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| Steel
price cuts |
| Tisco
turns up the heat |
On 23 August, B. Muthuraman,
managing director of Tata Steel, brought back
the flavour of a bygone socialist government
era by reducing steel prices by Rs 2,000 a
tonne in what he claimed to be an effort to
contain inflation
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i-flex in a state of flux |
Just last year, i-flex Solutions'
Flexcube became the world's No.1 core banking
software product replacing arch-rival Temenos.
But, this year the company headed by Rajesh
Hukku has hit an air pocket
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| Patents
bill |
| Are
all the angles covered? |
Is the government keeping
the best interests of Indian citizens in mind
while framing laws? That, after all, is the
basis of good governance. And by that measure
alone, taking a decision on the Patent
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Capital Ideas |
Global credit rating agencies
finally downgraded the likes of Indonesia,
Thailand and South Korea in 1997 only many
weeks after their currencies had been hammered
down and growth had plummetted
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| Saras |
| Off
to a flying start |
The 14-seater Saras is about
900 kilograms overweight, but it is the public
that worries more about this than the designers
and developers. At the moment
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| Media
room |
All of last week I have
been wondering why the Star Group bought a
stake in Balaji Telefilms. This week, a call
from a media analyst suddenly put things in
perspective. We all know that the Rs 1,400-crore
Star needs to grow by at least 30-40 per cent
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| Banking
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| The
forex worry |
On 19 August, State Bank
of India said it was planning to raise $250
million-$500 million through bond issues in
the international markets. Earlier, the bank
had already committed to raise another $250
million
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| Tcs
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| It
does make a difference |
Tata Consultancy Services
(TCS) will add Rs 45,000-odd crore, or 4 per
cent, to the overall market capitalisation
at one go. Should that make CEO S. Ramadorai
proud? There have been many instances
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