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Dr Reddy's to beef up R&D spends
THE Hyderabad-based pharma major, Dr Reddy's Laboratories (DRL) is set to beef-up its research and development (R&D) spends to eight per cent of sales by March 2003, DRL's Chief Operating Officer, Mr Satish Reddy, told Business Line here ... More

ANNOUNCEMENTS


Magor takes charge of George Williamson
MR Philip Magor has officially taken charge of the George Williamson (Assam) Ltd by appointing himself non-executive chairman of the company. Mr Magor will replace Mr S.K. Mitra, who functioned till now as Chairman and Managing Director. Mr ... More

  • New chiefs for Warburg Pincus India, Singapore
  • Orchid appoints R.S. Prasad as ED

    PRIVATE PLACEMENT


    US `dictates' India on Coke divestment
    The US Ambassador wrote: "I would like to bring to your attention, and seek your help in resolving, a potentially serious investment problem of some significance to both our countries. The case involves Coca-Cola, one of the largest single foreign in vestors in India." More

    PREFERENTIAL ALLOTMENTS


    Goldstone promoters to hike stake
    GOLDSTONE Technologies Ltd, the Hyderabad-based software solutions company, has drawn up plans for a preferential offer of 50,00,000 equity shares or warrants, which will enable the promoters to hike their stake from 24.87 per cent to 48.59 per ... More

    CORPORATE DISPUTES


    Litigation in large doses
    With surprising derring-do, Indian generic drug companies are storming the US market, the largest for their products, unfazed by legal cases slapped against them by drug patent holders, says P. T. Jyothi Datta More

    RESTRUCTURING


    Bata India recasts top brass
    BATA India Ltd, in a move to further re-align its business in line with global trends, has restructured its top management team. The Bata India board, at its meeting here on Tuesday, has decided to appoint Mr C. Morzaria, the former Managing ... More

    MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS


    Grasim raises L&T stake to 14.15 pc
    GRASIM Industries Ltd has further increased its holding in Larsen & Toubro Ltd to 14.15 per cent after it acquired 1.26 lakh shares amounting to 0.05 per cent stake. According to Grasim officials, the recent stake increase was done through ... More

    `BSNL, MTNL merger fears unwarranted'
    THE Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has rubbished claims that the proposal to merge Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) would send a wrong signal to foreign investors in the telecom sector. According ... More

    Takeover by Raymond — Promoters likely to retain ColorPlus management
    THE two original promoters, Mr Rajendra Mudaliar and Mr Kailash Bhatia, are likely to retain the management of ColorPlus, a super premium apparel brand, which is moving into the fold of Raymond Ltd. The board of Raymond Ltd is expected to meet ... More

    REGULATORY BODIES & RULINGS


    DCA relaxes norms for appointing company secys
    COMPANIES in small towns and rural areas with a paid-up capital of less than Rs 5 crore need not appoint a company secretary. "Any company having a registered office and works in a town of less than one lakh population and with a paid-up ... More

    INTERVIEW


    NHPC hopes to be off Govt aid by 2008-09
    NATIONAL Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), the main central utility responsible for harnessing the hydropower potential in the country, has been hamstrung by several factors in its mission. Despite being around for the last 25 years now, ... More

    SICK UNITS


    DCB once again contests Pitti Laminations sickness
    IN an interesting development, Development Credit Bank Ltd (DCB), the Mumbai-based scheduled commercial bank, has contested the `sickness' of Pitti Laminations Ltd (PLL), the Hyderabad-based company engaged in the manufacture of electrical ... More
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