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Indo Rama to defer payment of dividend
THE shareholders of Rs 1,900-crore Indo Rama Synthetics (I) Ltd (IRSL) had given their consent to defer the adoption of a resolution on payment of dividend for the year 2001-02 at their annual general meeting (AGM) held on June 28, a top company ... More

Boxer powers Bajaj
BAJAJ Auto Ltd (BAL) has reported an 18 per cent increase in its two- and three-wheeler sales at 3,69,865 units (3,12,466 units) during the first quarter of 2002-2003 ending June 30, 2002. Two-wheeler sales during the first quarter rose to ... More

Ind-Swift gets nod for anti-depressant
THE Chandigarh-based pharma company Ind-Swift Ltd has got the Drug Controller-General of India's approval for manufacturing and marketing the active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) and finished dosages of Citalopram in India. An anti-depressant ... More

Hero Honda sales go up 33 pc
Hero Honda Motors Ltd said its June sales jumped 33.1 per cent to 139,993 bikes from 105,159 in the year-ago month. Sales in April-June, the first three months of this financial year, were 37.4 per cent higher at 421,679 bikes, a company ... More

Glaxo closes Biddle Sawyer operations
GLAXOSMITHKLINE Pharmaceuticals Ltd has closed down the operations of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Biddle Sawyer Ltd, citing high manufacturing costs as the main reason. According to the company spokesman, the company has closed down the three ... More

IVRCL director sells 2.64 lakh shares at Rs 60 premium
ONE of the promoter-directors of IVRCL Infrastructures and Projects Ltd, Mr. I. Syam Prasad Reddy, has sold 2.64 lakh equity shares of the company. The shares of a face value of Rs 10 each have been sold at the ruling market price of around Rs ... More

Calchem to delist — To spend Rs 10 cr on brand promotion
CALCUTTA Chemical Co Ltd (Calchem), a wholly- owned subsidiary of Henkel Spic India Ltd (HSIL) with 91 per cent equity holding, has decided to delist its share from the Calcutta Stock Exchange (CSE). Shareholders were told this at Calchem's ... More

ACCOUNTING STANDARDS


Wear your swears
SWEARING is too common in soccer. Fans let out grunts when their favourite players hit the bar, or shoot too wide and silly. And they swear in Wall Street too when giant companies make king-size gaffes and drag down the index to depths. When ... More

OVERSEAS BORROWINGS


Indal into $20-m forward contract
INDIAN Aluminium Company Ltd (Indal) of the Aditya Birla Group has entered into a long-dated forward contract (LDFC) for $20 million of its $40 million worth of euro-currency bonds, aiming at containing the rupee depreciation on the loan. The ... More

ESOPS


ACC to seek nod for stock option scheme
ACC has decided to consider grant of an aggregate of up to 15 lakh options under the employee's stock option scheme during the financial year 2002-2003, approximately 0.9 per cent of the subscribed equity share capital of the country as of March ... More

RESTRUCTURING


Nicco Corpn charts out eight-year revamp plan
"The first target is to improve from cash loss to cash breakeven and there after to cash profit. Finally, it will be net profit." More

Samtel India unit hive-off okayed
SAMTEL India Ltd has informed the Bombay Stock Exchange that the shareholders of the company have approved, by way of postal ballot, the hiving off its deflection yoke unit to a group company, Samtel Color Ltd. Samtel Color is the flagship ... More

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    ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES


    Taj , Lakme Lever join hands for beauty salons
    The salons will be managed by the Taj and Lakme will be in charge of sourcing equipment, experts and training the staff. More

  • Apitco to extend services

    INTERVIEW


    Uptrend in steel prices likely to sustain: J.J. Irani
    "Indian Steel Alliance has worked on the issues stemming from the problems faced by the producers of flat-rolled steel. As everyone is aware, there is considerable over-capacity in the country, and we produce much more than the local demand." More

    SICK UNITS


    Balancing VRS with revival is NTC's headache
    WHEN the question of handling voluntary retirement scheme (VRS) comes, the cash-strapped National Textile Corporation's dilemma in man management (or human resource management) is no different from other public sector enterprises. How to ... More

    SHAREHOLDER ACTIVISM


    Electrolux shareholder seeks reasons for losses after merger
    THE recently-merged entity Electrolux Kelvinator Ltd (EKL) seems to be having minor hiccups. Some shareholders have sought clarifications on company's long-term plans for India. In its first annual general meeting (AGM) after merger held ... More

    OUTLOOK


    Indiainfo upbeat on project `Simple'
    AFTER stabilising its operations and emerging stronger last year with a SWIFT strategy, horizontal portal Indiainfo.com has now come up with project SIMPLE (Services, Interactivity, Multiple approach model, Profitable, Leverage, Emphasis on ... More
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