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LG: New AC models on cards
LG Electronics India Ltd will unveil several new air-conditioner (AC) models this year, including a window AC that features plasma technology and a two tonne remotely-operated model. Mr Salil Kapoor, Product Group Head, Air-conditioners, LG ... More

Tetley may sell US label tea business
TETLEY, acquired by the Rs 844 crore-Tata Tea Ltd (TTL) in February 2000, plans to sell off its private label tea business in the US, Mr Homi Khusrokhan, Managing Director, TTL, has said. The likely buyer is Harris Tea, an existing player in the ... More

BPL Mobile revises tariff in Kerala
Addressing a press conference here on Thursday, Mr R.A.Venkitachalam, Chief Operating Officer, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, said the new rates meant superior value for money for subscribers. The company had re-introduced `Friday incoming free calls' ... More

AES pulls out of Delhi power distribution race
AES (India) Private Ltd has pulled out of the race for acquiring power distribution zones in Delhi. This brings down the competition fray to five companies - BSES Ltd, Cescon Ltd, CLP Power International Ltd, Reliance Industries Ltd and Tata ... More

Tariffs on pre-paid cards cut
NEW DELHI: The two private sector cellular service providers in Delhi — Bharti Cellular Ltd and Hutchison Essar — have announced a reduction in airtime tariffs on their pre-paid mobile cards. The tariffs have been reduced ... More

BUYBACK


Parry Agro buyback gets shareholders' nod
THE board of Parry Agro Industries Ltd, part of the Murugappa group, has decided to buy back 8.67 lakh shares representing 23.09 per cent of the equity share capital, according to information provided by the company to stock exchanges. This ... More

Sirpur Paper to buy back shares
SIRPUR Paper Mills Ltd (SPML) has decided to buy back 20 lakh equity shares of Rs 10 each at a board meeting held here on Friday. The SPML Compliance Officer, Mr T. Shyam Sunder, informed the exchanges that the board had approved a maximum ... More

CORPORATE DISPUTES


MSEB may pursue fraud argument too against DPC
THE Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB) may pursue the argument of fraud against Enron-promoted Dabhol Power Company (DPC) in the Mumbai High Court in addition to the misrepresentation charge, MSEB counsel told the Court on Friday. "We ... More

RESTRUCTURING


Apollo Hospitals gets nod for demerger move
APOLLO Hospitals Enterprises Ltd has obtained the approval of its shareholders to demerge Apollo Mumbai Hospital Ltd from the parent company, at an extraordinary general meeting. According to a press release, the scheme for demerger now awaits ... More

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS


Nicholas buys ICI's drug business for Rs 70 cr
PHARMACEUTICAL major Nicholas Piramal India Ltd (NPIL) has acquired the pharmaceutical business of ICI (India) Ltd for Rs 70 crore in an all-cash deal, on a going concern basis. The amount includes Rs 14 crore towards acquiring net current ... More

Mallya's UB Beer stake may fall to 38 per cent
THE UB group Chairman, Mr Vijay Mallya's equity stake in UB Beer Ltd, the demerged beer-only entity, may fall to 38 per cent from the current holding of 52 per cent once Scottish & Newcastle (S&N) converts its proposed investment of Rs 250 crore ... More

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE


Stress on good corporate governance practices
THE Indian corporate sector must demonstrate harder evidence of their adherence to good corporate governance practices if they are to retain the confidence reposed on them by the financial community, according to Mr R. Ravimohan, Managing ... More

NEW PROJECTS


Groupe Danone to take fully-owned arm route
FRENCH food multinational Groupe Danone has finalised its strategy for entering the Indian market on its own. According to the plan, the company will be investing Rs 150 crore in India over the next five years for manufacture and marketing of ... More

HLL to expand wheat project
ENCOURAGED by the benefits accruing from its pilot farm project at Hoshangabad in Madhya Pradesh, Hindustan Lever Ltd (HLL) is planning to expand the model to other wheat-growing states. Having started in wheat with 250 acres of land at ... More

Transworld to set up development centre
TRANSWORLD Infotech Ltd (TWIL) has set up a development centre in Pune, to cater to IT requirements of the small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Talking to presspersons, the President and Chief Executive Officer of TWIL, Mr Donn Liles, noted ... More

Hughes Escorts to form subsidiary
HUGHES Escorts Communications Ltd (HECL) has firmed up plans to set up a wholly-owned downstream subsidiary with an initial investment of around Rs 10 crore to be spread over three to five years. HECL proposes to start manufacturing telecom and ... More

REGULATORY BODIES & RULINGS


Report to us first on tariff plans, says TRAI
With competition in the cellular and basic services hotting up, the operators have been vying with each other to publicise the massive cuts in tariffs that they have been incorporating. However, in their hurry to get noticed, they have been ... More

Cloud of smoke over Zyban
CAN an anti-smoking drug be injurious to health? Pharma giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), under fire regarding its smoking cessation drug, Zyban, has risen in defence of its non-nicotine oral drug — in the wake of unproven reports in the UK, ... More

Zyban: Factors that worry...
THE regulatory authority for the domestic market, the Drug Controller General Of India (DCGI), was, however, not available for comments on the issue, despite repeated attempts by Business Line. And though Zyban is a prescription drug, to ... More

More PNB branches to accept DCA fees
THE Department of Company Affairs (DCA) has engaged the services of 15 additional branches of Punjab National Bank (PNB) for acceptance of fees from companies in the National Capital Territory of Delhi and the State of Haryana for filing their ... More

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES


HCL Insys pact with postal dept
HCL Insys can now display and retail its products such as `Bean Stalk' PC s, Toshiba notebooks, Nokia cell phones and HCL InfiNet internet access packs through the post offices. More

Software for tracking vehicles -- Shapre Global MoU with Canadian co
THE city-based Shapre Global Info Services Ltd and the Ottawa, Canada-based MaxSys Engineering Solutions Inc signed an MoU to design, develop, supply and maintain a virtual (web-based) infrastructure for tracking the emergency vehicles and ... More

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    DIVERSIFICATION


    Tata Coffee to grow vanilla, arecanut
    TATA Coffee Ltd is looking to diversify into vanilla and arecanut cultivation to buffer the company against plummeting international coffee prices. Till now, the company had been betting on pepper as an inter-crop on coffee plantations to ... More

    SICK UNITS


    Modern Foods told to submit revival plan
    MODERN Food Industries (I) Ltd (MFIL), the first PSU in which the disinvestment process was initiated by the BJP-led Government, has been directed by the Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction (BIFR) to submit an agreed rehabilitation ... More

    OUTLOOK


    Esab hopeful of two-fold rise in export income
    ESAB India Ltd may see export earnings double after production from the group's Thailand unit is shifted to the Kolkata welding factory, Mr Sanat Bhattacharyya, Managing Director, told Business Line. The £632.4-million Esab Group, which ... More

    Samsung targeting Rs 1,520-cr sales
    SAMSUNG India Electronics Ltd is targeting sales of Rs 1,520 crores from its consumer electronics and home appliances business in the year 2002. The company achieved sales of Rs 1,350 in 2001 registering a growth of 12 per cent over its sales in ... More

    Bharti plans basic telephony in Karnataka soon
    BHARTI Telenet Ltd (BTNL) plans to launch its basic telephony services in `major cities' in Karnataka over the next three to four months. The areas to be covered include Bangalore, Mysore, Mangalore, Udupi and Manipal. Other cities are to be ... More

    PERFORMANCE


    Saregama to tone down on FM
    WITH a net loss staring it in the face, Saregama India Ltd (erstwhile Gramophone Company) has decided to substantially downsize its FM operations. Mr A. Mitra, SIL Managing Director, said that after spending nearly Rs 6 crore in expectation of ... More

    PEOPLE


    ACC reappoints Nambiar as MD
    ASSOCIATED Cement Companies Ltd (ACC) at its meeting held here today reappointed Mr. T.M M. Nambiar as Managing Director for a further period from June 1, 2002 to November 30, 2002, the BSE was informed on Friday. Mr. M.L. Narula, Wholetime ... More

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