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TotalFina recalls top official; cites slack oil reforms -- To shift focus to LPG, chemicals, lubes
FRENCH oil major TotalFinaElf has decided to shift the focus of its Indian operations from oil and gas to chemicals, lubes and LPG. The world's fourth largest oil company is apparently not so encouraged by the pace and manner in which the oil ... More

Saldanha quits as Haldia Petro MD
MR Richard B. Saldanha, Managing Director of Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd, has resigned from his post. The board has accepted his resignation. Confirming this development, Mr Saldanha said his resignation would take effect from May 1. He is ... More

Top-level changes in Murugappa group
THE Murugappa group has announced a few "top-level changes" which became necessary on account of the group's thrust into two new areas - general insurance and IT-enabled services. It has been decided that all investments in insurance will be ... More

49-tonner to join Tata Engg stable
TATA Engineering is working on a new 49-tonne heavy commercial vehicle (HCV). This is expected to take the competition closer to Volvo India in that segment. Tata Engineering already has a 40-tonne HCV with air-conditioned cabin in the ... More

New directors on Agro Tech board
TWO independent non-executive directors have been inducted into the 9-member board of Agro Tech Foods Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the global food major ConAgra. The two directors have also been inducted into the company's new audit ... More

No `take-or-pay' deal with MRPL, says HPCL
HINDUSTAN Petroleum Corporation Ltd would not enter into any `take-or-pay' contract for marketing products of the Mangalore Refineries and Petrochemicals Ltd, according to Mr N.K. Puri, Director (Marketing), HPCL. He said product offtake from ... More

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    PREFERENTIAL ALLOTMENTS


    Shareholders okay MosChip pref offer
    HYDERABAD: The shareholders of MosChip Semiconductor Technology Ltd, have approved the preferential issue of equity shares and warrants at the company EGM held on Wednesday. The shares/warrants will be issued to ESS Technology Inc, ... More

    COURTS/LEGAL ISSUES


    HR coil floor price: Ruling reserved
    MR Justice Amitava Lala of the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday reserved judgement on the writ petition of Mahesh Marketing Pvt Ltd, a company dealing in steel items, filed against the Department of Commerce. In the petition, two notifications ... More

    RESTRUCTURING


    SCI recasting debt portfolio -- Leveraging on sovereign status
    WITH privatisation round the corner, state-run Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) is restructuring some of its debt worth about Rs 350 crore, taking advantage of its sovereign status in a falling interest rate regime. The company has decided ... More

    MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS


    HPL board's offer to IOC -- Bengal Govt bows to FIs' pressure
    TUESDAY'S decision of the board of Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd (HPL) to offer 26 per cent stake and management control of the company to Indian Oil Corporation lends itself to several interpretations. The immediate point to emerge is that IOC has ... More

    Haldia: Drama behind the stage
    The key players in this drama have been the financial institutions and the HPL lenders' consortium, the new Chairman, Mr Tarun Das, the IOC top brass, including its chairman-designate, the Petroleum Ministry, the State Industry Minister and the depar tmental secretary and, of course, Mr Purnendu Chatterjee, the acclaimed `white knight' of HPL. More

    Vantel to merge two subsidiaries
    HYDERABAD: In an important development, Vantel Technologies Ltd, the Hyderabad-based software products and services company, has decided to merge two of its subsidiaries Vantel Networks and Clex Electronics into the parent company. A ... More

    NEW PROJECTS


    Avestha plans AP facility
    THE Bangalore-based Avestha Gengraine Technologies Pvt Ltd, a biotech and bioinformatics company, is planning to open a new facility in Andhra Pradesh in the near future. ``I would be interested in setting up something here in 4 to 5 months ... More

    REGULATORY BODIES & RULINGS


    Nominee directors of cos exempt from Act provision
    THE Department of Company Affairs (DCA) has clarified that nominee directors appointed on the boards of the public companies and other concerns assisted by the public financial institutions (PFIs) are exempted from the provisions of Section ... More

    TRADE & LABOUR UNIONS


    TELK resolves DA row with union
    THE management and trade unions of the Angamally-based Transformers and Electricals Kerala Ltd (TELK) have reached an agreement in the presence of the Industries Minister to settle long-pending issues. Mr K.P. Rajendran, Managing Director, said ... More

    ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES


    GM, IISc in R&D tie-up
    GENERAL Motors Corp has tied up with the Indian Institute of Science to conduct research on light-weight engine materials and fuel alternatives. GM has set up a virtual lab at the Department of Mechanical Engineering with a commitment of ... More

    Kvaerner to provide engg services to Reliance plant
    KVAERNER Powergas India (KPGI) has been selected by Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) to provide design engineering services to build its 2.2-lakh-tonne per year polyester resin plant at Hazira with technical tie-up with Dupont. With this plant, ... More

    ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING


    ERP package for seed companies
    SEED companies in Andhra Pradesh are showing keen interest in utilising the potential of information technology (IT) by deploying cost-effective solutions to reap long-term benefits. A small, entrepreneur-driven, IT company — Positive ... More

    EVENTS


    `Leadership' is what counts
    MOST companies fail not because of technology, but due to lack of good leadership, says the Managing Director of Tata Iron and Steel Company Ltd, Mr B. Muthuraman. Delivering the Golden Jubilee Commemorative Lecture on `Leadership' at the PSG ... More

    BONUS ANNOUNCEMENTS


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    SICK UNITS


    NTC set to begin asset sale in TN
    THE National Textile Corporation (NTC) in Tamil Nadu is in the `assets sale' mode. The Assets Sale Committee (ASC) formed by NTC's Tamil Nadu subsidiary was expected to meet here sometime in the middle of next month to initiate the process of ... More

    PERFORMANCE


    CAG finds lapses in BSNL accounts
    THE first annual audited accounts statement of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd, which was corporatised in October 2000, has run into trouble, with the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India (CAG) finding serious lapses. According to informed ... More

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