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Wednesday, March 12, 2003
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IOC seeks to buy less from Reliance Petro — To absorb more from MRPL
INDIAN Oil Corporation (IOC) is combing its agreement with Reliance Petroleum Ltd (RPL) to see if it can reduce the quantity of products it purchases from the refiner so that it can absorb additional capacity from MRPL, which has recently entered ... More

SCI to pay Rs 3 interim dividend
SHIPPING Corporation of India (SCI) has announced an interim dividend of 30 per cent for the year ended March 31, 2003, the company informed the stock exchanges on Tuesday. The interim dividend was announced due to the new policy regarding tax ... More

Honda to renew tech tie-up with Hero group
HONDA Motor Company today said it would renew its technical agreement with the Hero group for their joint venture, Hero Honda Motors, in June 2004, seeking to dispel doubts over the future of India's largest two-wheeler company. The 10-year ... More

PREFERENTIAL ALLOTMENTS


Timex to invest Rs 25-cr more in Indian arm
THE US-based Timex Watches BV, the parent company of Timex Watches Ltd, is going to make an additional investment of Rs 25 crore into its Indian subsidiary. The investment, which was cleared by the company's shareholders today, has been made by ... More

CORPORATE DISPUTES


Eli Lilly sues Dr Reddy's on Olanzapine
ELI LILLY, the global drug major, has sued Dr Reddy's Laboratories Ltd, alleging that the latter had infringed its patents in the case of Olanzapine orally disintegrating tablets (ODT). Eli Lilly's law suit in the Southern District Court of ... More

COURTS/LEGAL ISSUES


HC directs Spectrum to hold AGM on March 20
THE Andhra Pradesh High Court on Tuesday vacated the stay given by the City Civil Courts on holding of the seventh annual general meeting (AGM) of Spectrum Power Generation Ltd (SPGL). The High Court directed the company to hold its AGM on March ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES


HRD seminar stresses on new strategies
PARTICIPANTS at the two-day national workshop on HRD strategies for organisational effectiveness of the National Agricultural Research Service (NARS) have stressed the need for human resources development in the light of rapid technological ... More

RESTRUCTURING


Viceroy plans debt swap
VICEROY Hotels Ltd (VHL), the Hyderabad-based hospitality major, is planning to go in for swapping the high-cost debt. This move is aimed at reducing the interest burden and improve the bottom line. Accordingly, the company has decided to ... More

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS


Rs 290-cr deal with Adani — P&O clears FIPB hurdle for Mundra terminal stake
P&O Ports is close to acquiring 100 per cent stake in Adani Container (Mundra) Terminal Ltd (ACTL) from Adani Group in a deal worth Rs 292 crore ($60 million). The deal was granted approval by the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) ... More

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE


Move to boost SMEs' corporate governance
TO propagate the concept of corporate governance and to create awareness on compliance of statutory laws by small and medium companies, a memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed between NISIET, an organisation of the Union Ministry of ... More

NEW PROJECTS


Orissa aluminium project — Birlas want Govt to tackle resistance to land transfer
THE A.V. Birla group, which has planned to set up a Rs 11,000-crore aluminium project in Orissa, proposes to release payments once the land lease is transferred. The green field exercise, named Aditya Aluminium, has turned a corner with a Birla ... More

Modern veg seed plant to come up at Aurangabad
SEMINIS Vegetable Seeds (India) Ltd is setting up a state-of-the-art vegetable seed plant at Aurangabad with an investment of about Rs 5 crore. Of this, Rs 2.5 crore would be utilised for the processing plant and the restfor the purchase of 10 ... More

REGULATORY BODIES & RULINGS


RoC offices in Delhi, Haryana well run: Minister
WHILE agreeing that improvement in the functioning of all Registrar of Companies (RoC) offices is required, the Department of Company Affairs (DCA) has maintained that the RoC offices in Delhi and Haryana are comparatively well run. Responding ... More

INTERVIEW


`New plant will solve surplus lignite problem' — Mr S. Jayaraman, CMD, Neyveli Lignite Corporation
THE time has perhaps come for the public sector power utility, Neyveli Lignite Corporation, to change its name. Going by the plans the company has for its expansion and growth, there would soon be nothing `Neyveli' or `lignite' about it. In ... More

PERFORMANCE


Essel Propack global operations net rises 5 pc
ESSEL Propack Ltd has reported a five per cent increase in its net profit at Rs 65.1 crore for the year ended December 31, 2002 for its global operations including India, compared to Rs 62 crore in the previous year. The net profit growth has ... More

PEOPLE


Motwani is V-P Godrej Appliances
MR Shyam Motwani has been promoted as the Vice-President, Marketing and Exports, Godrej Appliances Ltd. Prior to this, he was holding the post of Senior General Manager, Marketing, at the company. He is currently responsible for marketing of ... More
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