AsiaPulse News back issues from February 2007:
FOREX - US DOLLAR ENDS STEADY AGAINST RUPEE - JAN 31, 2007.
Feb 01, 2007 ... MUMBAI, Jan 31 Asia Pulse - The US Dollar ended barely steady against the Rupee at Rs 44.20 per dollar and the Pound Sterling turned lower at Rs 86.37 per pound at the close ...
STOCKS - SENSEX ENDS LOWER, JAN 31, 2007.
Feb 01, 2007 ... MUMBAI, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - The Bombay Stock Exchange failed to hold early gains on Wednesday, as the benchmark Sensex closed lower by 121 points at 14,090.92, on selling by funds in heavy-weight stocks led by Tata Steel. The 30-share index, Sensex, which opened higher by 57 ...
AUSTRALIAN MANUFACTURING GROWTH SLOWS IN JANUARY.
Feb 01, 2007 ... SYDNEY, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - Growth in Australia's manufacturing industry slowed in January, due to weakening demand, supply shortages and the drought, new figures show. The Australian Industry Group/PricewaterhouseCoopers Australian performance of manufacturing index (PMI) fell ...
STOCKS - JAKARTA MARKET ENDS HIGHER - JAN 31, 2007.
Feb 01, 2007 ... JAKARTA, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - The Jakarta stock market closed yesterday with lower prices. The composite index lost 8.264 ...
REEM DEVELOPERS UNVEILS ABU DHABI MARINA PROJECT.
Feb 01, 2007 ... ABU DHABI, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - Reem Developers has announced plans to build three world-class marinas that will form the cornerstone of its flagship project, Najmat Abu Dhabi, which is well on course to becoming Abu Dhabi's landmark urban development. The Abu Dhabi-based ...
OIL SEARCH TO SHELVE TROUBLED PNG GAS PROJECT.
Feb 01, 2007 ... SYDNEY, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - Oil Search Ltd (ASX:OSH) has announced it is shelving its troubled $A8 billion ($US6.2 billion) Papua New Guinea gas project. In a statement the company said the costs of the pipeline project weren't attractive when compared with a number of other ...
AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - FEB 1, 2007.
Feb 01, 2007 ... SYDNEY, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers: THE AGE - Civil jury finds Geoff Clark led two pack rapes against a teenager more than 35 years ago; Rape victim's joy: I've got my life back; Connex crisis plan cuts 400 train services a day. - ...
INDIAN HR COMPANY MA FOI FORAYING INTO EUROPE, FAR EAST.
Feb 01, 2007 ... CHENNAI, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - HR Services provider Ma Foi is exploring possibilites of foraying into Europe and the Far East during the current fiscal year, CEO K Pandiarajan said on Wednesday. Talking to reporters here, he said the company would set up operations in Hong Kong, ...
RAYTHEON TO BE PRESENT AT BANGALORE 2007 AERO SHOW.
Feb 01, 2007 ... BANGALORE, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - Defence and government electronics major, Raytheon Company will have a big presence at the 2007 Aero India trade show being held here from February 7. As a global technology leader, US-based Raytheon offers a variety of products and services to meet ...
SONY ERICSSON TO MANUFACTURE MOBILE PHONES IN CHENNAI.
Feb 01, 2007 ... CHENNAI, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - Mobile phone major Sony Ericsson will manufacture mobile phones in Chennai, a top company official said on Wednesday. The mobile phones would be manufactured through manufacturing agreements with the company's global outsourcing manufacturing ...
LEIGHTON TO BUY 40PCT STAKE IN PROPERTY CO DEVINE LTD.
Feb 01, 2007 ... SYDNEY, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - Leighton Holdings Ltd (ASX:LEI) will pay about $A94.7 million ($US73.43 million) for a 40 per cent stake in listed property developer Devine Ltd (ASX:DVN), deepening its footprint in the residential property market. Leighton said the deal, if approved ...
TATAS PIP CSN TO WIN CORUS TAKEOVER BATTLE.
Feb 01, 2007 ... LONDON/MUMBAI, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - Tatas on Wednesday pipped Brazil's CSN to acquire Anglo-Dutch steelmaker Corus Group Plc at slightly more than US $11 billion. ...
ANALYSIS - STEELY NERVES PREVAIL FOR RATAN TATA.
Feb 01, 2007 ... MUMBAI, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - Every Tata has his legacy and Ratan Tata, the man with a rare mix of grace, composure and steely nerves, has created his own by winning the Corus battle against odds just as he steered the people's car project at ingur in West Bengal. Since taking the ...
TATA STEEL SHARES DIP ON CORUS DEAL CONCERNS.
Feb 01, 2007 ... MUMBAI, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - Shares of Tata Steel (BSE:500470) on Wednesday plunged over 7 per cent or Rs 38 on the bourses in the first few minutes of trade Wednesday, on concerns in the market that the US ...
TATA STEEL WINS CORUS GROUP BIDDING WAR.
Feb 01, 2007 ... MUMBAI, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - Tata Steel (NSE:TATASTEEL) on Wednesday said it will shortly seek approval of its revised offer from the Board of Corus Group Plc. The $US11.3 billion transaction is likely to be finished by the middle of March this year. The Indian ...
INDIA INC HAILS TATA'S CORUS TAKEOVER.
Feb 01, 2007 ... NEW DELHI, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - India Inc on Wednesday welcomed Tata Steel's (BSE:500470) acquisition of Anglo-Dutch steel maker Corus while expressing concern that the deal might re-rate the entire steel industry, making steel companies over-valued. Jindal Steel and Power Ltd ...
STATE BANK OF INDIA OPENS FIRST COMMERCIAL BRANCH IN BAHRAIN.
Feb 01, 2007 ... DUBAI, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - State Bank of India (BSE:500112) will open its first commercial branch in Bahrain today with an initial investment of US$3 million. "We shall function like any other local bank and the initial services will include time deposits, savings bank accounts ...
CLASS ACTION TO BE SERVED ON QANTAS, OTHER AIRLINES.
Feb 01, 2007 ... MELBOURNE, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - A $A200 million ($US155.07 million) cartel class action will be served on Qantas (ASX:QAN) and six other large international airlines today. The case is being brought by leading law firm Maurice Blackburn Cashman and arises from an alleged global ...
MICRO INKS TO ACQUIRE US FIRM HOSTMANN STEINBERG.
Feb 01, 2007 ... MUMBAI, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - Micro Inks (BSE:532886) will acquire US-based Hostmann Steinberg (HST) from MHM Holding GmbH, Germany, for a total consideration of US$4 million. The acquisition of 100 per cent equity capital and preferred stocks in HST, which would be through ...
STOCKS - AUSTRALIAN INDEX OPENS HIGHER - FEB 1, 2007.
Feb 01, 2007 ... SYDNEY, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - The Australian share market has opened stronger, buoyed by Wall Street and higher base metals prices. At 1015 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was up 41.6 points to 5,815, while the all ordinaries index gained 40.2 points at 5,797.9. On the ...
SOUTH KOREAN NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - FEB 1, 2007.
Feb 01, 2007 ... SEOUL, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers: VERNACULAR DAILIES -- Gov't to provide 2.6 mln public housing units by 2017 (Kyunghyang Shinmun) -- 2.6 mln rental homes to be supplied (Kukmin Daily) -- Supreme Court selects 224 cases subject to retrial (Dong-a llbo) ...
INDONESIA TO DECLARE BIRD FLU OUTBREAKS A NATIONAL DISASTER.
Feb 01, 2007 ... JAKARTA, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - The Indonesian government will soon declare bird flu outbreaks in the country a national disaster owing to the fact that the H5N1 virus has caused an endemic disease which is spreading on a national scale, a minister said. "The president has indicated ...
ALUMINA LTD POSTS 62PCT RISE IN FULL-YEAR EARNINGS.(Financial report)
Feb 01, 2007 ... SYDNEY, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - Alumina Ltd (ASX:AWC) has forecast increased production in 2007, after today reporting a 62 per cent rise in full year earnings. The bauxite miner, and aluminium refiner and smelter today reported an annual net profit for calender 2006 of $A511.1 ...
EU LIKELY TO REVOKE ANTIDUMPING DUTIES ON S. KOREAN PET CHIPS:.
Feb 01, 2007 ... SEOUL, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - The European Union (EU) is likely to revoke antidumping duties on polyethyrene trephthalate (PET) chips from South Korea, a trade body said Wednesday. The European Commission, which levied antidumping tariffs on PET chips from four South Korean firms in ...
ONGC BOARD APPROVES US$1.4 BLN INVESTMENTS IN WESTERN OFFSHORE.
Feb 01, 2007 ... NEW DELHI, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (BSE:500312), the country's largest firm by market value, on Tuesday said its Board has approved investment proposals of Rs 61.52 billion (US$1.4 billion) for four major projects in the western offshore region. The ...
AXA ROSENBERG STRENGTHENS TEAM IN AUSTRALIA.
Feb 01, 2007 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) AXA Rosenberg Strengthens Team in Australia SYDNEY, Feb. 1 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- AXA Rosenberg, an AXA Investment Managers company specializing in global, active equity asset management, announced today ...
MINNESOTA BUSINESS DELEGATION TO VISIT INDIA.
Feb 01, 2007 ... WASHINGTON, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - With an eye on the huge demand for consumer goods and high-technology in India, the Governor of the US state of Minnesota will lead a business delegation to the country in October to explore trade and investment opportunities. "Strong economic ...
SNAPSHOT OT TATA GROUP'S TAKEOVERS ABROAD.
Feb 01, 2007 ... NEW DELHI, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - Tata Steel's successful US .3 billion takeover of its much bigger rival Corus Group is the latest in a series of acquisitions abroad executed by India's largest and one of the oldest corporate groups. The acquisitions have meant that 30 per cent of ...
KOMAG TO PARTICIPATE IN UPCOMING INVESTOR CONFERENCE.
Feb 01, 2007 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) Komag to Participate in Upcoming Investor Conference SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 1 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- Komag, Incorporated, a leading independent supplier of thin-film media for disk drives, today announced ...
INDO-MYANMAR WATERWAYS PROJECT AWAITS CABINET NOD.
Feb 01, 2007 ... AIZAWAL, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - The Rs 8.61 billion (US$195 million) BKaladan Multi Modal Transport Project, designed to link Mizoram with Myanmar by highway and inland waterway would take off as soon as the union Cabinet give nod to the project, a senior state official said on Wednesday. ...
SHIBAURA INSTITUTE SELECTS BENTLEY'S BE CAREERS NETWORK PROGRAM.
Feb 01, 2007 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) Shibaura Institute of Technology Selects Bentley's BE Careers Network Program Program Provides Support for Department of Architecture and Environment Systems, College of Systems Engineering; Department of Electrical ...
HONG KONG NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - FEB 1, 2007.
Feb 01, 2007 ... HONG KONG, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers: SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST: - Civic Party lawmaker Alan Leong Kah-kit yesterday announced he had secured 111 nominations for chief executive, making him the first democrat to qualify for a race only ...
BUSH FOR TECH SUPPORT TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ON HYDROCARBONS.
Feb 01, 2007 ... WASHINGTON, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - Underlining the global nature of dependency on oil, President George W Bush on Wednesday said it only made sense for the US to help countries like India and China to make them less dependent on hydrocarbons. "This is a global issue, obviously ... ...
TAIWAN NEW PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN 2007 TO BE 11PCT HIGHER.
Feb 01, 2007 ... TAIPEI, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - With last year's target for new private investment achieved, the government has set a goal 11.44 per cent higher for this year for a total of around NT$1 trillion (US$30.3 billion), Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) officials said Tuesday. According ...
$800 MLN IN COMMERICAL REAL ESTATE TO BREAK GROUND, INCHEON, SK.
Feb 01, 2007 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) Million In Commerical Real Estate To Break Ground, Incheon, South Korea NEW YORK, Jan. 31 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- Signature Commercial Building Anchors New Songdo City as Northeast Asia's Business Hub The ...
TAIWAN AIRLINES SEE DIFFICULTIES IN ADDING NEW YEAR CHARTERS.
Feb 01, 2007 ... TAIPEI, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - Taiwan airline operators said Wednesday that it would be difficult to add additional flights to the schedule for the 2007 Lunar New Year direct cross-Taiwan Strait charter flight services with the major holiday being just around the corner. In response ...
SINGAPORE NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - FEB 1, 2007.
Feb 01, 2007 ... SINGAPORE, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers: THE STRAITS TIMES: - Creative Technology's quarterly gain surged by 11 times after a one-off payment by rival Apple to settle a legal dispute boosted net profits to a record US$92.1 million (S$141.6 ...
FOREX - US DOLLAR OPENS WEAKER AGAINST WON - FEB 1, 2007.
Feb 01, 2007 ... SEOUL, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - The U.S. dollar Thursday opened at 938.5 won, ...
RUSSIA'S IMPORT OF RICE FROM INDIA TO REMAIN SUSPENDED.
Feb 01, 2007 ... MOSCOW, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - Russia on Wednesday said the import of rice from India would remain suspended till it verifies the export quality control mechanism in the country. Russia had imposed a blanket ban on import of rice from all countries in December last year, saying it ...
PHILIPPINE NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - FEB 1, 2007.
Feb 01, 2007 ... MANILA, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers: THE MANILA TIMES: - The Philippines missed its economic growth target last year on the back of a series of typhoons in the last quarter that pulled down farm output, which comprises a fifth of the domestic ...
STOCKS - SEOUL SHARES OPEN HIGHER - FEB 1, 2007.
Feb 01, 2007 ... SEOUL, Feb. 1 Asia Pulse - South Korean stocks started higher Thursday, led by gains in steel and finance shares, analysts said. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) rose 4.16 points, or 0.31 percent, to 1,364.39 in the first 15 minutes of trading. ...
SAMSONITE TO OPEN 50 STORES IN INDIA, INVEST US$10 MLN.
Feb 01, 2007 ... BANGALORE, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - US Travel solutions firm Samsonite plans to open additional 50 brand stores in India with an investment of US$10 million by the year-end, a company official said on Wednesday. Samsonite has currently 168 stores in India, including the one opened ...
INDIAN GOVT READY TO HELP TATAS COMPLETE CORUS ACQUISITION: MINISTER.
Feb 01, 2007 ... NEW DELHI, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - Terming Tatas' successful bid for acquiring Anglo-Dutch steel company Corus as an example of aggressive Indian businesses, Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday said the government would be ready to help the industrial house to complete the deal. ...
JAPANESE NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - FEB 1, 2007.
Feb 01, 2007 ... TOKYO, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers: NIKKEI NET: - Foreign and domestic investment funds are plowing money into Japanese real estate in pursuit of higher returns, with U.S. financial services firm Morgan Stanley slated to invest up to 2 trillion ...
CORUS COSTS A PREMIUM, BUT WORTH IT: RATAN TATA.
Feb 01, 2007 ... MUMMBAI, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata on Wednesday asserted that the Corus takeover cost would prove to be worthwhile, even though the group paid much higher than what it had started with. Prices went up when investors came in and increased the price after ...
ARUMUGAM SARAVANAN JOINS EMC CORPORATION AS VP, MD.
Feb 01, 2007 ... BANGALORE, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - Software company EMC Corporation on Wednesday announced that Arumugam Saravanan has been appointed as the vice-president and managing director of EMC's Center of Excellence. "Saravanan, a 10-year veteran of Microsoft with substantial ...
SUMTOTAL SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH BEIJING-BASED FOUNDER ORDER.
Feb 01, 2007 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) ( BW)(CA-SUMTOTAL-SYSTEMS-INC)(SUMT) SumTotal Signs Agreement with Beijing-Based Founder Order Business Editors BEIJING--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 31, 2007--SumTotal(R) Systems (NASDAQ:SUMT), the largest ...
A.M. BEST ASSIGNS RATINGS TO SOUTH CHINA INSURANCE COMPANY LTD.
Feb 01, 2007 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) ( BW)(NJ-A.M.-BEST-CO.) A.M. Best Assigns Ratings to South China Insurance Company Limited OLDWICK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 31, 2007--A.M. Best Co. has assigned a financial strength rating of A- (Excellent) and an issuer ...
PAKISTAN'S ONYX EXPORTS UP BY 4.47 PCT IN FIRST HALF.
Feb 01, 2007 ... KARACHI, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - Pakistan has exported onyx manufactured items worth US$6.878 million during July-December, 2006, showing an increase of 4.47 per cent as compared to the corresponding period last year. The exports of onyx products from the country during first half of ...
KKR PRIVATE EQUITY INVESTORS DISCUSSES PACE OF INVESTMENTS.
Feb 01, 2007 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) (BW)(KKR-PRIVATE-EQUITY)(KPE.AS) KKR Private Equity Investors Discusses Pace of Investments Business Editors GUERNSEY, Channel Islands--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 31, 2007--KKR Private Equity Investors, L.P ....
WELFARE GROUPS TO PROVIDE JOBS FOR PAKISTANI WOMEN.
Feb 01, 2007 ... KARACHI, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - The Al-Khidmat Welfare Society in collaboration with Charity Australia and Muslim Aid Australia has set up Al-Khidmat Cottage Industry, to provide jobs to unemployed women in Karachi. According to group, the inauguration ceremony of the cottage ...
WASTEWATER PLANT PLANNED FOR PAKISTAN'S HUB INDUSTRIAL ESTATE.
Feb 01, 2007 ... KARACHI, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - The Lasbela Industrial Estate Development Authority (Lieda) has started conducting a topographical survey of Hub Industrial Trading Estate (Hite) and other industrial areas for the establishment of a combined effluent water treatment plant. According ...
AIDING INDIA'S AGRI SECTOR WITH WEATHER RISK MANAGEMENT TOOLS.
Feb 01, 2007 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) ( BW)(DC-WRMA) Aiding India's Agricultural Sector with Weather Risk Management Tools The Weather Risk Management Association Sponsors Feb Meeting in Mumbai Agriculture Writers/Business Editors ...
A.M. BEST AFFIRMS RATINGS OF MEIJI YASUDA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.
Feb 01, 2007 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) A.M. Best Affirms Ratings of Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company OLDWICK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 31, 2007--A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of A (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating of ...
HEXION COMPLETES PURCHASE OF ORICA'S ADHESIVES & RESINS BUSINESS.
Feb 01, 2007 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) ( BW)(OH-HEXION/ORICA) Hexion Specialty Chemicals Completes Purchase Of Orica Limited's Adhesives & Resins Business Business Editors COLUMBUS, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 31, 2007--Hexion Specialty ...
ROCKWELL AUTO SELLS MECHANICAL, MOTOR BUSINESSES TO BALDOR.
Feb 01, 2007 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) Rockwell Automation Completes Sale of Mechanical and Motor Businesses to Baldor Electric Company MILWAUKEE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 31, 2007--Rockwell Automation, Inc. today announced that it has completed the sale of ...
SIGNACERT INTRODUCES ENTERPRISE TRUST SERVICES.
Feb 01, 2007 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) ( BW)(OR-SIGNACERT) SignaCert Introduces Enterprise Trust Services Trusted Integrity Verification Proves IT Systems Stay Configured as Intended PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 31, 2007--SignaCert ...
TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY LEADERS ADVANCE NEW SECURITY APPROACH.
Feb 01, 2007 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) ( BW)(OR-SIGNACERT) Technology Industry Leaders Come Together to Advance New Security and Management Approach SignaCert and Intel, Sun Microsystems, Juniper Networks, Applied Identity, Cordys, XenSource, PGP ...
TATA LANDS AMONG WORLD'S TOP TEN STEELMAKERS.
Feb 01, 2007 ... NEW DELHI, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - Tata Steel's successful takeover of Corus Group Plc - Europe's second-largest and the world's eight-largest steelmaker - has catapulted it to fifth position among world's top steel producers. From a mere 5.6 million tonnes, the Corus acquisition ...
EFD INTRODUCES NEW RADIAL SPINNER SYSTEM.
Feb 01, 2007 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) ( BW)(RI-EFD)(NDSN) EFD Introduces New Radial Spinner System An efficient, cost-effective way for manufacturers in all industries to apply production fluids inside cylindrical parts EAST PROVIDENCE, ...
INDIAN COS MAY GET TO TAP OVERSEAS EQUITY MARKETS: PAPER.
Feb 01, 2007 ... LONDON, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - India may soon allow its companies to go in for a primary listing in overseas exchanges, relaxing current regulations that require firms to first list in domestic bourses. "The suggestion has come that companies could seek a primary listing elsewhere ...
INDONESIA SEEKS MAJOR ROLE IN JV WITH QATAR INVESTMENT FUND: MINISTER.
Feb 01, 2007 ... JAKARTA, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - The National Development Planning Board (Bappenas) expressed hope that further negotiations with the Qatar Investment Fund (QIF) would enable Indonesia to assume a more dominant role in a joint venture to be established by the two countries to carry out ...
OVERSI HELPS SERVICE PROVIDERS AFTER ASIAN EARTHQUAKE.
Feb 01, 2007 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) Oversi's P2P Caching System Helps Service Providers to Maintain Service Levels After Asian Earthquake PETACH TIKVA, Jan. 31 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- Oversi, a pioneer in innovative Peer-to-Peer (P2P) ...
WESFARMERS PURCHASES LINDE GAS AUSTRALIA.
Feb 01, 2007 ... PERTH, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - Diversified industrial group Wesfarmers (ASX:WES) has completed the $A500 million ($US387.68 million) purchase of specialty gas business Linde Gas Australia. Linde Gas will be renamed Coregas Pty Ltd and operate as a stand-alone business alongside ...
INDIAN FRANCHISE INDUSTRY SEEKS SPECIFIC REGULATORY FRAMEWORK.
Feb 01, 2007 ... NEW DELHI, Feb 1 Asia Pulse - The franchise industry in the country is seeking specific legal framework for regulating the sector, which is growing exponentially following the retail boom. According to Franchise Association of India President (northern chapter) Anurag Batra, the ...