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CNBC India keeps options open on deal with Sony
CNBC India has kept the option of continuing with its distribution alliance with Sony Entertainment Television (SET) open. The channel's distribution deal with SET comes to an end next year. Mr Haresh Chawla, CEO, CNBC India said, "We will have ... More

Tetley set to save on interest with Tatas' cash infusion
LAST year's decision by Tata Sons and Tata Tea to inject £30 million of cash into Tetley will help the British tea major save on interest outgo during 2002-03 as well. The saving for the year is estimated at £7.3 million. Tetley had similarly ... More

ACCOUNTING STANDARDS


Wanted: A corporate clown
YOU might well ask, "What? Another one!" But I was reminded of the old era of monarchs who would be entertained by an in-house clown. Apart from keeping the king in good humour, the clown played a useful task of being the only one who could ... More

PREFERENTIAL ALLOTMENTS


DCA in talks with SEBI to tighten pref allotment norms
THE Department of Company Affairs (DCA) is in talks with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on the matter of bringing about further changes in the existing pricing guidelines and issuance norms on preferential allotment of ... More

AUDITING


Auditors qualify SPIC accounts
AUDITORS A.F. Ferguson & Co have qualified SPIC accounts on three counts — capitalisation of the cost of borrowings made for investing in a subsidiary company (Rs 48.46 crore), and non-recognition of an interim downward revision of ... More

RESTRUCTURING


Dabur revamps risk management set-up — PwC appointed single internal auditor
The move marks a significant departure from the company's decentralised transactions-based approach. Earlier, Dabur had been working with over 20 local internal audit firms. More

NEW PROJECTS


Buoyed by Tata Steel order... — BOC India to set up plant at Jamshedpur
Announcing the company's investment plan here, Mr Sanjiv Lamba, Managing Director of BOC India Ltd, told newspersons that a supply contract for a period of 15 years between the two companies had been signed. More

REGULATORY BODIES & RULINGS


Stiffer norms soon for audit panels
THE Department of Company Affairs (DCA) will soon come up with stringent rules to strengthen the functioning of audit committees in companies. The audit committee rules would ensure that Indian companies do not go the way of some of the large ... More

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES


Pawan Hans signs MoU with CHC International
IN an effort to be a more aggressive player in the global helicopter market, Pawan Hans Helicopters Ltd (PHHL) has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the world's largest helicopter operations company, the Canada-headquartered ... More

GailTel joins hands with Bharti Telesonic
GAILTEL, the telecom service unit of Gas Authority of India Ltd (GAIL), has signed a contract with Bharti Telesonic for providing bandwidth on the Delhi-Mumbai route for data communication, according to an official release. To enable this, the ... More

SILK, Chinese co join hands to make turbines
The Chinese partner will offer all technical support to the company to adopt modern manufacturing processes. More

INTERVIEW


`Ranbaxy has its eyes firmly set on overseas markets'
"In the late-1999, 65 per cent of our business was made up of Indian and raw material business. But today, it is about 43 per cent." More

INCOME TAX


Retrospective tax breaks for superannuation funds
CORPORATES operating `approved' superannuation funds are set to qualify for income-tax breaks with retrospective effect from October 2000. The move is expected to benefit private players in the domestic insurance industry. Senior officials said ... More

STANDARDS & BENCHMARKS


Ex-Beatle strikes jarring note for Big Mac
THE Big Mac is now facing flak from ex-Beatle, Sir Paul McCartney, who "took time out'' from his honeymoon to write to McDonald's top 100 shareholders urging them to pressure the fast-food chain to extend its "US farmed animal welfare standards ... More

PERFORMANCE


Haldia Petro staring down the debt barrel
THE chances of the beleaguered petrochemical company Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd (HPL) clearing, by June 30, its Rs 106-crore dues to term lenders now seem remote. Consequently, the fear of being declared a non-performing asset (NPA) by banks and ... More

PEOPLE


Ambani's condition still critical
MUMBAI: The Chief Minister of Gujarat, Mr Narendra Modi, Mr Ketan Parekh, and Mr Ashok Singhal of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad on Sunday visited the ailing Chairman of Reliance Industries, Mr Dhirubhai Ambani. There was no change in Mr ... More

Sarthak Behuria is new BPCL chief
MR Sarthak Behuria has taken over as Chairman and Managing Director of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. He takes over from Mr U. Sundararajan, who retired earlier this year. Mr Behuria, who has been with BPCL since 1973, held the office of ... More

TRENDS


Now, a forum for India Inc's first families
REPRESENTATIVES of various family - owned and managed businesses in Pune city have come together to form the Family Business Forum, an organisation that seeks to help successor generations of old business families carry the business forward ... More
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