The Indian Express -- Business

Monday, June 16 1997

FOREX RATES INDICES STOCK

MoST to clear old port projects

In its bid to facilitate environmental clearances for port developmental activities, the government has decided to give powers for environment-related approvals for fresh projects on the existing ports to the Ministry of Surface Transport (MoST).

JK, Apollo set for tyre war

The acquisition of Vikrant Tyres by J K Industries is set to trigger a no-holds barred war between JK Tyre and Apollo Tyre for supremacy in the much sought after truck and bus tyre segment.

Investors lose heavily in finance co shares

The fund-raising exercise through premium/par issues by finance companies in the last two years has turned out to be a bigger scam than the CRB Capital Markets affair with investors losing thousands of crores in dud issues of such companies.

Quickbites -- China Telecom to list in HK

Fiure Wach -- Clean money

Chidambaram warns anti-reform forces

Selling sails for new horizons

TN Govt to supply 100 MW power to Kerala

All PSU boards need more powers

Inflation rate falls to 5.93%

Guest column -- Privatise cities

Site Insight -- When the planets rule the markets

RBI seeks independent agent to scrutinise CRB records