| All Perk-ed up | 19-NOV-09 |
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| If you are in the age group of 18-25, ‘go snacking’ in between class lectures or office meetings must be part of your daily routine. Cadbury has just added a dash of glucose energy to it. |
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| KIT: Emerging retail destinations | 17-NOV-09 |
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| With rentals skyrocketing in metropolitan cities, Tier II and Tier III cities have been in demand for retail and real estate investments. |
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| 'Pak cyber criminals deface 60 Indian sites a day' | 12-NOV-09 |
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| Pakistani cyber criminals are able to deface 50 to 60 Indian websites a day. But in retaliation, only 10 to 15 Pakistani websites are defaced. And, this has been going on since 2001, according to ethical hacker Ankit Fadia. |
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| Direct tax kitty swells 4 per cent in October | 06-NOV-09 |
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| Hit by a drop in corporate tax revenues, direct tax collections rose marginally to Rs 20,822 crore in October, compared with Rs 19,708 crore in the corresponding month last year. |
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| Direct tax kitty grows nearly 4% in Apr-Sept | 05-NOV-09 |
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| Direct tax collections grew by 3.92 per cent to Rs 1,73,447 crore for the first seven months of current fiscal, around Rs 2 lakh crore short of the target for the mop-up this financial year. |
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| KIT: The pet food market in India | 27-OCT-09 |
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| Changing lifestyles, rising number of nuclear families and double-income households have encouraged the ownership of pets in urban parts of India. |
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| KIT: Book retail in India | 20-OCT-09 |
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| The Indian book retail industry is estimated to be over Rs 3,000 crore, out of which organised retail accounts for only 7 per cent. |
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| Global personal computer mart shrugs off recessionary impact | 19-OCT-09 |
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| The PC industry worldwide has seen a marginal growth in the third quarter of 2009, while emerging out of the recessionary trend which has seen a fall in its growth for the last few quarters. According to a preliminary study by research firm Gartner, the PC industry worldwide saw a 0.5 per cent increase during the quarter compared with the corresponding quarter in 2008, with a total shipment of 80.9 million units. |
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| KIT: The Indian market for nutraceuticals | 13-OCT-09 |
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| The Indian market for nutritional supplements is currently growing at 21 per cent a year. The primary reason is the increasingly sedentary lifestyle and intake of fast food coupled with a preference for preventive therapies and increase in pharmacy retail. |
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| Direct tax kitty rises 3.69% till September | 07-OCT-09 |
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| Net direct tax collections grew by 3.69 per cent during the first six months of the current financial year on a year on year basis to stand at Rs 152,625 crore. They stood at Rs 147,197 crore during the April-September 2008 period. The growth in direct taxes is primarily guided by a 5.5 per cent rise in corporate tax collections, reflecting an increase in corporate income. |
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