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DO YOU KNOW THIS ABT WAL MART

Wal-Mart's sales on one day were $1.42 billion, which is more than the gross domestic products of 36 countries.

INDIANS THE GREAT

Indian-Americans own 43% of the 47,000 hotels and motels in the USA, according to Asian American Hotel Owners Association, or AAHOA.

FOR YOUR GK

The Coca-Cola trademark for "nutrient or tonic beverages" was registered in 1893.
The Lifebuoy soap trademark was registered in 1895.
The Chiclets gum trademark was registered in 1905.
The Pepsi-Cola trademark for beverages was registered in 1937.

FIRST INDIAN SEZ

Kandla Special Economic Zone (KASEZ) in Gujarat was the first Indian SEZ. It was set up in 1965 and in fact KASEZ was the first SEZ to be set up in Asia. Kandla SEZ is also the largest multi-product SEZ in India, spread over 1.2 sq miles. Kandla SEZ is located just 9 km away from the modern-all-weather Indian port of Kandla.

OLDEST STOCK EXCHANGE OF INDIA

Bombay Stock Exchange Limited is the oldest stock exchange in India as well as Asia. It was established as "The Native Share & Stock Brokers Association" in 1875. Bombay Stock Exchange, popularly known as BSE, is the first stock exchange in the country to obtain permanent recognition in 1956 from the Government of India under the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956. Bombay Stock Exchange has played a vital role in the development of the Indian capital market. The Exchange has a pan-Indian reach with presence in
417 cities and towns of India. Bombay Stock Exchange provides an efficient and transparent market for trading in equity, debt instruments and derivatives. The BSE's On Line Trading System (BOLT) is a proprietory system of the Exchange and is BS 7799-2-2002 certified

GOVT TAKES ON TEXTILE SECTOR

The government Thursday said it will release a subsidy of Rs.2,546 crore ($535 million) for the crisis-hit textile sector.The fund will reach 12,540 beneficiaries through 121 financial institutional banks. In India's annual budget presented last month, the government allocated Rs.3,140 crore for the Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (TUFS) for textile firms. Maran said that the beneficiaries would get 10 percent capital subsidy for the machinery they had purchased. The country's textile sector is facing one of its worst crises as business orders from the advanced economies like the US and Europe fell sharply due to the global slowdown.
According to the Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC), India's garment exports fell 15.4 percent in the first quarter this fiscal.

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