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Tata Nano launch date expected to be Republic Day

Tata Nano launch date expected to be Republic Day
Inorder to invoke nationalist feeling and giving a symbolic statement, it is expected that Tata Motors may launch their much awaited ‘Nano’ car on 26th January. 2008 has been a year marred with controversies and bad news for Ratan Tata – going upto the fact that market capitalization of Bharti has overtaken that of the Tata Group (which is simply incomprehensible to digest).

AIG may have a limited presence in India

AIG may have a limited presence in India
After its bailout, American International Group (AIG) has begun recasting its global operations and even its Indian operations are not left untouched. AIG has Tata AIG Life Insurance and Tata AIG General Insurance where it holds 26% each.

Reliance DTH Services in India Coming This August 15

Reliance DTH Services in India Coming This August 15
Reliance ADAG is expected to launch its DTH services named ‘Big Digital TV DTH’ nationwide from August 15, 2008 with around 200 channels. Big TV has big plans for Indian market and aims to capture a large market share of the total 12.4 crore TV households beating existing players Tata Sky, Dish TV and Sun who together have less than 1 crore subscribers.

Retail in news

Over the weekend, there were lot of happenings centered around the retail sector. With news, announcements and plans coming up of various players. Here is a snapshot of all. Future Group is restructuring its Big Bazaar operations by splitting it into two entities.

Your mobile number is going to change

Your mobile number is going to change
Come next year, and you may have to update all your mobile and phone directories as all mobile numbers will then have 11 digits instead of current 10 digits with ’9′ being prefixed to all mobile numbers and thus ’99′ will become the first two digits of every mobile number.

DCB merging with larger bank – impending action

DCB merging with larger bank – impending action
After the recent Centurion Bank of Punjab merger with HDFC Bank, there are talks that Development Credit Bank, a mid-sized private sector bank may merge with a larger private sector or a foreign bank before 2009.

Buy a personalised Tata Nano sitting at home

Buy a personalised Tata Nano sitting at home
Even before its market launch expected around October, Tata’s People Car, Nano is already creating waves among its potential buyers. Nano’s website It is giving an option of personalising your car by selecting various features such as colour, dash board, seat covers, fog lamps, alloy wheels, decals and scoop trim.