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GE Healthcare has no plans to hike stake in Medical Systems
GE Healthcare, which holds 51 per cent stake in Wipro GE Medical Systems Pvt Ltd, has no plans to increase its stake in the joint venture. "Partnership is the key strategy for successful growth of the joint venture, and the good partnership ... More

Delphi relocates some product lines to India; may shift jobs too
THE world's largest auto parts' maker, Delphi Corp, has relocated several product lines to India and could shift some jobs from other locations to its subsidiary here. "We have already shifted certain product lines. More could follow," Delphi's ... More

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    PREFERENTIAL ALLOTMENTS


    Suryajyoti Spinning board okays pref offer
    THE board of directors of Suryajyoti Spinning Mills Ltd, the Hyderabad-based yarn producer, at its meeting on Friday has approved preferential offer to promoters and non-promoters and also considered the term loans for the proposed ... More

    OPEN OFFERS


    Holcim open offer from March 9
    THE open offer by the Holcim group for Associated Cement Companies, to be made through Ambuja Cements India Ltd (ACIL), will commence on March 9 and close on March 28, subject to requisite approvals from the Foreign Investment Promotion Board. ... More

    OVERSEAS BORROWINGS


    Granules India raises $8.65-m thru GDR issue
    GRANULES India Ltd has informed the stock exchanges that following the approval of its shareholders at the extraordinary general meeting held on September 25 last year to issue up to $15-million global depository receipts (GDRs), each ... More

    AWARDS & HONOURS


    JRD Tata award for Venu Srinivasan
    THE Chairman and Managing Director, TVS Motor Company, Mr Venu Srinivasan, was conferred with the prestigious JRD Tata Corporate Leadership Award for the year 2004, by the All-India Management Association (AIMA). As the tenth recipient of ... More

    MANAGEMENT


    Top-level rejig at Ranbaxy
    PHARMA major Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd on Friday announced a top-level restructuring, including internal reshuffles and appointments from outside the organisation. Pointing out that the appointments are in line with the company's targeted ... More

    MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS


    KRL officers say swap ratio with BPCL unfavourable
    THE Officers Association of Kochi Refinery Ltd (KRL) has expressed disappointment over the share swap ratio recommended for the merger of KRL with Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL), saying that the present ratio is `far from a fair ... More

    UB chief Mallya to buy Deepak Roy's stake in TDV
    THE UB Group Chairman, Mr Vijay Mallya, said he is buying out the industry veteran Mr Deepak Roy's stake in Triumph Distillers & Vintners (TDV) and merge the company with his spirits interests. Mr Roy holds 15 per cent stake in TDV, which was .. More

    Unichem plans to buy herbal business
    IN a couple of months, Unichem Laboratories will decide whether to pick up an existing bulk drugs production facility, or go in for a new plant, according to Dr P.A. Mody, Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the company. The mid-size ... More

    CORPORATE GOVERNANCE


    Investments in Reliance Infocomm — `No violation of corporate governance norms'
    INVESTMENTS in Reliance Infocomm are in line with the corporate governance norms according to legal opinion sought by Reliance, said Mr Y.P. Trivedi, Independent Director on the Reliance Industries board. "We sought opinions from the former ... More

    NEW PROJECTS


    Agrochem industry answers Jammu call
    THE country's agrochemical industry appears to have zeroed in on Jammu as its tax haven. At least 10 agrochemical companies have set up facilities or are in the process of doing so and a couple more are likely to enter the State's industrial ... More

    AstraZeneca begins work on R&D unit
    ASTRAZENECA has said it has started construction of a new process R&D facility in Bangalore. The new unit with an initial investment of $10 million is scheduled for completion by the middle of 2006, Ms Kumud Sampath, President, AZ R&D ... More

    Naturol BioEnergy set to achieve financial closure by March
    NATUROL BioEnergy Ltd (NBL), a joint venture between the Energea GmbH of Austria and FeClean Energy of France, is set to achieve financial closure by March, this year. The promoters now want the Andhra Pradesh Government to allot land for the ... More

    Conceria Virginia Chennai to start leather processing
    CONCERIA Virginia Chennai Pvt Ltd, the joint venture between the Chennai-based Forward Group and the Italian Conceria Virginia for tanning, will start processing leather within a month, according to the Forward Group's Managing Director, Mr ... More

    INTERVIEW


    `Exclusivity, workmanship in monuments our forte'
    THE Indian monument industry made its first export to the UK in the early 1930s. Since then the industry has come a long way in exporting monuments, which are of different colours and sizes. Out of the total Rs 3,200-crore granite and natural ... More

    SICK UNITS


    Minister not in favour of taxing industry for reviving sick firms
    INDIA Inc seems to have found an ally in the Minister for State (Independent Charge) for Company Affairs, Mr Prem Chand Gupta. Responding to the corporate sectors' demand to reconsider the proposal of levying cess on them for revival of sick ... More

    OUTLOOK


    HMT hopes to get more BARC orders
    HMT hopes to get additional orders form the Bhabha Atomic Energy Centre (BARC) for remote handling gadgets based on robotics. The optimism stems from HMT having successfully fabricating the rugged duty manipulators valued at Rs 4.4 crore to ... More

    PERFORMANCE


    Reliance: High refining margins, prices drive growth
    EXTRAORDINARILY high refining margins and strong petrochemical prices have combined to show a remarkable growth in Reliance Industries' bottomline for the third quarter. The main push to growth appears to have come from the oil refining ... More

    Wipro Consumer profit rises on increased sales
    BANGALORE: Wipro Consumer Care and Lighting clocked third quarter revenues of Rs 129 crore, contributing 6 per cent to the company's Rs 2,110 crore revenues. "Our strategy for the Santoor brand have paid off, largely contributing to the ... More


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