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Rupee breaches 45/$ barrier
MUMBAI, MARCH 23. Breaching the crucial 45 a dollar psychological barrier, the rupee spurted to a near 44-month closing peak of 44.8650/8750 a dollar today, buoyed by robust trade and foreign investment inflows in the absence of central bank ...

Cisco opens testing lab
BANGALORE, MARCH 23.Cisco Systems Inc., the U.S.-based networking solutions provider, has opened an `Optical Compliance Lab', here which will be a "high end compliance lab" for the company's Asia Pacific operations. The lab would do bench ...

IOC is top oil trading company in Asia-Pacific
NEW DELHI, MARCH 23.The Indian Oil Corporation has emerged as the top company in oil trading among national oil companies in the Asia-Pacific region, according to the annual survey conducted by Applied Trading Systems (ATS) of Singapore for the ...

Bandwidth issue: TRAI to meet VSNL, FLAG
NEW DELHI, MARCH 23.Fighting for settlement of the release of bandwidth, warring players VSNL and Reliance owned FLAG would come together tomorrow during a review meeting convened by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India. Although ...

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Early gains not fully held on BSE

iSOFT to invest $100 m in India operations

BPO market to reach $1 trillion by 2006: Study

Gulf Oil to launch a slew of new products

Reliance Energy gets Rs. 2,000 cr. from FCCB issue

Steelage Industries' expansion

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Aircel network touches 200 towns
COIMBATORE: Aircel cellular has touched the 200-town mark in network expansion with the launch of its services in Nellikuppam town. In a release issued here, the CEO and Director of Aircel Limited, K. V. P. Baskar, said Aircel was the first ...

Dell's new server
NEW DELHI: The Nasdaq-listed Dell on Tuesday announced a network attached storage server, PowerVault 745N, aimed at enabling small businesses, corporate workgroups and branch offices to address the increasing data storage needs. ``Our customers ...

Workshop on textile processing
COIMBATORE: The Textiles Committee will organise a workshop on `Future trends in textile processing' on March 28 in Erode. A release from the committee said this was part of the activities taken up under the cluster development programme for the ...

MBT recruitment drive
MUMBAI: Mahindra British Telecom (MBT) is planning to recruit 2,000 workers over the next 12 months on expectations of a rapid growth in the industry. The company plans to add over 2,000 professionals to the current base of 4,000, an MBT release ...

Kajaria's Gailpur plant on stream
MUMBAI: Kajaria Ceramics has informed the Bombay Stock Exchange that the company has commenced commercial production at its Gailpur plant where an additional capacity of two million sq metre annually was created with an investment of Rs. 34 ...

Netafim's products for U.S.
VADODARA: Irrigation and agronomical solutions provider, Netafim Irrigation India Pvt. Ltd., a subsidiary of the Israel-based Netafim, will export its products to the U.S. This is for the first time that the company is exporting its products to ...

Gems and jewellery exports up 22 p.c.
NEW DELHI: Exports of gems and jewellery grew by over 22 per cent during the first eleven months (April-February) of 2003-04 to Rs. 46,472 crores from Rs. 37,973 crores in the same period in the previous fiscal. In dollar terms, these ...

IBS Group pact with Cendants
NEW DELHI: Travel and logistics software solutions provider, IBS Group, has entered into a strategic alliance with Cendants Corporation. This alliance with Cendants will also be a significant milestone in the development of IT in Kerala, the ...

DLB ties up with United India
KOCHI: Dhanalakshmi Bank is to soon implement anywhere banking in technical collaboration with i-flex solutions. The bank has tied up with MetLife India and United India Assurance to sell insurance products. This will provide a single window ...

Online medical book store
KOZHIKODE: MedCLIK.com the leading portal for doctors has launched its online medical book store, MedCLIK online book store. The online book store is expected to address the needs of the medical community, enabling medical students, and doctors ...

BPL Mobile services on passenger boats
KOCHI: BPL Mobile in association with Kerala Shipping and Inland Navigation Corporation Ltd has installed mobile phones in passenger boats plying between various small islands in Kochi. The mobile phones will be maintained by the boat crew and ...

Citibank extends banking hours
KOCHI: Citibank on Tuesday announced the launch of "extended banking hours" at its Kochi branch to meet the growing needs of the customers. The full service branch at M. G. Road will extend banking hours from 4.30 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. on all ...

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Special `oil bonds' to ONGC, OIL

Cipla to split shares

Nalco's MoU with Mines Ministry

Qualcomm, UTStarcom sign pact

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