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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Petronet commercial operations from April
PETRONET LNG Ltd will begin commercial operations from April, according to the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of the company, Mr Suresh Mathur. Mr Mathur told newspersons here on Friday that the company received its first LNG ...
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Cipla to ship AIDS drugs to Malaysia in 2 months
CIPLA Ltd expects to ship its consignment of anti-AIDS drugs or anti-retrovirals (ARV) to Malaysia in a couple of months, the Joint Managing Director of Cipla, Mr Amar Lulla, told Business Line. This follows the issuance of a compulsory ...
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Goldstone Tech to hike authorised capital
GOLDSTONE Technologies Ltd has resolved to increase the authorised capital of the company to Rs 30 crore and issue warrants of Rs 61.50 lakh equity warrants/shares on a preferential basis and also issue GDRs or other instruments for an aggregate ...
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Veronica Labs to launch ayurvedic AIDS drug soon
VERONICA Laboratories Ltd on Friday said it had started commercial production of Herbovera, its ayurvedic formulation for HIV patients. The company expects to launch the product across the country by the second quarter of this year, by which ...
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Ashok Leyland launches Ecomet LCV
ASHOK Leyland Ltd, the flagship company of the Hinduja House, today announced the launch of Ecomet, a light commercial vehicle, in the Andhra Pradesh market. The company plans to roll out this offering to other parts of the country and aims ...
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BUYBACK
Godrej Consumer seeks shareholders nod for buyback
FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
Thomas Cook Q1 net profit up 24 pc
GOOD tourist inflows in the winter season, helped along by new business from destinations such as Belgium and the Netherlands, saw Thomas Cook (India) Ltd post a profit after tax of Rs 8 crore in the first quarter ended January 31, 2004. This ...
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TRADE & LABOUR UNIONS
`Go slow' hits work at Chennai container terminal
A "go slow'' in work by non-management staff, including crane operators at Chennai Container Terminal has affected loading and unloading of boxes at the terminal in the last 48 hours. The CCTL workers are demanding a nearly three-fold increase in ...
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OUTLOOK
Haldia Petrochem mulls expansion
HALDIA Petrochemicals Ltd (HPL) is mulling an expansion programme that will take its ethylene production capacity to six lakh tonnes per annum. Speaking to newspersons on the sidelines of a seminar on building competencies in the plastic ...
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Ford India upbeat on SUV segment
FORD India, which launched its sports utility vehicle (SUV) Endeavour late last year, has been able to sell all its SUV units, but it is too early to assess the market demand since the SUV segment is still evolving in India, according to a senior ...
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BiSS bags contracts in US market
BANGALORE Integrated System Solutions (BiSS), the country's leading vendor of digitally controlled servo-hydraulic test systems, is consolidating its presence in the sophisticated US market. As year 2003 drew a close, BiSS engineers installed ...
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PERFORMANCE
Pfizer: Will 2004 erase bitter taste of 2003?
2003 has proved to be a tough year for Pfizer. If the fall in offtake on account of the confusion surrounding the implementation of the VAT regime and the truckers' strike in the early part of the year were not a drag enough, Pfizer was further ...
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Thomas Cook board revamp
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