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Job security for the weak in PSU sales
The government has decided to introduce provisions that will ensure job opportunities for scheduled castes, tribes and other socially disadvantaged sections in the sale of public-sector undertakings. They will have to be laid off last in case of ret ...  | Read.. 
 
ONGC plugs into Tripura power plan
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) is weighing options to set up a 700-MW power plant in Tripura. ...  | Read.. 
 
Twin code for ports in east still adrift
The shipping ministry’s request for two separate customs code numbers for the Calcutta port and the Haldia dock complex on t ...  | Read.. 
 
Judge opts out of Birla will hearing again
A Calcutta High Court judge today refused to hear a petition on probating (legally authenticating) the purported mutual ...  | Read.. 
 
Note of caution on brand wear & tear
It is a mantra that the Rs 11,000-crore Indian advertising industry swears by, in good times and in bad. But do brand pro ...  | Read.. 
 
Britannia chairman Nusli Wadia in Calcutta on Thursday. Picture by Kishor Roy Chowdhury
Britannia MD slot still vacant
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Shoppers’ Stop seeks IPO go-ahead
C. L. Raheja group-promoted Shoppers’ Stop Ltd today filed a red herring prospectus with the Securi..  | Read.. 
Meghalaya to Sylhet, trade rolls on conveyor belts
It’s the longest bridge to Bangladesh in years. Phoenix Yule will build a 34-km conveyor belt that ..  | Read.. 
 
Success mantra: Consumer is king
The consumer isn’t a dolt. And there’s no such thing as bad advertising...  | Read.. 
 
Britannia MD slot still vacant
The board of Britannia Industries has failed to appoint a managing director even after a year s..  | Read.. 
 
Ispat gets control of Nigerian steel plant
Ispat Industries Ltd has acquired the management and operational control of the Ajaokuta steel ..  | Read.. 
 
Srei floats subsidiary in Germany
Srei International Finance has floated a hundred per cent subsidiary — International Infrastruc..  | Read.. 
 
Check on steel exports sought
The foundry industry today shot off an appeal to finance minister P. Chidambaram to initiate fi..  | Read.. 
 
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