The Hindu Business Line : Sunday, February 03, 2002

Bonanza awaits Govt on VSNL, IBP sell-off
THE stock market is expecting the Government to earn a handsome premium in the shares prices at which disinvestment candidates VSNL and IBP would find their prospective partners. The market is forecasting Rs 180 - Rs 200 per share for VSNL, ... More

Companies fight shy of meaningful disclosures
A DIFFUSED and conglomerate structure of operations is now outdated. Or, so it would seem, if declarations by companies on segment-wise performance that is mandated by SEBI, are anything to go by. Company after company has claimed they "operate ... More

Bharti Tele IPO oversubscribed
THE IPO of Bharti Televentures Ltd (BTVL) has been oversubscribed by 2.53 times. The company received bids for 46.9 crore shares compared to actual book size of 18.53 crore shares, according to sources close to merchant bankers. The issue price ... More

Forex reserves up $27 m
FOREX reserves of the country rose by a mere $27 million to touch $ 49.252 billion for the week ended January 25, as compared $ 49.225 billion in the previous week. The flow of funds, which has been accelerating over the past few weeks with ... More

`Too early to comment on Vysya stake hike'
BANK Brussels Lambert (BBL), which announced its plans to hike its stake in Vysya Bank, "is in discussions with Mr G.M. Rao and associates to ascertain if we can acquire the GMR Vasavi stake and how it can be done,'' said Mr Bart Hellemans, ... More

Corporate fault lines `revealed' to investors
THIS results season, companies had something more to show than the regular numbers. They revealed the risk-revenue profiles of their individual lines of business separately, a disclosure that is of vital interest to the investing public and other ... More

What's good for HP is bad for ad agencies
ARE corporates becoming more creative? Seems so; if one is to go by the amount of printing they do in-house. "In-house printing is very much on these days. Corporates are printing brochures, leaflets, catalogues and even flyers in-house using ... More

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