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It's not just about the fizz — Coke invests in rainwater harvesting
AS part of its social responsibility programme, Coca-Cola India has set up a rainwater harvest project in the Capital's Greater Kailash area. The company is planning to set up similar projects not only in other localities of Delhi but also in ... More

Dr Reddy's allays fears over Nordisk move
DISTURBED by the adverse reports on the serious setback suffered by its drug discovery programme recently, Dr Reddy's Laboratories Ltd, the Rs 1,558-crore pharmaceutical major listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), has embarked on a ... More

Loewe to make BPL original equipment supplier
LOEWE, the German consumer electronics major, is all set to promote its marketing partner in India - - BPL Ltd - - to an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) status. Loewe will source colour televisions and VCRs from the Indian ... More

Tata Metaliks mulls capacity expansion
TATA Metaliks is weighing the possibility of increasing its blast furnace capacity by 10 per cent. Mr T. Mukherjee, Chairman, told newspersons after its 12th AGM here that capacity expansion would be effected through improved blowing and casting ... More

ACCOUNTING STANDARDS


What... no mea culpa?
ONE would have thought that the movers and shakers of corporate America would have come out with some sort of an apology to or an act of contrition addressed to those moved and shaken by their delinquency.... If so, one would have thought ... More

PRIVATE PLACEMENT


CVC refers Reliance-UTI case to advisory board
THE Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has forwarded the controversial case involving the 1994 private placement of equity of Rs 1,000-crore by Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) with Unit Trust of India (UTI) to the Advisory Board on Banking, ... More

ACCOUNTANCY


The Big Four bash
IT has always been so easy to divide the accountants — because they deal with too many divisions all the time. Every transaction has two aspects, debit and credit. You put money in bank or cash box. At the end of the day you make profit ... More

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS


GMR Vasavi to hike stake in ING-Vysya Life
THE GMR Vasavi group is expected to increase its stake in ING-Vysya Life Insurance Company Ltd. This follows the ING group's purchase of GMR stake in Vysya Bank last month. As a result of this change, the ING group had emerged as the largest ... More

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE


AI to fly high on good governance
THE Maharaja has decided to go in for a change of clothes. Heeding the clarion call of the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, that the Indian industry should adhere to good corporate governance, Air India plans to follow the advice in ... More

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`BPL is going through mid-course corrections' — Mr H.N. Srinivas, Senior Vice-President, HR
"BPL is a slightly over-leveraged company. We diversified into certain businesses from where the returns did not come on time. Servicing of debts became an important issue." More

OUTLOOK


Castrol eyeing newer marketing channels
THE Indian lubricant market is likely to witness some interesting developments during the next few months as Castrol India Ltd is seriously eyeing the traditional marketing avenue, the petrol pumps, to sell its products. The company is ... More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES


United Phosphorus launches new insecticide in AP
UNITED Phosphorus Ltd (UPL), the Mumbai-based Rs 700-crore manufacturer of agro chemicals and industrial chemicals, has launched its new systemic insecticide — Imida Gold — in the Andhra Pradesh market here on Sunday. Launching the ... More
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