The government may extend the ban on futures trading in soyoil, rubber, chickpea and potato when it expires next month, and is expected to retain export curbs on rice and wheat for at least three months, a top official said.
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Economic Times

Come 2010, the Indian small car market will hit fourth gear. Close to a dozen new small cars from big names, including Maruti-Suzuki , Honda, Volkswagen, Fiat, Ford and Toyota, are expected to hit the road, rejuvenating a market that accounts for as much as 75% of car sales.
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Economic Times

Nissan Motor Co. will soon sell cars that push back when drivers try to put the pedal to the metal. It has also developed a test model packed with additional sensor technology to make vehicles crash-free.

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Economic Times

It's not just the economic growth charts, BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) nations are also flexing muscles in the world’s largest sporting event.

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Economic Times

Call it the Nano effect! The ultra-affordable “people’s car” might have launched India as a hotbed of ideas, innovative products and solutions but Ratan Tata has only set the ball rolling. Today, manufacturers across sectors are also trying their hand at serious creative disruption....

Economic Times

Honda Motor Co will be dogged by a shortage of passenger cars at least through the rest of the business year to next March as production fails to keep pace with demand, its chief financial officer said on Monday....

Hindustan Times

The scraping of $3 billion investment plans for Bangladesh by Indian conglomerate Tata Group is likely to deter investors and should be "a wake up call" for Dhaka, that must update its energy security plans, a leading financial daily has said....

Economic Times

The auto industry’s biggest players are struggling to shake off the slowdown that has forced car plants to operate below capacity. Last week, car market leader Maruti Suzuki closed one of its plants for two days while other volume players like Tata Motors and Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) are considering adjusting production to demand to tide over the lean season.
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Economic Times

Without giving any timeline, auto major Mahindra and Mahinrda on Wednesday said there is a need to increase prices of cars and farm equipments due to rising commodity prices.
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Economic Times

The worst fear of automobile industry has come true with country's top two car makers, Maruti Suzuki and Hyundai Motors India, reporting flat domestic sales in July amidst concerns of high interest rates, rising fuel costs and lack of finance availability.
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Economic Times