Global retail giants eyeing Indian market 
Mumbai: Despite legislative restrictions, Indian retail market is being closely monitored by international retail giants like Walmart and Crawford. 
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Rlys wants Rs 15,000 crore funds for free 
New Delhi: The Railways wants funds amounting to Rs 15,000 crore for the National Rail Vikas Yojana to come as dividend-free grant from the exchequer. 
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New ECB norms fail to cheer corporates 
New Delhi: The ongoing liberalisation of external commercial borrowing guidelines and procedures aimed at providing the corporates greater access to international capital markets has failed to bear fruit. 
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From .8% To 9.3%--core sector leaps in July 
Mumbai: Impressive performance in the cement, coal and finished steel sectors pushed up the growth in six infrastructure industries to 9.3 per cent in July, which compares well with the negligible 0.8 per cent in July 2001. 
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3 new comexes for mustardseeds, kapas futures soon 
New Delhi: The government is said to have, in principle, cleared setting up of three new commodity exchanges for trading in futures of mustardseeds and raw cotton to partially curb illegal trading in these commodities. 
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A 170 degree turn on centrally sponsored schemes 
New Delhi: The National Development Councils sub-committee on transfer of Centrally Sponsored Schemes has said only 190 schemes of the existing 360 schemes should be carried over to the 10th Plan. 
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Govt starts Rs 16,000-crore facelift for 4 metro airports 
New Delhi: The ministry of civil aviation has embarked on a Rs 16,000 crore upgradation plan for four airports namely Mumbai, Delhi, Calcutta and Chennai, to make them world class. 
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`Indo-German ventures bucked slowdown blues'
Mumbai: Listed joint ventures between Indian and German companies showed a good degree of resilience during the recession, according to a maiden probe conducted by the Indo-German Chamber of Commerce. 
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TN cos' net higher than national average
Chennai: Leading Tamil Nadu-based companies have collectively posted an increase in turnover and profit in the first quarter of the current fiscal, which is higher than the national average.
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