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Bhupesh Bhandari: Are celebrities worth their price?
Purists will tell you that celebrity endorsement is nothing but lazy advertising. Instead of working on the brand, companies use a celebrity to create awareness and get the message across in a jiffy. The cost of creating the campaign may go up, but the money and time required to rub the brand in get reduced by a huge margin.

Analysts more optimistic about IT services companies
The year 2009 was one of the most challenging years for the Indian information technology (IT) services sector. Even as IT spends went down by almost 6-8 per cent globally, Indian IT companies had to grapple with the confession by Ramalinga Raju regarding a nearly Rs 8,000-crore fraud at Satyam Computer Services.

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Announcement of GST rollout date likely on Jan 8
The date for rolling out the Goods and Services Tax could be announced on January 8, the Chairman of the Empowered Committee on State Finance Ministers, Asim Dasgupta, said today.
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Petronet LNG June qtr net dips 2% at Rs 103 cr

Liquefied natural gas importer Petronet LNG today said its net profit declined by 2.20 per cent at Rs 103.31 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2009, over the same period last year. - CGD projects to source natural gas from PMT fields - Petronet explores "gas swap" deal with K-G basin supplies - Petronet LNG net up 70% at Rs 204 cr - KG-D6 gas fails to cheer fertiliser cos - LNG imports may double this year - Dabhol LNG terminal to be up and running soon The company had a net profit of Rs 105.64 crore in the same quarter ended June 2008, liquefied natural gas importer said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange. Total income rose to Rs 2,641.2 crore in the latest quarter, against Rs 1,645.85 crore in the same quarter previous fiscal. Shares of Petronet LNG were trading at Rs 67.10 on the BSE, down 7.32 per cent from previous close.


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