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PERFORMANCE: L&T’s profit growth aided by exceptional gain
Slowdown in order inflows. BL Research Bureau Exceptional gains of Rs 1,020 croreensured that Larsen & Toubro (L&T) trebled its net profits for the quarter ended June 2009 (over a year-ago numbers) despite the tepid growth in revenues. ...

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE: Bajaj Auto net rises 67% to Rs 293 cr in Q1
Betting on this fiscal to be the best-ever in terms of profit, sales. Mumbai, July 16 Bajaj Auto has reported a net profit of Rs 293.49 crore for the first quarter ended June 30, up 67.6 per cent from Rs 175.11 crore in the corresponding period ...

PRIVATE PLACEMENT: Life insurers keep away from QIPs on valuation concerns
LIC rules out investing; private players selective. Mumbai, July 16 Companies coming out with Qualified Institutional Placements (QIPs) are finding very few takers among life insurance ...

OUTLOOK: GAIL seeks regulator’s nod for uniform transportation tariff
Proposed rates marginally higher in a few sections. GAIL (India) Ltd’s revised transportation tariff submitted to the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (P&NGRB) is on a postalised basis, which means it would be a uniform ...

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS: Tata Steel Global acquires more shares in Riversdale Mining
Kolkata, July 16Tata Steel Global Minerals Holdings Pte Ltd, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Steel Ltd, on Thursday acquired additional shares of Riversdale Mining Ltd (RML), Australia, through market purchases, taking the holding ...

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Wyeth talks to Govt on 7-in-1 vaccine
Three years after Wyeth launched its 7-in-1 pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, Prevenar, in the country, the multinational is talking to the Centre to incorporate the vaccine into the National Immunisation ...

COURTS/LEGAL ISSUES: Court rejects MNC’s plea for preventive injunction
The Madras High Court has said ‘no’ to the plea of a Chennai-based multi-national for a permanent injunction restraining certain public interest groups from ‘obstructing, blocking and preventing’ free ingress and egress ...

NEW PROJECTS: Nokia Siemens to make India 3G hub
Plans to produce base stations at Chennai plant. New Delhi, July 16 Telecom equipment manufacturer Nokia Siemens considers India to be one of its largest markets for third generation gear and plans to make it a global ...

OUTLOOK: Tupperware to bring in beauty, nutrition products
Direct selling company Tupperware India is considering bringing its beauty and nutrition range of products that its parent markets ...

OUTLOOK: Vedanta group to invest Rs 50,000 cr in power sector
Mumbai, July 16 The Vedanta group plans to invest Rs 50,000 crore in the power sector to generate 11,000 MW by 2012 while targeting a generation capacity of 4,500 MW ...

MANAGEMENT: It’s efficiency, not ownership that matters
Kolkata, July 16 Privately managed or professionally managed companies – which are better at managing the ebb and flow of economic tides – was the subject over which two stalwarts, Mr H.M. Bangur of the Bangur Group and Mr R. ...

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES: Cochin Shipyard pact with SCI for building 2 platform vessels
Kochi, July 16 Cochin Shipyard has signed a contract with Shipping Corporation of India for construction of two platform supply vessels ...

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE: JK Tyres net doubles, to expand truck radials capacity
New Delhi, July 16 J K Tyres has doubled its net profit for the quarter ended June 2009 with a change in product and market mix, cost- cutting measures and lower raw material ...

OUTLOOK: Maharashtra stays Reliance Infra’s tariff hike
Mumbai, July 16 The Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) has stayed the tariff revision of Anil Ambani group-promoted Reliance Infrastructure Ltd, which supplies power to ...

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS: Lanco Infra buys out German firm’s stake
Hyderabad, July 16 Lanco Infratech Ltd through its subsidiary Lanco Amarkanatak has bought out a German lending agency’s stake in the 2x300 MW project for about Rs 48 ...

IPR: Ocimum Biosolutions gets US patent
Hyderabad, July 16 Ocimum Biosolutions has obtained a US patent for the method it has developed to manage and query gene expression data according to quality. Gene expression data are useful in understanding diseases, developing new drugs ...

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE: Welspun Gujarat profit rises 94% in Q1
Ahmedabad, July 16 Welspun Gujarat Stahl Rohren Ltd, the flagship company of the $3-billion Welspun Group, registered a 94 per cent increase in profit after tax (PAT) and 72 per cent in revenues in the first quarter ended June 30, ...

NEW PROJECTS: ICI India to set up new unit
ICI India Ltd has decided to set up a paints factory in the southern region at an estimated cost of Rs 200 crore. Mr Amit Jain, Managing Director, talking to reporters after the 55th AGM here on Thursday, said the company was in talks with ...


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