Gurgaon,Haryana,India
Though this industry is primarily dominated by US and Western European markets, China, India and South America are growing at a much faster rate. ...
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NMIMS team wins L'Oréal Brandstorm 2008 Finals; to represent India ...
MBAUniverse.com - New Delhi,New Delhi,India
The winning team will represent India at the 16th International Finals to be held in Paris on June 10th 2008. The dynamic international marketing game saw ...
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Workshop on handicrafts marketing
GreaterKashmir.com (press release) - Srinagar,Jammu and Kashmir,India
The DDC stressed upon the management to generate more awareness among the artisans so that they can derive maximum benefits from it.
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Ace Designers Boosts Application Availability with Centralized ...
Machinist.in - Bangalore,Karnataka,India
The users can now easily access the CRM application from any location and office in India. With enterprise-wide application delivery, data management has ...
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Higher ground
Financial Times - London,England,UK
If it buys Xstrata - which is not guaranteed as the two sides have been locked in an impasse over marketing rights for the past few weeks - this strategy ...
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Tortilla mix bags top AIMCAL honor
Converting Magazine - Oak Brook,IL,USA
Another international member, Uflex Limited (Noida, India), won honors in the competition, taking home the Marketing Award in the Packaging: Food Category ...
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ING beefs up tech, e-business ranks
Australian IT - Australia
Its Application Portal supports mobile marketing, advertising, content management and mobile internet site management, instant messaging and email. ...
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India Opinion & Analysis News 12th March 2008

IPO grading: Back to basics
Business Standard - Mumbai,Maharashtra,India
In a move aimed at enabling investors obtain an unbiased opinion on fundamentals of IPOs in India, Sebi made IPO Gradings mandatory in May 2007. ...
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Truck, bus or car?
Business Standard - Mumbai,Maharashtra,India
But Volvo's already a well-known brand in India. Only, not as a maker of cars. With its fiery red trucks and comfortable-like-never-before buses, ...
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Yes we can bring peace to Gaza
OpEdNews - Newtown,PA,USA
... India and civic issues. His comments, news analysis, opinions and columns can be found on the Websites and Blogs listed at his personal website www. ...
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A very wrong number
Hindustan Times - India
"In the final analysis, the key issues are correct pricing, fair allocation rules and a pro-competitive stance,'' he added. Speaking to journalists on the ...
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Impact of Economic Stagflation with Asset Price Deflation
American Chronicle - Beverly Hills,CA,USA
Nadeem is the Editor of The Market Oracle, a FREE Daily Financial Markets Analysis & Forecasting online publication. We present in-depth analysis from over ...
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As we wait for 2009 global pact on climate change
Business Day - Nigeria
And since July 2007, the commission has provided 24.5million Euros to the victims of natural disasters in Colombia, Caribbean, Peru, Kenya, India, ...
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The Terror Date Code -- Beware the Odds of March!
Indymedia Estrecho - Andalucía,Ceuta y Melilla,Spain
7/11 -- "The Indian 9/11" occurred the day before Israel's attack on Lebanon, and went far in assuring that world opinion turned against "Islamic terrorists ...
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Life & Leisure News 12th March 2008

ARTS & LEISURE
Kathimerini - Athens,Greece
By Harry van Versendaal - Kathimerini English Edition THESSALONIKI – Few people – at least in Europe – seem to believe in life after death these days. ...
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Woman's fight for life after taxi fall
Sheffield Telegraph - Sheffield,England,UK
By Polly Rippon A BARNSLEY woman was fighting for her life in hospital today after she tried to get out of a moving taxi. The 22-year-old woman was in a ...
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Get Another Life
Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) - USA
By David D. Perlmutter The academic life, at least according to popular culture, is one of leisure and banter interspersed with a few hours of off-the-cuff ...
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On the Borrrrring side of Life
Marketing Web - South Africa
Children may have to wave goodbye to Simba Lion, the Nesquick Bunny, Ronald Mcdonald and Coca Cola's "... the brrr side of life", if a draft bill by the ...
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In Meadowlands Xanadu did Merlin Entertainments Some Stately ...
Centre Daily Times - Centre,PA,USA
LONDON — Merlin Entertainments has strengthened the company's position in the US leisure market with the announcement today that it is to lease and operate ...
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Freshman takes control of life
LSU The Reveille - Baton Rouge,LA,USA
I've already started making more plans with friends and have begun checking out leisure classes. No more five-time daily Facebook checks. ...
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The thrill of the chase
Guardian - UK
Horses are not a leisure activity in Ireland; they are part of the country's soul. "Every man and his cat has a horse in Ireland," an Irish stable hand now ...
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Weekends cause 'leisure sickness'
News Shopper - UK
Any sceptics should take note that even the Washington Post recently discussed the phenomenon known as leisure sickness', a term coined by Ad Vingerhoets of ...
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Affluent Greys have time and money to enjoy life
PrecisionMarketing - London,England,UK
In leisure time they enjoy golf, hill walking, gardening, photography, theatre and are avid Telegraph readers. They are likely to shop at Waitrose or M&S ...
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Could you be the next Gordon or Delia?
Sunderland Echo - Sunderland,England,UK
Making it to the final of MasterChef changed David's life completely. Tavistock Leisure owns and operates a number of venues across the region, ...
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