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CORPORATE DISPUTES: HC allows Reliance to sell KG basin gas at $4.20
Interim order not to affect rights of RNRL, NTPC. Mumbai, Jan. 30 The Bombay High Court on Friday allowed the Mukesh Ambani-controlled Reliance Industries to sell natural gas from its KG basin block at the Government approved price of $ ...

OUTLOOK: KG trial production by Feb-end
New Delhi, Jan. 30 Reliance Industries Ltd is expected to start trial production from its Krishna Godavari Basin fields (D6 block) by the end of February or early ...

CORPORATE BONDS: Tata Capital to raise Rs 500 cr via non-convertible debentures
Money to help business growth, repaying costlier debt. Mumbai, Jan. 30Tata Capital said it would raise Rs 500 crore through a non-convertible debenture issue, with an option to retain oversubscription of up to Rs ...

PREFERENTIAL ALLOTMENTS: Spice prefers pref issue route to acquire Satyam
New Delhi, Jan. 30 Spice Group - the latest suitor in the fray for Satyam Computer Services - on Friday said it is keen on acquiring controlling stake in the troubled software company through preferential issue of shares (by Satyam) and not ...

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS: Sistema Shyam open to more acquisitions in CDMA biz
Looking out for companies to manage IT, call centre functions. New Delhi, Jan. 30 Sistema Shyam Teleservices, the latest entrant in Indian mobile space, is open to more acquisitions in a bid to get quicker access to the world’s fastest ...

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE: Suzlon posts Rs 390-cr net loss in Q3
Dented by forex losses, replacement of faulty turbine blades. Mumbai, Jan. 30 Wind turbine maker Suzlon Energy Ltd reported a standalone net loss of Rs 390.93 crore for the third quarter ended December 31, due to forex losses, provisions made ...

PERFORMANCE: Sale of ready-mix concrete biz boosts L&T
Co expects slowdown in products, shipyards biz. Mumbai, Jan 30 Boosted by an extraordinary income of Rs 916 crore from sale of its ready-mix concrete business, Larsen and Toubro has reported a 216 per cent rise in net profit at Rs 1,520 crore ...

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: Towards simple and clear audit reports
The Satyam episode has set many of us thinking about what really an auditor’s role is, how reliable is his report and whether it provides reasonable comfort to the reader to conclude that the financial statements are proper and ...

ACCOUNTANCY: L&T: Exposure to Satyam not subject to mark-to-market accounting
Decision on acquiring more stake to be put on hold now. Mumbai, Jan. 30 Larsen & Toubro’s recent investments in the Satyam stock will not be subject to mark-to-market accounting and taken to the profit and loss account as they ...

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS: Bhushan arm buys stake in Orissa Sponge
Kolkata, Jan. 30 Bhushan Energy, an unlisted subsidiary of Bhushan Steel, on Thursday bought 19 lakh shares of Orissa Sponge on ...

REGULATORY BODIES & RULINGS: Zydus gets new approvals
Pharmaceutical major Cadila Healthcare Ltd (Zydus Cadila) has received three product approvals under anti-epileptic segment from the United States Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) in quick succession, the company said here. The Group ...

PEOPLE: Maytas Infra Director quits
Hyderabad, Jan 30 Mr C.S. Bansal, whole-time director on the board of Maytas Infra, has quit. He would however, continue in his role as President (Transportation, Oil & gas sector), according to a company release. Maytas Infrais now left ...

AUDITING: Correction
Price Waterhouse has clarified that its partners — Mr S. Gopalakrishnan and Mr Talluri Srinivas — have not been ‘sacked’ as reported in Business Line on Friday. They have been suspended of all ...

NEW PROJECTS: AllGreen Energy plans 10 biomass-based projects
Bangalore, Jan 30 AllGreen Energy India, a Bangalore-based renewable energy company, will launch 10 biomass-based renewable energy projects in the country in the next 2-3 years, with the first three of them to be set up in Karnataka, Tamil ...

NEW PROJECTS: Uniworld logistics park to be opened today
Chennai, Jan. 30 Uniworld Logistics Pvt Ltd’s Rs 50-crore ‘integrated logistics park’ at Irungattukottai on the Chennai-Bangalore highway will be inaugurated ...

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE: Hindalco profit flat, sales down
Weak demand for aluminium in next quarter seen. Mumbai, Jan. 30 Hindalco Industries reported a marginal rise in net profit at Rs 545 crore in the third quarter of the financial year ended December 31, against Rs 543 crore logged in the same ...

NEW BUSINESS: Educomp bags Rs 120-cr orders from UP, Assam
Educomp Solutions has received orders from Uttar Pradesh and Assam for information and communication technology (ICT) implementation in 2,042 schools. The combined worth of these orders are Rs ...

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE: Siemens net rises 68% on one-time income
Mumbai, Jan. 30 Industry and infrastructure solutions provider Siemens Ltd notched up a 68 per cent rise in its net profit for the quarter ended December 2008, mainly helped by a one-time gain and fall ...

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE: Suzlon's revenues from US to go down 50%
Mumbai, Jan. 30 Suzlon Energy expects its revenues from US to halve in the next fiscal due to the liquidity ...

PERFORMANCE: Adani Enterprises net down 54%
Ahmedabad, Jan. 30 Adani Enterprises Ltd, the flagship-cum-operating company of the Adani Group (except Mundra Port and SEZ Ltd), has seen its net profit decrease by 53.6 per cent in the third quarter ended December 31, 2008, compared to ...

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE: MTNL net falls 40%
New Delhi, Jan. 30 Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd has reported a 40.3 per cent decline in its profits to Rs 58.2 crore for the third quarter ended December 31, 2008 compared with Rs 97.6 crore for the corresponding quarter last ...

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE: GMR Infra net dips 69%
Bangalore, Jan. 30 GMR Infrastructure Ltd has reported a reported a 69 per cent drop in net profit and a 79 per cent jump in income for the quarter ended Decemeber 31, 2008 over the same period last ...

DIVERSIFICATION: Elecon diversifies into hospitality biz
Vallabh Vidyanagar (Gujarat), Jan. 30 With the Charotar area of central Gujarat believed to be flush with NRI emigrants, tourists and funds, engineering products and services major Elecon Group of Companies has diversified into ...

OUTLOOK: West Coast Paper to issue shares to promoters
Kolkata, Jan. 30 West Coast Paper Mills has proposed to issue shares to its promoters, S.K. Bangur group, on preferential basis and cancelled the warrants earlier issued at almost double the ...

NEW PROJECTS: DSK Toyota plans expansion in Maharashtra
DSK Toyota, dealer of Toyota vehicles, with its presence in six districts in the Maharashtra, is expanding ...

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE: IGL net dips 15%
New Delhi, Jan. 30 Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL) has reported a 15 per cent decline in net profit for the third quarter of the current fiscal at Rs 38.30 crore (Rs 45.02 crore). This has been due to demand of Rs 17.50 crore received ...

PEOPLE: Top management changes in Max Healthcare
New Delhi, Jan. 30 Max India has made top management changes at its subsidiary Max ...


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