The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, April 17, 2003

Hero Honda unveils `CD-Dawn'
HERO Honda, India's largest two-wheeler maker, today introduced a new entry-level motorcycle, the `CD-Dawn', to take on similar low-end bikes from rivals, Bajaj Auto and TVS Motor Company. The CD-Dawn, priced at Rs 31,899 (ex-showroom Delhi) is ... More

Bharat Electronics eyes set top boxes
BHARAT Electronics Ltd (BEL) plans to manufacture set top boxes and also integrated receiver recorders for digital terrestrial transmission, thus improving its civilian presence. A technology partner is being finalised, but the defence ... More

ACCOUNTING STANDARDS

When measures match
We are moving towards a regime of uniform standards in accounting, says Mohan R. Lavi More

For patrons only
When it comes to assessing the value of a venture, it is necessary to ask who the customer is, says David Allen More

COURTS/LEGAL ISSUES

Altek wins safeguard `case' against Chinese
ALTEK Lammertz Ltd, a Chennai-based industrial sewing machine needles manufacturer, has won a favourable ruling from the Director General (Specific Safeguards), against the Chinese. At a press conference here, the company's Managing Director, ... More

Arbitration clause in machinery lease accord — Madras HC upholds invoking Section 9 (2) (e)
THE Madras High Court has held that Section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act could be invoked even without referring the dispute to the arbitrators. Hence, there was no substance in the contention that if there was a dispute regarding ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES

NFC to tie up with varsities for manpower
FACED with an `ageing' workforce and growing demands from the power sector and user industry, the Nuclear Fuel Complex (NFC) here has decided to forge ties with universities to rope in bright young students for its projects. At present, the ... More

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Onus on owners' information
Priya Mohan on the need to focus on investor education to ensure against corporate misgovernance More

`When in doubt, disclose' is Infosys credo
SOFTWARE major Infosys Technologies has a long way to go in becoming a truly global corporation, according to the company's Chairman and Chief Mentor, Mr N.R. Narayana Murthy. "We are a very young organisation and still in the early stage of our ... More

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES

GAIL, Haldia Petro in marketing pact
AHEAD of a Rs 200-crore equity investment by the Government-owned gas distribution firm GAIL (India) Ltd in the Kolkata-based Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd, the two companies on Wednesday announced a product exchange tie-up to bolster each other's ... More

PEOPLE

Dr Reddy's Emerging Business chief quits
THE Executive Vice-President of Dr Reddy's Laboratories Ltd, Dr Chigurupati Jayaram, who has been heading the Hyderabad-based pharmaceutical major's Emerging Business strategic business unit (SBU) since April 1997, has quit. The development ... More

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