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Bajaj bike
sales zoom 85 pc Euro — wash it, but don't iron it
MRF,
Bridgestone top list SMS now
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Sops for
bee-keepers on paper? Duncans
to shift tea business Sugarcane
crushing begins
Reliance
Ind results on Jan 31
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Bajaj bike sales zoom 85 pc
Mumbai, January 2 Though December has traditionally been a low buying month, the company’s introduction of new models, like Pulsar in select markets and the Kawasaki Bajaj Boxer AT nationally, has given the boost to motorcycle sales, BAL vice-president (business development and marketing) R.L. Ravichandran said in a press note issued here today. The motorcycle market share had also risen to more than 24 per cent in December 2001 (19.4 per cent in December 2000), he added. The decline in scooter sales has been arrested with sales of 27,368 units (16,761) and a market share of 76.1 per cent, the company said adding the sales of ungeared scooters were lower at 3,903 units (4,236). The total two and three wheelers sales during the reporting month stood higher at 1,11,366 units (72,519). In the nine-month period ended December, the combined two and three wheeler sales volume have crossed the 10 lakh mark. Mr Ravichandran said the cyclical trend would reach its peak in the next quarter, which usually is the best period for auto sector. This together with launch of Chetak four-stroke, Legend NXT2, Pulsar 150 and Pulsar 180 cc makes us to look forward to further gains in volumes and market share.
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Euro — wash it, but don't iron it
Berlin, January 2 But when the notes were ironed, their shiny security strip, which displays their value, quickly became pockmarked. The notes' embedded security thread also burned when put through a microwave, Bild reported. The notes changed colour and shrank briefly when dipped in red wine, but expanded again as they soaked up the fluid. Needless to say, the coins were completely destroyed when run over by a tram. Shops charge handling fee
London As 12 European countries embraced the single currency, some leading British stores were charging handling fees of up to 8 per cent, according to “The Independent”.
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MRF, Bridgestone top list New Delhi, January 2 Both companies had an identical score of 742 points in the 2002 Tyre Customer Satisfaction Index (TCSI) study which examined customer satisfaction with original tyres at 12-18 months of ownership, a J D Power release said today. Other tyre makers like Goodyear, JK Tyres and Ceat were ranked below the industry average of 736 index points. “The top TCSI score for both Bridgestone and MRF was driven by strong performance on
appearance and wearability, factors that contribute more than 75 per cent to the index,” Rajeev Lochan, Business Manager, J D Power Asia Pacific, said. The 2002 study was based on feedback from more than 2,600 owners of 23 different models and overall performance was mainly assessed with respect to four factors —
appearance, wearaibility, traction and highway performance. This year, Goodyear and JK Tyres improved their performance compared to 2001.
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SMS now for corporates
Bangalore, January 2 Bangalore-based Merit Systems' product, GIFTesms, allows companies to communicate practically on a minute-to-minute basis with its employees through the corporate network by sending bulk or even individual messages. "If an airline wants to send an SMS to all its passengers that the flight is delayed by, say, two hours, all that it has to do is to get on to its corporate site and send a common message. It is a gateway between the corporate LAN and SMS," B.S. Gopal Rao, MD, Merit Systems, told IANS. Forex dealers or stockbrokers could also use it for updates on currency fluctuations or share prices. In the existing system, the cellular operator is alone able to send bulk messages. The other advantage, unlike other SMS services, is that there is no need to load the software on every personal computer. An employee or a manager can get on to the corporate site and send an SMS to all his colleagues from a cyber joint. That is, even if the staff member does not have a cell phone. Or, for that matter, get e-mail alerts on the cell phone. It could be person-to-person or the opposite, bulk messaging. "We have integrated the SMS technology with the GSM technology and the organisational e-mail and SMS," adds Rao. Most companies do not provide access to the web, but these allow access to the corporate e-mail. "GIFTesms integrates the intra communication with the external," says Rao. Registered users can have their cell phones mapped to their respective mail accounts to receive SMS alerts about mail in their mailbox at regular intervals. Such users can also send e-mail messages from their cell phones. Such messages will originate as an SMS message from their phones, reach GIFTesms software and be finally sent out as a regular e-mail. "The precise communication will result in huge cost savings, increased operational efficiency and a palpable convenience in organisational communication," says Rao.
IANS
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Sops for bee-keepers on paper? Kulu Kulu has a rich variety of ornamental plants, besides the wild flora and fauna. There are hundreds of beehives of ‘apis dorsata’ (rock bee or jungle bee) in the forests. Many villagers harvest honey from the dorsata colonies. This correspondent talked to Mr Subhash Maudgil, a government employee who also pursues bee-keeping as his hobby. A physical education teacher, Mr Maudgil said he had been winning the first prize for the quality of honey from the Himachal Pradesh Horticulture Department for the past 13 years. He said he had been keeping honeybees for the past 33 years and learnt many things from their disciplined lifestyle. Mr Maudgil claimed that honeybees travelled about 75,000 km and approached at least 8 lakh flowers to collect a litre of honey. The bees work from around 6 a.m. to 7 p.m., he said. He said there were three types of bees in a colony and they live like a family. The head of the family is known as the ‘queen’ who gives orders and reproduces. The second type is of the workers, whose functions range from collecting honey to guarding the colony from outside dangers. (Wild wasps and other insects try to steal the honey stored and also attack the honeybees). The third type of bees is of drones. These cannot even eat themselves and the worker bees feed them till the mating season. The queen lays about 1,500 eggs after three to four days of mating. After this, the workers stop feeding the drones, who die thereafter. Mr Maudgil lamented that though the KVIC had announced various incentives, but the ground realities were far from the announcements. The basic items needed in the bee-keeping, like wax sheets, wooden frames and honey-extraction machines were not readily available. |
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Duncans to shift tea business
Kolkata, January 2 According to a company plan, the tea operations will be first transferred to a group company, Shubh Shanti Services Ltd, after which this unit amalgamated with Santipara Tea Company belonging to the Duncan-Goenka group. The Calcutta High Court has asked the management to conduct three separate meetings of shareholders of DIL and the two group companies to get their approval, company officials told PTI. The officials said in the changing scenario of economic liberalisation, the reconstruction of the tea business would help the group to consolidate in the two areas. According to the officials, there was considerable asymmetry between the tea and fertiliser businesses, as a result of which, the business reconstruction move was taken. After the reconstruction, the two focus areas would be spearheaded by independent managements.
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Sugarcane crushing begins Sirsa, January 2 The mill was constructed at a cost of Rs 45 crore in order to encourage the farmers to turn to this cash crop. Managing Director Harish Chander Bhatia said in the current session, nearly 1.5 lakh quintal sugarcane was expected to be procured from the district.
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