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No gas to spare, Dhaka tells Tata
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NewsByte on 12 May, 2008 03:40:00
 
Bangladesh has told India's Tata Group that it does not have gas to spare
for the steel and fertiliser plants that form part of its $3 billion investment
proposals. Instead, Tata should await the coal policy that is on the anvil.

Xenitis automobile division eyeing Rs.5 bn turnover
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LOCALCORRESPONDENT on 12 May, 2008 03:38:00
 
City-based Xenitis Group, the manufacturer of Xpression brand of motorbikes, has
said its automobile wing will post a turnover of Rs.5 billion ($125 million) in
2008-09.

Hotel Management institutes to open in 30 WB towns
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LOCALCORRESPONDENT on 12 May, 2008 01:25:00
 
A society of entrepreneurs involved in hotel and hospitality industry has come
up to set up Hotel Management institutes in small townships of West Bengal

Bharti’s bid for MTN at risk from Vodafone
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newsbyte on 11 May, 2008 06:05:05
 
By OUR CORRESPONDENTS London/New Delhi, May 11: British mobile major Vodafone is
considering making a bid to buy a part or whole stake in MTN, which

Google to extend deal with Yahoo
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newsbyte on 11 May, 2008 06:00:16
 
IT WATCH / K.Venugopal Google is planning to extend its partnership with Yahoo
in the Internet advertisement market. The two web giants had experimented with
ad-sharing

China unveils jumbo jet firm
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newsbyte on 11 May, 2008 06:00:37
 
Beijing: China unveiled its own jumbo jet maker in Shanghai on Sunday, state
press reported, in a move that could eventually rival Airbus and Boeing.

Indian retail to expand foothold
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newsbyte on 11 May, 2008 06:01:05
 
Kolkata, May 11: Growing retail industry in India would see a phase of
consolidation in the medium term while ill-planned malls were likely to go

Google set to go local for India biz
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newsbyte on 11 May, 2008 06:01:30
 
By PAWAN BALI New Delhi, May 11: India has emerged as the fastest growing market
for the internet search engine major Google. "The growth in revenues from

Indian exporters bullish on bananas
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newsbyte on 11 May, 2008 06:02:06
 
By MAYUR SHEKHAR JHA New Delhi, May 11: Indian bananas are set to become the
flavour of the world. Maharashtra-based contract farming firm, Desai Fruits and

Macro outlook may play spoilsport
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newsbyte on 11 May, 2008 06:02:38
 
By C. Kutumba Rao Shaken and stirred by simmering international crude oil prices
and inflation, markets gave off most of the gains made in last three