Business News: General

The Indian Music Industry which launched its anti-piracy initiative, the Music Mobile Exchange (MMX), in West Bengal in September is frustrated at the slow pace of enforcement in the state.

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India's trade minister Anand Sharma said on Monday that India and the United States would soon sign an agreement to enhance trade and investment between the two countries.

The sale of security gadgets, such as close-circuit television cameras (CCTV), spy cameras and beam sensors, has gone up in Srinagar and other parts of Kashmir.

In my previous article on inflation investing, I had said that investors should invest in gold and sugar stocks.

Bangalore, October 25 (ANI): Luxury watch brands are targeting the Indian market with demand for high-end watches on a rise. Indian consumers are keen to buy luxury watches, as it has become a life style statement for many. Luxury Swiss watch brand Raymond Weil is setting up an Indian subsidiary, Raymond Weil India Pvt. Ltd, a sign of growing importance of the Indian market.

Moti market, a famous market in Leh in Jammu and Kashmir, famous for pearl and Chinese goods, is now witnessing a downfall in Chinese goods due to the palpable tension between India and China.

Asking its member-countries to embrace pan-Asian economic ties, the Association of South Asian Nations (Asean) today said it should now actively pursue achieving regionwide Free Trade Agreements (FTAs).

Microsoft's new computer operating system, Windows 7 was launched in the national capital New Delhi on Thursday.

India's northeast tea industry is all set to get a great fillip with new avenues of export ventures being opened-up with Kazakhstan.

Weak global cues aggravated a dramatic selling across counters towards the end of trading, dragging the benchmark Sensex down by 213 points to extend losses for the second day in succession.

Lord Mayor of the City of London Ian Luder on Wednesday said that UK companies are keen to partner India in achieving the "ambitious target" of $500 billion in infrastructure investment but are finding the process difficult and unmanageable.

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India's commerce and Industry minister Anand Sharma on Monday said that cabinet committee on Economic Affairs approved the release of new monthly inflation data with 2004 as the base year, in line with global best practices.

The Sensex ended last Friday at 17,323 points, up 4.09 per cent compared to its closing level at the end of the previous week.

Hasti Petro Chemical and Shipping Limited (HPCSL), a private venture has launched its second inland container depot (ICD) named the Thar Dry Port at Sanand, on the outskirts of Ahmedabad.

The Sensex has zoomed by 2,000 points to the 17,000 level in the last three months but that doesn't seem to have helped most initial public offerings (IPOs) on the stock exchanges in the same period.

With the Diwali festival less than a week away, the benchmark Sensex soared by 384 points to regain the 17,000-level after the investor sentiment was bolstered by robust Index for Industrial Production (IIP) data for August and hopes of a truce between warring Ambani brothers.

Pakistani traders at the ongoing Chandigarh fair in Punjab are doing a brisk business as a large number of visitors are thronging the stalls for exclusive fabrics and other handicrafts.

If you wish to invest in the stock markets, the first step you must take is to open a demat account as physical trading of shares has become almost non-existent.