http://www.financialexpress.com/index.php Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07 : 50 : 04 +05:30 financialexpress.com http://static.expressindia.com/frontend/fe/images/financial-logo.gif http://www.financialexpress.com/index.php Feed provided by financialexpress.com http://www.financialexpress.com/news/hp-plans-to-launch-snapfish-on-handsets/546758/ Hewlett Packard India is talking to mobile handset manufacturers for launching Snapfish on handsets on the lines of Snapfish Mobile already present in developed markets like US. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/state-information-ministers-to-discuss-draft-iandb-bill-on-dec-5/546761/ The IandB ministry has called a meeting of information ministers of all states on December 5 to discuss the draft information and broadcasting bill. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/ioc-starts-work-on-paradip-refinery/546320/ The Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOC), which is setting up a 15 million tonne per annum oil refinery with an investment of Rs 29,777 crore at Paradip, has begun work on the ambitious project. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/emami-targets-rs-500-cr-from-winter-care-sales/546319/ FMCG major Emami Ltd has launched a major marketing drive to push its winter care products http://www.financialexpress.com/news/mts-of-sistema-shyam-looks-to-data-services-for-growth/546318/ With average revenue per user coming down as the telecom industry wages a tariff war, MTS of Sistema Shyam Teleservices Ltd is looking at growth from data services. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/orissa-seeks-rs-844-cr-from-centre-for-droughthit/545848/ Disturbed over farmer suicides, Orissa government on Tuesday declared 15 of the 30 districts in the state drought affected and has sought Rs 843.965 crore from the National Calamity... http://www.financialexpress.com/news/france-to-showcase-a-moveable-feast-in-india/545846/ Calling India a key actor in cultural cooperation across countries, French ambassador to India Jerome Bonnafont launched Bonjour India , a festival of France in India. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/hpl-union-agrees-to-call-off-stir-in-principle/545844/ The CITU-backed HPL Servicing and Maintenance Contractor Workers' Union has in principle agreed to withdraw the strike from Wednesday with the HPL management and the union reaching a consensus on the charter of demands. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/orissa-will-need-60-000-skilled-labour-by-2015-says-study/545406/ If Orissa were to implement all the MoU projects it has signed, it will create a demand for 60,000 skilled manpower by 2015, says a report prepared by PricewaterhouseCoopers for the Confederation of Indian Industry. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/orissa-jharkhand-to-launch-joint-operations-against-illegal-mining/545405/ Following the unearthing of a multi-crore mining scam in Orissa and erstwhile Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda’s alleged plundering of mines in Jharkhand, Orissa and Jharkhand are soon going to launch a joint offensive against illegal mining activities in the region. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/mcnally-bharat-to-go-for-capital-hr-restructuring/545399/ McNally Bharat Engineering Company Ltd, the joint venture between BM Khaitan and GP-CK Birla Group, is going in for a capital as well as human resources restructuring with its $16 million acquisition process of Germany’s KHD Humboldt Wedag’s coal and mineral division completed. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/icai-helping-gulf-african-countries-set-up-accountancy-bodies/543970/ The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India plans to help developing countries in the Gulf region and Africa set up chartered accountants institutes as they do not have any recognized accountancy body. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/orissa-not-to-go-for-open-mkt-borrowing/543967/ The Orissa govt is not planning to go for open market borrowing this fiscal even though the the economic slowdown has affected revenue mobilisation. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/xlri-alumni-to-raise-endowment-fund-for-bschools-infra/543965/ Alumni of the XLRI School of Business and Human Resources will be here soon to attend the Homecoming 2009, a re-union the B-School has been hosting for the last five years. They are raising an endowment fund to improve the B-School’s infrastructure. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/three-psus-to-divest-stake-in-dpcs/543961/ The combined 57% holding of public sector Andrew Yule, Life Insurance Corp and United India Insurance in DPCS Ltd, a power generating company, will be disinvested through an auction on Friday. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/foreign-airlines-in-kolkata-look-to-middle-east-se-for-traffic/543959/ At a time when several foreign airlines have closed shop in Kolkata, Air Asia has announced that it's starting a daily flight to Kuala Lumpur from Thursday. This comes on the heels of UAE's national carrier Emirates increasing its number of flights from Kolkata to Dubai from seven to 12 from December 3. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/bengal-govt-to-build-small-it-park-in-city-limits/543501/ http://www.financialexpress.com/news/sidbi-orissa-govt-sign-mou-to-revive-osfc/542442/ The Small Industries Development Bank of India on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding with the Orissa State Financial Corp to open fresh line of credit. With the MoU, the revival of OSFC, which has remained non-functional for over six years, becomes imminent. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/calcutta-telephones-banking-on-nonvoice-revenues-to-turn-black/542440/ At a time when revenue from voice has hit a plateau for telcos in Kolkata circle, Calcutta Telephones, the largest landline service provider in the circle, is looking at coming out of the red this fiscal riding growth from non-voice services. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/increase-in-coal-iron-ore-freight-helps-er-ser-perform-better/541243/ An increase in coal production and spurt in iron ore export have helped South Eastern and Eastern Railway perform better during the first seven months of the fiscal compared to last year. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/kingfisher-withdrawal-notice-surprises-tata-steel/540809/ Tata Steel said on Thursday that Kingfisher Airlines’ decision to discontinue its Kolkata-Jamshedpur service from November 15, 2009 has surprised the steel major. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/recession-hits-number-of-us-visa-applicants/540806/ The number of visa applicants to US has gone down significantly owing to global recession, US secretary of state for consular affairs Janice L Jacobs said here on Thursday. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/new-dvc-chairman-under-vigilance-cloud/540803/ On October 13, state-run power major Damodar Valley Corporation got a new chairman after a gap of 10 months but Subrata Biswas’s appointment appears to have raised the hackles of the central vigilance commission which has objected to it and charged the power ministry with overlooking procedures. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/essar-invests-rs-400-cr-to-build-coal-berth-at-paradip/540362/ Essar Group's Essar Paradip Terminals will develop a captive deep draught coal berth at Paradip port with an investment of Rs 408.80 crore. The berth, which will be developed under BOT basis, would be completed in three years. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/branded-jewellery-makers-innovate-to-tackle-rising-gold-prices/540358/ In a bid to make gold jewellery affordable, branded jewellery makers may now opt for making standard gems studded jewellery using lesser amount of gold with the prices of the yellow metal constantly on a bull run.