It&rsquo;s perhaps not raining private universities in the state, but there are a couple waiting in the wings. The major one is the Manipal group&rsquo;s university project planned to be set up in Doddaballapur in Bangalore rural district. The campus, spread over 100 acres, will cost the group about Rs 500 crore.

Manipal hopes for nod to its 100-acre varsity this year

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This advertisement on television of Hampi TV Commercial (TVC) under the &lsquo;New Worlds&rsquo; campaign stood out.. Someone on Karnataka Tourism's Facebook page commented: "The next thing you want to do after watching this TVC is pack up your bags and leave (for the state).

Catching up briskly after late start

With cloud computing becoming a universal phenomenon and becoming more acceptable, the US-based technology solutions provider Unisys Corporation is seeking to provide its cloud-based solutions to the shipping and aviation sectors, and towards homeland security. Presently, the company is looking at the government sector, said Kumar Prabhas, managing director, Unisys India. This, even as it&rsquo;s in talks with an aviation company.

Unisys eyes internal security, transportation for growth

Cloudnine Hospitals, the Bangalore-based hospital chain focussing on maternity care, is looking to raise Rs 100 crore as part of its expansion plans. The company which has two hospitals, is looking to expand into Mumbai, Chennai and Hyderabad through the inorganic route. Cloudnine is a venture of Kids Clinic (Bangalore) Pvt Ltd, owned by Dr Kishore, and Scrips N Scrolls India, a company into property development and investments.

Cloudnine scouts for acquisitions in metros

The Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL), which runs the Bengaluru International Airport, hopes to start work on the second runway of the airport by Q1 of 2013. BIAL is now in the process of expanding the airport by doubling the capacity of the airport terminal building. The masterplan for expansion of the airport has been budgeted at Rs 1,200 crore.

BIAL to start work on runway-II in Q1 of 2013

Teamlease Services Pvt Ltd, a pan-India staffing company and which manages four employment exchanges in the state, has managed to place 7,398 candidates of the 15,000 candidates registered at the exchanges that it manages.

Private employment exchanges keep faith 

airport by doubling the capacity of the airport terminal building. The masterplan for expansion of the airport has been budgeted at Rs 1,200 crore. &ldquo;About 75 per cent of the cost of the expansion is being funded via debt, and rest from internal accruals,&rdquo; said Hari Marar, president-airport operations, BIAL.

BIAL to start work on runway 2 in Q1 2013

This advertisement on television of Hampi TV Commercial (TVC) under the &lsquo;New Worlds&rsquo; campaign stood out.. Someone on Karnataka Tourism's Facebook page commented: &quot;The next thing you want to do after watching this TVC is pack up your bags and leave (for the state).

During the last cricket world cup in 2011, Mysore-based N R Group which makes the &lsquo;Cycle&rsquo; brand incense sticks or agarbattis had launched a campaign, &lsquo;Pray For India&rsquo; with mobile floats going across the country and distributing the incense sticks asking people to pray for the success of the an cricket team.

Incense stick maker stays on top, riding its Cycle

Bangalore-based Ion Exchange Services Limited (IESL), a player providing services of water and waste water treatment plants in India, is scouting for acquisition targets.

Ion Exchange Services scouts for buy-outs

On April 19, after Agni-V hit its designated target far out in the Indian Ocean, the photograph of V K Saraswat being hoisted up by a fellow scientist, just as Saraswat had done to A P J Abdul Kalam on the successful launch of the Prithvi missile, flooded papers in India.

BS People: V K Saraswat

The Euro 3 billion (about $4 billion) German speciality glass producer and technology company Schott AG, which has entered into a strategic tieup with TTK Prestige, now sees sales of about Euro 30 million from India from all its business tieups. The exclusive tieup with TTK Prestige allows for the introduction of a range of cooking appliances under the brand of &lsquo;Premia&rsquo;.

German speciality glass maker scouts for opportunities in India

With the Rupee depreciating against the Dollar, it has become quite a challenge for companies to keep down the prices of the goods they import for sale in India. The Japanese watchmaker, Citizen Watch Co. Ltd, has been feeling the pinch of the falling Rupee as imports are getting very costly and the company imports all its watches.

Citizen mulls assembling watches in India

The State Level Bankers&rsquo; Committee (SLBC), Karnataka, has identified six districts in the state as underbanked districts. The districts are Bidar, Bangalore rural, Chamarajanagar, Gulbarga, Koppal, and Raichur. It has initiated steps to open bank branches in these districts before September 2012 as directed by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

Six districts are underbanked in Karnataka

SVB is the California-based subsidiary and the commercial banking operation of SVB Financial Group.

Primary healthcare retail chain plans rapid expansion

Stempeutics, the Manipal group-owned stem cell research firm, is seeking to rope in a strategic investor who would also be interested in marketing the products being developed by Stempeutics. Stempeutics is 49 per cent owned by pharma major Cipla Limited.

Stempeutics scouts for strategic investor

MSD, the Indian unit of US-based pharmaceutical major Merck, plans to set up a laboratory for developing vaccines with an investment of $150 million (Rs 750 crore). The lab, MSD Wellcome Trust Hilleman Laboratories (the Hilleman Labs), is a joint venture between Merck &amp; Co, Inc (which operates in India as MSD Pharmaceuticals) and the Wellcome Trust (a London-headquartered research charity).

Merck plans Rs 750-cr vaccine lab in India

Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh today unveiled the GMR group&rsquo;s maintenance repair and overhaul unit (MRO) at Hyderabad, boosting the aspirations for the city as an aviation hub. &ldquo;An MRO has great synergies with an airport. It will also help build a relationship with airlines,&rdquo; a senior GMR executive said, on the rationale behind this venture.

GMR gets aircraft overhaul unit in Hyderabad

On Tuesday evening civil aviation minister Ajit Singh will unveil GMR group's maintenance, repair and overhaul unit (MRO) giving a push to Hyderabad's aspirations as an aviation hub.

GMR scouts for customers for its Rs 300 cr MRO

Online frauds have been roughly doubling every year, according to independent data, in spite of measures being taken by organisations and individuals to secure their online transactions.

Online banking security up a notch

For Terri Bresenham, President &amp; CEO, GE Healthcare India, and MD, Wipro GE Healthcare, India has been a revelation.

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Manipal hopes for nod to its 100-acre varsity this year

Catching up briskly after late start

Unisys eyes internal security, transportation for growth

Cloudnine scouts for acquisitions in metros

BIAL to start work on runway-II in Q1 of 2013

Private employment exchanges keep faith

BIAL to start work on runway 2 in Q1 2013

Catching up briskly after late start

Incense stick maker stays on top, riding its Cycle

Ion Exchange Services scouts for buy-outs

BS People: V K Saraswat

German speciality glass maker scouts for opportunities in India

Citizen mulls assembling watches in India

Six districts are underbanked in Karnataka

Primary healthcare retail chain plans rapid expansion

Stempeutics scouts for strategic investor

Merck plans Rs 750-cr vaccine lab in India

GMR gets aircraft overhaul unit in Hyderabad

GMR scouts for customers for its Rs 300 cr MRO

Online banking security up a notch