| BCCI expands the field for IPL 2010, adds two teams | 17-NOV-09 |
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| Bidders will be offered a choice of eight to 10 cities that can be made their home team venues and they will be allowed to bid for any number of cities. The highest two bids will be chosen and companies will use the name of that city as their home base and team brand. |
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| IPL sells theatrical rights for Rs 330 cr | 13-NOV-09 |
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| Entertainment & Sports Direct (ESD), promoted by DAR Capital Group, an investment advisory and private equity company, has won the theatre rights to the Indian Premier League cricket tournament for the next 10 years (2010-2019). It is to pay Rs 330 crore for this. |
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| IPL-II to come under tax net | 12-OCT-09 |
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| The Indian Premier League, 2009, may come under the tax net even though it was held outside the country. Income-tax sources said IPL would fetch revenue under the tax deducted at source category as the department felt the tournament, although played outside the country, was conducted by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), which is registered in India. |
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| IPL-III on a rough pitch | 16-SEP-09 |
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| The Indian Premier League is facing a rough pitch. With a little over six months to go for the third leg of the most successful cricket properties of recent times, with a brand value of $2 billion, IPL is facing hostile bouncers — four to be precise — that it is finding hard to negotiate. |
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| Wrigley open to bringing more global products to India | 15-SEP-09 |
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| Wrigley, maker of Orbit brand of chewing gums, today said it will consider bringing more products from its global portfolio, although its immediate focus will be strengthening the existing ones in the country. |
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| IIM-Shillong's sports prog from Oct | 14-SEP-09 |
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| With Delhi set to host the Commonwealth games in 2010, the Rajiv Gandhi Indian Institute of Management, Shillong (RGIIM-S) is leaving no stone unturned to explore the fast-growing sports management sector. |
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| K Sera Sera to bid for IPL team | 01-SEP-09 |
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| Film and television software production house K Sera Sera Productions today said its board has approved investment of surplus funds in buying the franchise of an Indian Premier League (IPL) team. |
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| Salman Khan interested in buying an IPL franchise | 27-AUG-09 |
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| Salman Khan could become the latest Bollywood superstar to join the Indian Premier League (IPL) bandwagon, with the actor today expressing his interest in bidding for a franchise for the 2011 edition of the cash-rich event. |
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| Airtel plans to connect global telcos | 18-AUG-09 |
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| Telecom major Bharti Airtel today said it had made an investment of over $500 million spread over two years for enhancing the connectivity of its newly unveiled global wholesale services portfolio, that would enable telecom operators across 50 countries access its services. |
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| Ex-ICL players allowed to play in IPL 3 | 14-AUG-09 |
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| In a major decision, the Cricket Board today paved the way for the entry of ex-Indian Cricket League players, numbering over 75, in the third edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) starting on March 12 at Hyderabad. |
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| BCCI allows ex-ICL players to play in IPL 3 | 13-AUG-09 |
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| In a major decision, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) today paved the way for the entry of ex-Indian Cricket League (ICL) players numbering over 75 in the third edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) starting on March 12 in Hyderabad. |
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| IPL claims huge copyright violations | 13-AUG-09 |
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| The Indian Premier League’s (IPL’s) strict guidelines for broadcast media could hardly deter copyright infringements and it had to contend with a large number of “unauthorised” videos and live feeds during its second edition in South Africa this year. |
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| Cost savings fuel auto companies' Q1 profits | 06-AUG-09 |
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| Riding on cuts in excise duty and interest rates, plus savings in raw material (RM) costs, 14 auto makers reported healthy growth in operating margins and profit in the first quarter ended June 30. Overall, net profit rose by 66 per cent on a modest 7 per cent growth in net sales — the comparison is with the same period a year earlier — but operating margins increased by 303 basis points (bps) to 9.64 per cent, due to decline in cost of production and higher realisation. |
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