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Friday, December 13, 2002
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Fifth call centre from GE soon
GE Capital's plan for a fifth call centre in India is expected to be firmed up within the next 3-6 months. The proposed call centre will also be engaged in BPO (business process outsourcing) operations and will entail an investment of Rs 35-70 ... More

Merck India's diagnostic biz not part of global sale
MERCK Ltd, the Indian arm of the international pharma firm, Merck KgaA, today said that the company would remain in the diagnostics business in India despite the parent company selling off its global diagnostics business. In a notification to ... More

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Grasim: SEBI probe to be over in 2 months
THE Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) hopes to complete within the next two months its investigation into the alleged violation of takeover code by A.V. Birla Group company, Grasim Industries Ltd while buying the shares of Larsen & ... More

Group co to make open offer for Parry Agro
NEW Ambadi Investment Pvt Ltd, part of the Chennai-based Murugappa group, has announced its intention to come out with an open offer for acquiring all of the public holding of 23.09 per cent in Parry Agro Industries Ltd. Parry Agro too belongs to ... More

CORPORATE DISPUTES


Adani group disputes chief's `arrest'
THE Adani Group today disputed reports in a section of the media on Wednesday that its group Chairman, Mr Gautam Adani, was arrested in Delhi. According to a company release, it was a wrongful detention, which was sorted out yesterday ... More

US court ruling on DRL-Pfizer case on Dec 17
DR Reddy's Laboratories Ltd, the Hyderabad-based pharmaceutical major said the District Court in New Jersey, United States had heard on Wednesday the oral arguments on the company's motion to dismiss Pfizer's complaint pertaining to patents on ... More

AWARDS & HONOURS


Businessman of the Year award
NEW DELHI: The Chairman and Managing Director of Bharti TeleVentures Ltd, Mr Sunil Mittal, has been selected as the Businessman of the Year by Business India. Mr Mittal will be felicitated at an award ceremony in the capital ... More

COURTS/LEGAL ISSUES


Delhi HC rejects Mardia Chem plea to block lenders
THE Delhi High Court has rejected a writ petition of Mardia Chemicals attempting to block lenders from taking over its assets. A two-judge Division Bench of the court also imposed a penalty of Rs 25,000 on the company. Mardia Chemicals had ... More

CORPORATE BONDS


HPCL sells second tranche oil bonds at Rs 2.9 premium
HINDUSTAN Petroleum Corporation Ltd on Thursday sold a second tranche of oil bonds worth Rs 100 crore at a premium of Rs 2.96 for a bond of face value Rs 100. According to company officials, the Rs 2.96 premium per bond is the highest premium ... More

RESTRUCTURING


CDC proposal for cement biz pending since July: L&T
LARSEN & Toubro (L&T) on Thursday said CDC Capital Partners' investment proposal for its cement division had been under discussion since this July, and that it had been in dialogue with several prospective investors since September 2001 to secure ... More

India Cements has to pay up Rs 779-cr debt this fiscal — Submits debt revamp proposal to FIs
INDIA Cements Ltd, which has submitted a corporate debt-restructuring proposal to the financial institutions, has said that the bunching up of debt repayments over the next few years and inadequate cash flow generation was making it difficult for ... More

NEW PROJECTS


Qwiky's now in Sri Lanka
QWIKY'S coffee will now be available in Sri Lanka. Chimayo Chains Pvt Ltd, which owns the coffee chain, said that the company has tied up with Success Enterprises, a garment manufacturer with experience in retailing, to start three outlets in ... More

TPL revamp to hike LAB capacity to involve Rs 128 cr — ECH, caustic soda capacities may also be expanded
TAMILNADU Petroproducts Ltd proposes to spend Rs 128 crore on the `revamp project' that has just got under way. The company has raised Rs 100 crore through an issue of non-convertible debentures for the project. The rest of the money would come ... More

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES


Zed-Axis in alliance with Austrian firm
THE Delhi-based Internet technology firm, Zed-Axis Technology Pvt Ltd, has entered into a strategic alliance with Digital Motion Picture Datenverarbeitungs GmBH, Austria (DMP) to provide offshore development facilities to the latter. The ... More

LearningMate joins hands with Blackboard
LEARNINGMATE, the e-learning services providing division of Delhi-based Educomp Datamatics Ltd, has entered into a strategic partnership with Blackboard Inc and World Links to introduce e-learning for professional development of teachers in rural ... More

SICK UNITS


BIFR to hear Alind case on Dec 19
THE Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction (BIFR) will look at the various proposals that have come up for the takeover or sale of the eight divisions of the ailing Aluminium Industries Ltd (Alind) at a hearing slated for December ... More

OUTLOOK


Antrix Corpn hopeful of Rs 100-cr turnover
WITH an increasing global presence and customer base, Antrix Corporation, the commercial arm of the Department of Space (DoS), is hopeful Rs 100-crore business turnover during fiscal 2002-03. The corporation, with the mandate to commercialise ... More

Parametric to double growth in India
PARAMETRIC Technologies Corporation (PTC), which makes software that helps manufacturing companies design products, is targeting to double its growth from India on the back of a new strategy that it has adopted, a top company official has ... More

HP outlines growth strategy for printers
FOR Hewlett-Packard, the Asia-Pacific region represents more than 10 per cent growth potential in the imaging and printing market share considering that the US and Europe are more or less saturated markets. According to the Vice-President, ... More

Nuziveedu Seeds to unveil Bt cotton hybrids
NUZIVEEDU Seeds Ltd (NSL) is planning to introduce Bt technology into its `Bunny' and `Mallika' varieties of cotton hybrids. The company, which has posted a turnover of Rs 110 crore last fiscal, has already developed Bt gene and is currently ... More

PERFORMANCE


Alto doing well in Europe — Price hike on all models in Jan: Khattar
MARUTI Udyog Ltd (MUL) hopes to notch up a turnover of around Rs 9,000 crore during the year ending March 31, 2003. Last fiscal, MUL recorded a turnover of Rs 9,410.3 crore and a net profit of Rs 104.5 crore. Stating this during an interface ... More
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