The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, July 27, 2006

TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Bharti Airtel Q1 profit up 48 pc
Bharti Airtel Ltd on Wednesday announced a 48 per cent increase in net profit to Rs 755 crore for the first quarter ended June 30, 2006. The consolidated total revenues for the same period grew 53 per cent to Rs 3,856 (Rs 2,517 crore) Bharti had ... More

ENGINEERING
BEML posts 21% rise in PAT
Bharat Earth Movers Ltd said it has posted profit after tax (PAT) of Rs 15.01 crore, almost 21 per cent growth year-on-year, and total sales of Rs 369.6 crore for the quarter ended June 30. PAT for the same period last fiscal was Rs 12.41 ... More

FERTILISERS
Tata Chemicals net rises 16%
Tata Chemicals Ltd (TCL) has reported a 16-per-cent increase in net profit for the first quarter ended June 30, 2006, and a 49-per-cent increase in turnover. The net profit amounted to Rs 75.33 crore, up from Rs 64.94 crore in the year-ago ... More

PETROLEUM
ONGC net rises
Board approves 1:2 bonus share issue More

HPCL in loss
Suffers under-recoveries of Rs 2,133 crore More

PHARMACEUTICALS
Sun Pharma Q1 net profit up 20 pc
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd has posted a profit after tax of Rs 148.02 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2006, up 19.84 per cent, as compared to Rs 123.51 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2005. Total income (net ... More

GSK Pharma Q2 net falls 12 pc
GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd has posted a net profit of Rs 91.06 crore for the second quarter ended June 30, 2006, down 12 per cent from Rs 103.46 crore in the corresponding quarter the previous year. It recorded total income (net of ... More

Wyeth Q1 net profit down 8%
Wyeth Ltd has posted a net profit of Rs 25.23 crore for the first quarter ended June 30, down about eight per cent, as compared to Rs 27.38 crore for Q1 of the previous year. Total income (net of excise) has decreased to Rs 78.96 crore (Rs 90.98 ... More

Dabur Pharma Q1 net up 10.4%
Dabur Pharma Ltd has reported a 10.4-per cent increase in the net profit for the quarter ended June 30, 2006 at Rs 6.63 crore compared to Rs 6.01 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal. The turnover in the quarter under review ... More

TEA
Tata Tea PAT marginally up
Tata Tea has reported a 2.64-per-cent increase in its profit after tax at Rs 44.56 crore for the June quarter against Rs 43.41 crore in the year-ago period. In the year-ago period, the company had an exceptional income of Rs 11 crore on the ... More

Harrisons Malayalam net down
Net sales of Harrisons Malayalam Ltd, a RPG group company, have increased by 42 per cent in the first quarter of 2006-07 compared to the corresponding quarter of 2005-06. Net sales increased to Rs 38.38 crore (Rs 27.04 ... More

TEXTILES
Morarjee PAT up
Morarjee Textiles Ltd has reported an 42.67 per cent rise in profit after tax for the first quarter ended June 30, 2006 at Rs 2.24 crore against Rs 1.57 crore in the corresponding quarter last year. Mr Harsh Piramal, executive Vice-Chairman, ... More

PERSONAL PRODUCTS
Colgate PAT higher at Rs 36 cr
Colgate Palmolive India Ltd has reported a higher profit after tax of Rs 36.06 crore for the June 2006 quarter compared to Rs 27.98 crore in the corresponding year-ago period. Total income has increased to Rs 324.35 crore from ... More

AUTOMOBILE COMPONENTS
Impal Q1 net up at Rs 2.6 cr
India Motor Parts & Accessories Ltd (Impal) has reported a net profit of Rs 2.60 crore on net sales of Rs 63.73 for the first quarter ended June 30, 2006. During the corresponding period in the previous year, the company reported More

HCV/LCV/TRACTORS
M&M Q1 net up 41 pc
Group cos to give 1% of PAT for social cause More

ELECTRICAL GOODS
Siemens net profit up 43 pc
Siemens Ltd has reported a 43-per-cent jump in net profit for the quarter ended June 30 to touch Rs 56.50 crore against Rs 39.50 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous year. Sales turnover was increased to Rs ... More

OFFICE EQUIPMENTS & SUPPLIES
Pidilite Ind Q1 net rises 24 pc
Pidilite Industries has reported a 24.31-per-cent growth in its first quarter net profit at Rs 37.94 crore against Rs 30.52 crore in the corresponding quarter last year. Net sales grew from Rs 232.66 crore to Rs 292.03 crore, an increase of 25.51 ... More

PACKAGING
Essel Propack net flat at Rs 9.7 cr
Essel Propack has posted a net profit of Rs 9.7 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2006 as compared to Rs 9.8 crore in the year-ago period. Total income increased to Rs 67.3 crore (Rs 59.5 crore). In its consolidated ... More

PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS
State Bank of Mysore Q1 net up 9 pc
State Bank of Mysore has reported a nine per cent rise in net profit for the first quarter of the financial year 2006-07 at Rs 50.89 crore. The Managing Director, Mr Y. Vijayanand, told presspersons here on Wednesday, "This was a difficult ... More

SBT net up at Rs 54 cr in Q1
State Bank of Travancore (SBT) has recorded net profit of Rs 53.86 crore for the first quarter ended June, compared to Rs 47.61 crore in the corresponding previous period. Operating profit rose to Rs 172.63 crore (Rs 147.42 crore), according to ... More

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