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EDITORIAL
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Removal of Additional Customs Duty a Mixed Bag
Scrapping
of Additional Customs Duty (ACD) will be a boon
to the overseas liquor industry, as also our importers
who will benefit from the increased sale due to
an overnight price drop of up to 30% in retail.
Wine producers abroad may not benefit uniformly.
In fact, the premium wine will paradoxically, become
more expensive,
French
Vintage 2007 in Trouble due to Heavy Rains
Two
months of almost continuous rain threaten to ruin
large parts of the French wine harvest this year,
especially in Bordeaux. Some small vineyards have
already lost their entire crop to a form of
U.S. mulls over India's ACD Withdrawal
U.S. trade officials said on Friday they are mulling
whether to continue a world trade court challenge
against India after New Delhi said it would drop
hefty duties on wine and spirits.
"We are studying India's
Global
Warming : English
Crops washed out
English
crops that benefited a lot because of a run of dry
springs and hot summers in recent years due to global
warming, face gloomy prospects due to the recent
rainstorms and cold snap, reports The
Hilton Buyout by Blackstone not to affect India
Operations
The $ 26 Billion buyout of US- based
Hilton Hotels Corp. by the private equity giant,
Blackstone Group is not expected to affect Hilton'
s business commitments in India, feel industry
analysts .
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