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Honda revises prices
New
Delhi:
Honda Siel Cars India Ltd has revised prices for its new
City and Accord models, following the levy of 2 per cent
education cess on excise and Customs duties as per the
Union Budget. While the prices of all models of the City
has been increased by Rs 5,000, the increase for the Accord
models is in the range of Rs 14,000 to Rs 17,000.
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ICRA ties up with B2K Corp
Bangalore: Credit
rating agency ICRA has signed a pact with business process
outsourcing vendor B2K Corp to offer investment research
to foreign investment banks, stock exchanges and other
financial intermediaries, which need to cope with increased
regulations tracking the Sarbanes Oxley Act, top company
officials have said. The service, branded Brickwork, will
be a joint initiative of the partners wherein ICRA will
use B2K's premises, sales channels in the US as well as
some of its processes and will offer high-value added
research to the clients.
Both the companies will target American, European and
Australian markets to start with. Brickwork will also
seek business from captive BPO units of several large
foreign investment banks that have set up shop in the
country to gain the benefits of labour arbitrage. Brickwork
plans to offer sector research, industry analysis, fixed
income, equity and credit research. It also aims to offer
accounts receivables, payables and back-office processing
to help clients implement Sarbanes Oxley internal controls.
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Plan 290 from Reliance Infocomm
Mumbai:
Reliance
Infocomm has announced 'Plan 290' for its fixed wireless
services. The company said this is one of the lowest monthly
commitment plans in the market. Plan 290 includes 150
free calls worth Rs 180 with free value added services
such as a calling line identification presentation (CLIP),
call divert, call hold, three-way conferencing facilities
and a voicemail facility with message retrieval at local
call rates. Call charges for Plan 290 will be Rs 1.20
per pulse.
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AirTel consolidates media account
under Madison
New
Delhi: Mobile
service provider AirTel has appointed Madison Media as
its media planning and buying agency for all media except
outdoors. According to AirTel, it has consolidated the
media buying and planning functions keeping in mind their
enhanced presence in five telecom circles and have entrusted
Madison with the responsibility.
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Dabur sign up the Sehwags
New
Delhi: Dabur
India has signed cricketer Virender Sehwag and his wife,
Aarti Sehwag, as brand ambassadors for its select products
in the oral care, health care and hair care categories.
Dabur said that it is for the first time that they have
decided to sign a celebrity brand ambassador for their
oral care category, which has a turnover of over Rs 100
crore. The agreement with the Sehwags is initially for
a period of two years and may be renewed thereafter. Dabur's
oral care portfolio comprises Dabur Red Tooth Powder,
Red Tooth Paste, Binaca toothbrushes and Dabur Herbal
toothpaste. The company has also signed Aarti Sehwag for
its Vatika range of hair care products.
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