The Hindu Business Line : Sunday, April 26, 2009

INDUSTRY & ECONOMY

ECONOMIC OFFENCES: Raju bail plea dismissed
Hyderabad, April 25 A city court on Saturday dismissed petitions seeking bail for ex-chairman of Satyam Computer Services, Mr B. Ramalinga Raju; his brother, Mr B. Rama Raju; and ex-CFO, Mr ...

GLASS: Sheathed in sheer glass
Think of a modern building these days and the image that comes to mind is probably that of a structure sheathed in glass. Most buildings, particularly multi-storeyed office facilities, seem to sport a glass façade. What is it about ...

EXCISE AND CUSTOMS: Provisional safeguard duty mooted on hot rolled coils, sheets
As low-cost imports leave domestic industry with losses. New Delhi, April 25 The domestic producers of hot rolled coils/sheets/strips, who are facing the brunt of increased imports of such products at abysmally low prices, may soon get some ...

ECONOMIC OFFENCES: ‘Tone at the top’, a key element to combat fraud risk: E&Y survey
New Delhi, April 25 Managing fraud risk is a business imperative in today’s environment of growing instances of corporate fraud. “Tone at the top” is one of the key elements to combat fraud risk, according to Ernst ...

EVENTS: Weekly News Round up
The Reserve Bank of India on Tuesday cut key policy rates - repo and reverse repo - by 25 basis points each in order to push banks to lend more at viable rates and prop up the sagging economy. The RBI, in its Annual Policy for 2009-10, reduced ...

ANTI-DUMPING: Dumping probe into SDH transmission equipment from China, Israel
New Delhi, April 25 The Commerce Ministry has commenced a probe into considering and recommending imposition of preliminary anti-dumping duty on imported Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH) Transmission equipment from China ...

TOURISM: Tourist arrivals to India to grow
Thiruvananthapuram, April 25 In these tough times, the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) has some encouragement for India’s travel and tourism ...

GOLD & SILVER: WGC hopes for profitable Akshaya Tritiya
Bangalore, April 25 The World Gold Council is hoping for a good Akshaya Tritiya this year. The industry body, along with various partners, has announced special promotional offers, new collections, prizes and discount offers on gold ...

ECONOMIC OFFENCES: Satyam: SFIO report being examined
New Delhi, April 25 The Ministry for Corporate Affairs (MCA) is examining the report submitted by the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) on the Satyam ...

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION: Realty investment avenue
ASK Real Estate Special Opportunities Fund - Portfolio I (ASK Realty Fund) is a real-estate private equity fund floated by ASK Investment Holdings (of the ASK group which is into wealth management). This fund, which seeks to collect about Rs ...

Columnists: • B Venkatesh • C Gopinath • Bhanoji Rao • P.V. Indiresan