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Delhi HC upholds arbitrator’s ruling in favour of Leela Hotels in Hudco case
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has upheld an award of the arbitrator in favour of Leela Hotels in a dispute between the Hudco and the company over a sub-lease granted to the latter of 17.6 acres of land in Andrews Ganj, Delhi, for Rs 201 crore.
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New BSES management may review long-term strategies
Mumbai: The new management of BSES is expected to relook, if it required to rework the company’s business plan 2012.
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Hitachi Home buys out Lalbhai Group stake in Amtrex for Rs 12 crore
Mumbai: Hitachi Home & Life Solutions Inc. has acquired the entire 19.4 per cent stake of the Lalbhai Group in Amtrex Hitachi for a consideration of Rs 11.8 crore.
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Pharmacia to expand business post Pfizer merger
New Delhi: Pharmacia India, the Indian subsidiary of the 10th largest pharmaceutical company in the world, is waiting for the global merger of Pharmacia and Pfizer to be formalised soon to move its operations into high gear.
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Trai formula may raise WLL, fixed-line rates
New Delhi: All telecom operators - WLL, fixed line and cellular - will receive a payment for terminating (putting through) calls in their network received from any another network, according to a compromise formula being worked out by the telecom regulator.
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ICC offers to end sponsorship row
New Delhi: Cricket's governing body has offered to end the sponsorship row with India over World Cup contracts with a "large olive branch", a source close to the leadership told Reuters on Tuesday.
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GM to set up R&D facility in India
Bangalore: Automobile major, General Motors Corp is to establish a research and development (R&D) and design centre in India very shortly.
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Reliance invites franchisees for retailing petrol
Mumbai: Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has invited franchisees for managing its proposed petroleum retail outlets.
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Matrix mulls pref offer; board to meet on Jan 28
Hyderabad: The board of directors of Matrix Laboratories Ltd, the Hyderabad-based pharmaceutical company, would meet on January 28 to consider a proposal to offer shares to the promoters group on a preferential allotment basis.
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EIL bags Rs 650-cr GAIL contract
New Delhi: GAIL (India) Ltd has awarded Engineers India Ltd (EIL) a Rs 650-crore contract for expansion of its Pata petrochemical complex.
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Nod for Golkonda pref allotment
Hyderabad: The shareholders of Golkonda Engineering Enterprises Ltd at a recently held extraordinary general meeting authorised the board to issue 32.5 lakh equity shares of Rs 10 each at par aggregating Rs 3.25 crore on a preferential allotment basis to the nominees of Surana Udyog who had provided unsecured loans to the company.
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Merck to trim staff at Taloja plant
Mumbai: Merck Ltd has announced a voluntary retirement scheme (VRS) to employees working at its Taloja plant.
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Cement arm: L&T meet on Jan 29
Mumbai: A board meeting of Larsen & Toubro has been scheduled for January 29 to consider the results for the third quarter ending December 31, 2003, said a news release from the company.
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Standard Fireworks sets up two units in China
New Delhi: Standard Fireworks at Sivakasi, near here, one of the leading players in the fireworks industry, has commissioned two factories in China.
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Color Chips signs up with 2 foreign firms for content
New Delhi: Color Chips India Ltd has signed up with Diamond Comics Pvt Ltd, Asia Pacific Communication Associates, for supply of its contents, comics, popular characters and features. It has also bagged a 3D animation project from A.
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IJM gets ISO 9001:2000
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad-based IJM (India) Infrastructure Ltdengaged in construction projects and maintenance of road projects and buildings, has been awarded ISO 9001:2000 accreditation by the American Quality Assessors International LLC, USA for their quality management systems.
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Tata Engg sees huge potential for LCVs
Bangalore: Tata Engineering hopes to increase its market share of 46 per cent in the light commercial vehicle segment by positioning its latest offering, Tata 207 DI pick up vehicle, as a convenient transhipment medium for city deliveries from the suburbs
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Billing up 25 per cent for International Travel House
Mumbai: International Travel House Ltd (ITHL), has recorded an increase of 25 per cent in its total billing at Rs 210 crore for the nine-month period ending December 31, 2002 as compared to the same period in the previous year.
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Siemens Q1 net up 68 per cent to Rs 34 cr
Mumbai: Buoyed by a surge in non-recurring income, electrical and electronics major Siemens has reported a 68 per cent rise in net profit for the first quarter ended December 31, ’02 to Rs 34.4 crore, up from Rs 20.5 crore in the corresponding period in the previous fiscal.
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Nicholas Piramal Q3 net at Rs 21cr
Mumbai: Drugmaker Nicholas Piramal (NPIL) has posted a net profit of Rs 21.2 crore in the third quarter of 2002-03 on net sales of Rs 219.6 crore.
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Govt's grant, loan prop up BSNL bottomline
Mumbai: The latest audited results of BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam) reveal that its profits have been heavily boosted by government support. The profit for the year ended March ‘02 would have come down by close to 50 per cent without this support.
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Mardia Chem Q3 operating profit up 472 percent
Mumbai: Mardia Chemicals (MCL) has reported an operating profit of Rs 3.9 crore (before interest and depreciation) on a sales turnover of Rs 63.5 crore during the third quarter ended December 31, '02.
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Essar, Ispat, Jindal finalise bailout package
New Delhi: The much awaited financial restructuring package of three steel companies Essar Steel, Ispat Industries and Jindal Vijaynagar Steel (JVSL) was finalised at the corporate debt restructuring meeting held at IDBI Towers on Tuesday.
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Ranbaxy to launch branded generics in US
Mumbai: Ranbaxy Laboratories, India’s top drugmaker by sales, is preparing to launch a clutch of branded off-patent drugs in the US market that have been developed in India.
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Discovery extends pact with BBC
Mumbai: Discovery Communications has extended its three-year agreement with BBC World to a 10-year contract for the co-production of programmes. Discovery has also recently inked a two-year deal for joint production with UK’s Channel 4 for quality programming.
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ITC plans ad blitzkrieg for Kolkata hotel
Kolkata: ITC is planning a big marketing splash for its Sonar Bangla Sheraton Hotel & Towers in Kolkata. In a promotional bid called ‘Restobiz,’ the new resort-cum-business hotel will be marketed across the continent.
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