'Credit restrictions and the lack of liquidity caused by the crisis could lead to a reduction in supply. While coffee fundamentals remain in a tight balance, the price outlook in the short run is likely to continue to be dominated by the instability of world financial markets,' said Nestor Osorio, executive director, ICO.
Faced with falling residential demand, home buyers are being wooed with cars, fitouts, parking discounts. People familiar with the property market say this initiative, being led mainly by property marketing companies and a few investors or speculators, is unhealthy. They are doing this as they have put their money into properties at overheated locations and are now desperate to exit.
Companies are offering services in drug discovery and validation based on pathway analysis (that is, analysis of how toxic or radioactive substances reach humans), genomics (study of gene sequences in living organisms), proteomics (large-scale study of proteins) and translational research (clinical investigation with human patients or volunteers).
Currently, the US contributes 40-45 per cent of the total IT/ITeS outsourcing and offshoring business in India and is the single largest market for India's IT/ITeS business. The real estate sector's growth is fuelled by demand. In India, the demand is derived mainly through shift in global economic conditions. Thus any change in the real economy will have an impact on the physical real estate (construction or ready office space) market.
The Indian biotech sector continues to face an acute shortage of specialists. But now there is a ray of hope, interestingly from a dark story being narrated in the pharma and biotech sectors in the United States and Europe. The sector is seeing downsizing there. This has made scientists of Indian origin explore opportunities in India. "The shortage and the noticeable gap is in terms of discovery-led drug development," said Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, CMD, Biocon
Most of the biotech companies are focusing on discovery-led innovation in biopharmaceuticals. The segment has been witnessing innovations in follow-on (new variants) biologics (commercial products derived from biotechnology) and vaccines with an emerging activity in discovery-led new drug development programmes.
"The company has identified a place near Channapatna, close to the 'Janapada Loka' on the highway. This will be a 6,000 square feet cafe with a kidsplay area and parking space," said Rini Dutta, Vice-President (marketing and product development), Barista Coffee Company.
More people may start meeting over a cup of coffee if the Coffee Board gets its formula right. It is aiming to entice more people into taking to coffee drinking. It will use the idiot box. The board will make short films on the different coffee-brewing methods.
Owing to a mismatch between demand and supply of office space, rentals in the Bangalore's central business district (CBD) have peaked to Rs 90 per sq ft a month.
Reliance Industries and Nitesh Estates, a Bangalore-based real estate developer, are in the shortlist to buy Hindustan Unilever's Brookefields property in Bangalore.
The real estate sector in India has responded well to the growth of the organised retail sector and this has led to a phenomenal rise in supply of space for organised retail operations year after year.
Bangalore-based company aims to raise around Rs 300 crore
Danone, a $14 billion biscuits, beverages and dairy major, through its investments in Avesthagen and in partnership with it, will develop a series of plant-based active ingredients for functional foods with nutritional benefits.
Godrej Properties, the real estate arm of the Godrej group, has initiated two projects worth Rs 850 crore in Bangalore.
During the last few years, Mysore has been witnessing unprecedented growth in real estate, with a large number of housing co-operative societies having secured land for development of residential colonies.
Wachovia, one of the largest banks in the US, with an asset base of more than $700 billion, is set to diversify in India.
DLF, a Delhi-based integrated real estate development company, as part of its strategy for the Bangalore real estate market has lined up two integrated townships worth altogether Rs 400 crore (Rs 4 billion).
Large format shopowners look outside malls for spaces with international look & feel.
Dr Cor van Zadelhoff is no stranger to India and comes here for both work and pleasure. A pioneer in the European real estate business, he has friends among the Indian royal families through the polo circuit.
19 per cent of national supply to come up in the city.
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