| Investment best answer to northeast insurgency: Aiyar
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) Major investment in the northeast is the best answer to the problem of insurgency in that region, according to Minister for Development of Northeastern Region Mani Shankar Aiyar. Addressing a press conference here Monday on the eve of the two-day Third Northeast Business Summit here, Aiyar said, "Any significant investment will reduce security problems in the northeast. Major investment is the best answer to the problems of insurgency in that region." Inviting the private sector to invest, he said that a very substantial part of the region is free of security problems. The business summit, to be held here April 10-11 and being organised by the Ministry of Development of Northeastern Region (DoNER) and the Kolkata-based trade body Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC), will showcase the strengths of the northeastern region and present significant business opportunities.
Bonds good for portfolio
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Cambridge Heart Announces Co-Marketing Agreement with St. Jude ...
Cambridge Heart, Inc. (OTCBB:CAMH), today announced a three-year exclusive sales and marketing agreement with St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE:STJ), under which St. Jude Medical will be responsible for marketing Cambridge Heart's HearTwave II(R) Microvolt T-Wave Alternans System and sensors to cardiologists and electrophysiologists in North America. Cambridge Heart's sales force will continue to market the HearTwave II to internal medicine and primary care practices. Alternans testing is designed to allow physicians to identify patients who are at increased risk of Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD). "Our partnership with St. Jude Medical is a landmark event for Cambridge Heart, our employees, and our shareholders," stated Robert P. Khederian, Chairman and Interim CEO of Cambridge Heart, Inc.
Stanford Business School Research Examines Linkage Between ROI and ...
STANFORD, Calif.-(Business Wire)-March 16, 2007 - For years, return on investment (ROI) and related financial accounting ratios have been widely used as key measures of business profitability. But what three accounting professors from the Stanford Graduate School of Business recently discovered was that, despite its widespread acceptance, the economic meaning of the ROI metric has only been vaguely understood. .
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