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CORPORATE BONDS: HPCL skids on oil bond delay
Kerosene, LPG losses top Rs 10,300 cr for all refiners. Mumbai, Oct. 28 The Centre’s dithering on issue of oil bonds has pushed Hindustan Petroleum Corporation into the red in the second quarter of this fiscal with losses totalling Rs ...

CORPORATE DISPUTES: RNRL says Oil Ministry colluding with RIL to prevent gas sale at $2.34/unit
Charges ‘baseless’, say Reliance counsel, Additional Solicitor General. New Delhi, Oct. 28 The Anil Ambani-promoted Reliance Natural Resources Ltd (RNRL) alleged on Wednesday before the Supreme Court, which is hearing the gas row ...

OVERSEAS INVESTMENTS: India Cements near deal for coal mining in Indonesia
To invest $20 m in mine; will move to cut fuel, power costs. Chennai, Oct. 28 India Cements Ltd will invest $20 million (Rs 92 crore) in a coal mine in Indonesia. The company expects to sign the deal with the mine owner within a couple ...

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES: ‘Wipro-GE Healthcare equity to stay 49:51’
Jt venture to use cash to buy out GE entities: Senapaty. Wipro Ltd does not see any changes to the equity structure in joint venture Wipro-GE Healthcare post integration of all the GE Healthcare units in India with the joint ...

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE: ACC, Ambuja Cement net profits rise on lower input cost
Dip in coal prices helps cut production cost. Mumbai, Oct. 28 Holcim Group companies, ACC and Ambuja Cement, have posted a strong performance for the quarter ended September 30. While ACC showed a 60 per cent growth in net profit, Ambuja ...

AUDITING: Under-reporting of revenue?
Stanza 587 of the Tirukkural, translated into English would read: “A spy must search each hidden matter out, and full report must render, free from doubt.” The special auditor who has reported under-reporting ...

OVERSEAS INVESTMENTS: India exploring options to lease coal mines in Australia: Shinde
New Delhi, Oct. 28 India is exploring the option of leasing coal mines in Australia to tide over domestic coal shortages, the Power Minister, Mr Sushilkumar Shinde, said on ...

OUTLOOK: Mahindra launches half-tonne pickup
Mumbai, Oct. 28 Mahindra & Mahindra has launched India’s first 0.5-tonne pickup, thereby creating a new segment in the goods carrier ...

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE: Vivimed Labs net up at Rs 8 cr Hyderabad, Oct. 28
Vivimed Labs Ltd’s consolidated net profit increased 6 per cent at Rs 8.05 crore in the second quarter ended September 30, compared with Rs 7.59 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous financial year. The total income of ...

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS: Limagrain buys 51% stake in Avesthagen seed co
To pay €10 m for seed licensing. Bangalore, Oct.28 Avesthagen Ltd has licensed its field crop technologies to Groupe Limagrain for €10 million (nearly Rs 70 crore) to be paid over two tranches, according to Avesthagen’s top ...

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Premier returns with compact SUV Rio
Company in alliance with China’s Zotye. Mumbai, Oct. 28 Premier Ltd (formerly Premier Automobiles) has made a comeback into the passenger car segment with the launch of a compact sport-utility vehicle called Rio in collaboration with ...

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE: Lakshmi Machine back to operating 2 shifts
Net profit for Q2 down 14.5%. Coimbatore, Oct. 28 Textile machinery manufacturing major Lakshmi Machine Works (LMW) is back to operating ...

SICK UNITS: 15 properties of SPIC put on auction
Chennai, Oct. 28 Fifteen properties belonging to Southern Petrochemical Industries Corporation (SPIC) have been put on auction, in order to raise funds to pay off Asset Reconstruction Company of India ...

RESTRUCTURING: Divisive demergers
The seeds of the Ambani brothers’ spat over the selling price of gas from Krishna Godavari Basin — discovered and harnessed by Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) which is controlled by the elder brother Mukesh — to Reliance ...

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE: GAIL net dips 30% on lower price realisations from petrochem, liquid hydrocarbons
Rs 500-cr bond issue with greenshoe option on cards. New Delhi, Oct. 28 GAIL (India) Ltd has reported a 30 per cent drop in net profit for the second quarter of the current fiscal due to lower price realisations in petrochemicals and liquid ...

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE: Puravankara Projects net up at Rs 60 cr
Bangalore, Oct. 28 Puravankara Projects has posted a net profit to Rs 60.86 crore during the second quarter of the fiscal, against Rs 50.47 crore recorded during the corresponding period last ...

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE: Tata Tea net rises 32% on higher sales, exceptional gain
Mumbai, Oct. 28 Tata Tea has reported a 32 per cent increase in its consolidated net profit at Rs 287.44 crore for the second quarter ended September 30, against Rs 217.76 crore in the same period last ...

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE: Amara Raja Q2 net profit zooms to Rs 48 cr
Hyderabad, Oct. 28 Amara Raja Batteries Ltd has recorded a net profit of Rs 47.9 crore for the second quarter ended September 30, 2009, up 155 per cent from Rs 18.79 crore posted in the corresponding quarter last ...

OUTLOOK: Fiat rules out entry-level car in India
Pune, Oct. 28 Italian automaker Fiat has said it is in the process of developing several low cost cars, but ruled out launching any model in India that will cater to the ...

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: ‘What happened with Satyam was an Indian problem’
The Corporate Affairs Minister, Mr Salman Khurshid, came out in support of Satyam’s revival saying that the Government would not let the revival be sabotaged by any ...

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE: Sun Pharma net profit dips 49%
Mumbai, Oct. 28 Sun Pharmaceutical Industries has reported a 49 per cent drop in net profit at Rs 203 crore for the quarter-ended September 30 against Rs 303 crore logged in the same period a year ago. Total income decreased to Rs 601 crore ...

CORPORATE DISPUTES: Lawyers’ fees come under discussion
New Delhi, Oct 28 High fees charged by senior lawyers became a point of discussion at the Apex Court hearing the Ambani brothers’ gas ...

DIVERSIFICATION: Madras Cements to go slow on sugar project
Chennai, Oct. 28 Madras Cements Ltd has decided to go slow on its proposed investment in a sugar mill and is likely to bring in ...

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE: Nerolac net profit doubles
Mumbai, Oct. 28 Kansai Nerolac Paints posted a 96 per cent rise in net profit at Rs 53 crore for the quarter ended September 30, 2009, as against Rs 27 crore logged in the same period last ...

NEW BUSINESS: BHEL gets Rs 205-cr Oman order
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FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE: Dalmia Cement (Bharat) net up
CHENNAI: Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd has reported a 33 per cent growth in net profit for the second quarter of this fiscal at Rs 53.85 crore (Rs 40.19 crore) on a total income of Rs 563.70 crore (Rs 454.85 crore). The ...

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE: MIC Electronics Q3 net down
The decline in LED-displays and lighting segment dragged down the revenues of MIC Electronics in the third quarter ended September 30, 2009 to Rs 45.25 crore against Rs 75.60 crore in the comparable quarter last year. The IT and ...


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