Protesters run riot, shut down Seattle Anti-trade demonstrators at Seattle threw the third ministerial conference into chaos forcing postponement of the inaugural session on Tuesday. Focus should be on more market access -- Maran India has sought full implementation of Uruguay Round agreements for increasing market access while opposing inclusion of labour, investment and environment issues in WTO agenda, but expressed willingness Exports leap 22% in Oct Exports registered an increase of 21.65% during October 1999 touching $3.15 billion as compared to $2.59 billion during the corresponding month last fiscal. Ministry asks state-run banks to draw up VRS to snip costs The finance ministry has directed all public-sector banks to draw up a voluntary retirement scheme (VRS) in a bid to reduce their establishment expenses by 20-50% and increase business per employee. Mock trades on bourses The markets could very well be preparing for a Millennium bash rather than losing sleep over the Y2K problem. The reason: They have enough time to test their systems on real-time basis after the deadline.
Protesters run riot, shut down Seattle
Focus should be on more market access -- Maran
Exports leap 22% in Oct
Ministry asks state-run banks to draw up VRS to snip costs
Mock trades on bourses