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Sterling Biotech bags Rs 22.5-cr orders from US
STERLING Biotech has bagged two export orders worth Rs 22.5 crore from US-based healthcare companies to supply gelatin. One order is a Rs 12.5-crore export order from the GNC group, a speciality retailer of vitamin, mineral, herbal supplements. ... More

Essar Oil plans 20,000 t diesel imports for local market
ESSAR Oil plans to import an initial parcel of 20,000 tonnes of diesel in May for selling in the local market, a senior company official said. This would mark the entry of Essar in the petroleum products market, though the fuel would be ... More

VSNL to tap its other strengths
AS international long distance telephony gets more competitive, Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd would leverage its other strengths such as its ISP subscriber base as well as subscribers to its corporate data services to get a foothold at the retail ... More

ACCOUNTING STANDARDS


Accounting norms panel to meet on April 16
THE 12-member National Advisory Committee on Accounting Standards (NACAS) is to meet here on April 16 to discuss the issues concerning the last five accounting standards of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). Already, NACAS ... More

CORPORATE DISPUTES


Amul claims Mother Dairy trademark — `13-day gap' puts NDDB in a spin
THE Rs 2,747-crore Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), the owner of the Amul brand, has sought to rewrite the script for the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) by making clear that it has the first lien on the Mother ... More

OVERSEAS BORROWINGS


Cos pre-paid $595 m ECBs in Apr-Dec 2002
CORPORATES have pre-paid external commercial borrowings (ECBs) amounting to $595 million during the April-December 2002 period, according to a study conducted by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The total pre-payment of ECBs from 2000-01 to ... More

INSIGHT


MNCs: Not above flouting rules
As many as 18 blue-chip MNCs have allegedly violated the foreign exchange regulations and paid salaries and perks abroad to their employees working in India without obtaining RBI approval. More

COURTS/LEGAL ISSUES


Sale of Coimbatore Pioneer Mills machinery — Sundaram Finance gets HC approval
THE Madras High Court has permitted the sale by Sundaram Finance Ltd, Chennai, of machinery of Coimbatore Pioneer Mills Ltd by suspending the operation of the order dated February 21, 2003 of the single judge, who had made absolute the interim ... More

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY


Synergy is the key
IT must offer data and information processing capacity. And the workers of a company must put in their creative and innovative capacity. This synergy will keep the wheel moving. More

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS


HLL acquires Amalgam's cooked shrimp business
IN a yet another measure to move down the value added chain, Hindustan Lever Ltd (HLL) on Tuesday announced that it has acquired the cooked shrimp and pasteurised crabmeat business of Kerala-based Amalgam group of companies on a going concern ... More

NEW PROJECTS


Samtel plans foray into colour display tubes
AFTER a year of corporate consolidation and restructuring, the colour picture tube (CPT) manufacturer, Samtel Colour Ltd, part of Rs 1,200-crore the Samtel Group, is all set to expand its product portfolio. Close on the heels of launching ... More

OVERSEAS INVESTMENTS


Credit limit for overseas ventures hiked
BANKS can now extend credit and non-credit facilities to Indian joint ventures and wholly-owned subsidiaries abroad for up to 10 per cent of their (banks) unimpaired capital funds (Tier I and Tier II capital). Earlier, banks were allowed to ... More

INTERVIEW


`ONGC has lost Rs 150-200 cr on LPG price regulation'
LAST week, ONGC declared a 67 per cent rise in net profit which crossed the Rs 10,000-crore mark for 2002-03 on the back of deregulation and high global crude prices during the year. During the 2001-02 fiscal, it was remunerated $16 per barrel ... More

DIVERSIFICATION


Yamaha Motor sets up IT arm for software design
MOTORCYCLE maker Yamaha Motor India has floated an infotech company to carry out software development and design for its own company and for other clients. Sources in Yamaha Motor India, formerly known as Yamaha Motor Escorts Ltd, said the ... More

OUTLOOK


Tencel hopes to ride on `performance'
TENCEL Ltd, a member of the UK-based Accordis Group, hopes to ride on the current trend of increasing demand among apparel buyers for performance-oriented products. "There is clear indication that performance products — wrinkle-free and ... More

PERFORMANCE


BHEL industrial systems group PBT at Rs 58 cr
BHEL's industrial systems group has posted a profit before tax of Rs 58 crore for the financial year 2002-03 on a turnover of Rs 540 crore. BHEL's industrial systems group based in Bangalore comprises the electronics and electroporcelains ... More

Tata Engg 2002-03 sales up 20%
TATA Engineering has recorded its highest-ever annual sale of vehicles of 2,19,860 units (including exports) for the year ended March 31, 2003. This represents a growth of 19.9 per cent over the previous year when 1,83,224 vehicles were sold. ... More

Bajaj Tempo sales up 30%
Bajaj Tempo Ltd, has recorded a growth of over 30 per cent in sales turnover over the last financial year at Rs 850 crore (Rs 652 crore last fiscal) for the financial year ended March 31, 2003. A statement released here said the growth has ... More

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