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Wednesday, September 04, 2002
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Mascot says no immediate plan for China
MASCOT systems has announced that its Chinese engagement is a long-term initiative and there are no immediate plans to set up a global development centre in China to service General Electric, its biggest client. Following this announcement the ... More

Salem Steel bags order for `railmart'
THE Salem Steel Plant (SSP) has got the order from the Integral Coach Factory (ICF) to undertake the fabrication of the `railmart' and `sub-pantries' in the Jan Shatabdi Express trains. Fabricated in various thickness ranging 0.8 to 3 mm in 304 ... More

BUYBACK


SRF buyback
NEW DELHI: The board of directors of nylon tyre cord fabric manufacturer SRF Ltd has approved a buyback of up to a maximum of 9.70 million equity shares of the company, representing about 15 per cent of fully paid-up equity share capital ... More

ACCOUNTING STANDARDS


Accounting norms advisory panel to be reconstituted
THE Union Government is all set to extend the term of the National Advisory Committee on Accounting Standards (NACAS), following the completion of the earlier specified term of the 12-member committee. "NACAS's term has just ended and we will ... More

PREFERENTIAL ALLOTMENTS


Postal ballot to include pref allotment, management change
PREFERENTIAL allotment of shares and change in management are also to be subjects in terms of the Second Amendment Regulations 2002 under the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) for passing of ... More

CORPORATE DISPUTES


Almatti insurance bids — United India moves TAC
THE public sector United India Insurance Company Ltd (UIIL) has moved the Tariff Advisory Committee (TAC) on the bids made by the private sector for the Almatti Dam Power project. The TAC is an arm of the Insurance Regulatory and Development ... More

Broadcasters, advertisers in talks over service tax
BROADCASTERS and advertisers are in talks to resolve the disagreement over the five per cent service tax payments. Leading broadcasters - Star TV, Sony and Zee TV - have stopped advertisements of some companies which have not paid the five per ... More

MANPOWER


Bajaj Auto likely to cut more jobs
TWO-WHEELER major Bajaj Auto is likely to prune its workforce further as a part of its cost-cutting initiative. "We want to rationalise our workforce from the current 13,500 to 10,000 people in the next 4-5 years," Mr Sanjiv Bajaj, ... More

RESTRUCTURING


Bajaj Electricals reorgansies into 5 strategic business units
BAJAJ Electricals today announced it has reorganised operations under five strategic business units (SBUs) and is planning to have a mix of outsourced and self-manufactured products to leverage its brand strength. The SBUs would be Engineering ... More

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS


Alstom mulls merger for single identity
THE management of Alstom Ltd is considering merging the company into Alstom Power India Ltd to create a single face of the Alstom group and provide an end-to-end solution to the ultimate customer. This was stated by Mr Krishna Pillai, Deputy ... More

Jubilant to take up Max Pharma acquisition today
SPECIALITY chemicals company Jubilant Organosys is looking to cement its presence in the pharmaceutical business through acquisitions and its board meeting on Wednesday is slated to take a harder look at the proposed acquisition of Max Pharma, ... More

NEW PROJECTS


NTPC to float arm for power trading — Maiden deal with Kayamkulam
THE Rs 20,000-crore National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd (NTPC) plans to enter power trading. It is in the process of incorporating a subsidiary company for this purpose. NTPC's Chairman and Managing Director, Mr C. P. Jain, told Business ... More

Tigarbo to set up plant for making concrete mixers
TIGARBO Construction Techniques (India) Pvt Ltd, which is now an importer of concrete mixing machines from Russia, plans to set up manufacturing facility here. The plant is expected to be built in collaboration with the Russian principals, J.S. ... More

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES


VIP Ind sets up joint venture in Bangladesh
VIP Industries Ltd proposes to set up joint venture companies in four countries in Asia, West Asia and Africa. Mr Dilip Piramal, Chairman, VIP Industries Ltd, today said the company had identified Iran, Sri Lanka, Nigeria and Vietnam for ... More

INTERVIEW


`Usha Beltron talking to Jharkhand Govt for taking over iron, coal mines'
USHA Beltron Ltd is a diversified engineering company controlled by the B.K. Jhawar group. The company manufactures steel, wire and wire ropes and jelly-filled telephone cables. The Rs 900-crore company has units in Ranchi, Jamshedpur, Agra ... More

OUTLOOK


L&T unit exploring tie-ups in W. Asia — Eyes Rs 4,400-cr turnover
LARSEN & Toubro's Engineering, Construction and Contracts (ECC) division hopes to record a turnover of Rs 4,400 crore during fiscal 2002-03. This performance would represent a 22.20 per cent growth to the turnover of Rs 3,600 crore recorded last ... More

LML to go full throttle in South
MAKING its foray into the South with Freedom, LML is all set to "reposition the competition," by pricing its bike aggressively at Rs 40,050 ex-showroom Bangalore, much below the competitive models in the same segment. Having limited its ... More

Power tariff hike adds to Binani Zinc woes
EVEN as zinc prices have touched the lowest levels on the London Metal Exchange, the steep electricity tariff revision by the Kerala Government is making the operations of Binani Zinc increasing unviable. The most important reason for locating ... More

PERFORMANCE


Bajaj Tempo April-Aug sales up 23 pc
BAJAJ Tempo, manufacturers of light commercial vehicles, utility vehicles, three wheelers and tractors, has recorded an overall growth in sales of 23 per cent across its product range during the period, April to August of the current financial ... More

PEOPLE


Natarajan is new CMD of BEML
MR V.R.S. Natarajan, Director (Personnel), at the public sector Electronics Corporation of India Ltd (ECIL) here would be the new Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the Bharat Earth Movers Ltd (BEML), Bangalore. Mr Natarajan would be ... More

Angara, Narayanan back in BPL Mobile
MUMBAI: BPL Mobile has appointed Mr Krishan Angara as Chief Business Development Officer and Mr Nandlal Narayanan as Head, Human Resources, in Mumbai. Mr Angara will spearhead subscriber acquisitions across all the BPL Mobile markets of ... More

TRENDS


Look who turned up for beer party
IT turned out to be a party that surprised the host! Last Wednesday, the UB group Chairman, Mr Vijay Mallya, walked late into a Shaw Wallace party to promote Haywards 2000 beer at the J W Marriot hotel in Juhu, Mumbai. Shaw Wallace says no invite ... More
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