Local bottlers urge Coke's ouster
30 June 1998 10:35 ISTCoca Cola is in trouble in Goa. The new mega plant of the multinational coming up in the tourist state has been vehemently opposed by over 250 small bottlers, expressing fear that it would wash ... READ
'Power'ful shock for IT holiday extension
11 June 1998 10:35 ISTGoa, which has been declared industrially backward, may not be in a position to take optimum benefit of the extension of income tax holiday granted till 2000 due to lack of enough power supply.Over 960 ... READ
Salaries to eat up central aid
03 June 1998 12:01 ISTThe BJP-led government's new policy towards central assistance to the states is definitely a sigh of relief for a tiny state of Goa, which is presently undergoing acute financial crisis.The additional benefit would be at ... READ
Profit-less ego war between Coke and Pepsi
12 May 1998 10:36 ISTWith summer getting hot day by day, the famous war between the Coca Cola and the Pepsi, the soft drink multinationals, is also heating up in the tourist state, playing upon egos and not profits.The ... READ
Coke setting up mega plant to counter Pepsi
02 May 1998 10:37 ISTCoca Cola, the Atlanta-based soft drink multinational, is going offensive to counter its rival - the Pepsi.While retaining its monopoly in the Goan market even after its main bottler shifted over to the Pepsi India ... READ
No table games; to start with, only 'electronic' offshore casinos
10 April 1998 23:11 ISTThe hide and seek is now over, after a long wait of two-years. Probably first of its kind in the country, the Goa government has now permitted two offshore casinos.Tourists coming through sea from Bombay ... READ
Local bottlers urge Coke's ouster
07 April 1998 10:37 ISTOver 160 large industrial firms are eagerly waiting for the BJP-led government to extend the tax holiday scheme for Goa at least by one more year, to avail the facility which expired last month.The state ... READ
When Govt. gets fooled on April Fools' Day
04 April 1998 10:38 ISTThe Goa government took several industrialists on a trip, on the occasion of the Fools' Day, while ultimately making a fool of themselves.Luizinho Faleiro, the state industries minister, along with former chief minister Ravi Naik ... READ
Liquor still cheap, but foodstuff made heavy in budget
31 March 1998 23:11 ISTTourists visiting Goa will have to spend little more now, thanks to the fresh hikes in local duties in the annual budget the local Congress government has recently presented.Liquor is still cheap, but not non-alcoholic ... READ
Tourists targeted for surplus budget
24 March 1998 12:02 ISTGiving big boost to the computer software and cell phone industry, the Goa government has presented a surplus budget, which would cost Goans as well as the tourists visiting the state.Chief Minister Pratapsing Rane, while ... READ
