Dhaka clears Sun Pharma JV
New Delhi: According to reports, Bangladesh has agreed to issue a production license to a joint venture promoted by Indian drug company Sun Pharma in Bangladesh. Sun Pharma's original application with the Bangladeshi government is at least two years old.
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Ten Sports rate for Indo-Pak series remains at Rs 14
New Delhi: Cable Distribution Network (CDN), the cable distribution partners of Ten Sports in India, has announced that the price of Ten Sports would remain at Rs 14, the same price at which the channel was launched two years back. According to Lalit Modi, CDN 's President, they have imported close to 3,000 decoders into India for increasing the reach of the channel.
Modi also says that they are requesting the cable operators to increase their declarations to at least 25-30 per cent of their total subscriber base, which would still be far from their total number of subscribers who pay them every month.
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MRF: Tyre re-tread franchisees abroad
Chennai: MRF Ltd intends to establish franchisees for tyre re-treading in different overseas markets where the company's products will be used exclusively. The company also intends to increase the visibility of its products by advertisements in print media and participation in trade fairs and exhibitions abroad.
The company is focusing on an export thrust in the current year with their overseas offices gearing up for widening the existing markets and identifying potential markets in their respective regions.MRF's exports, last year, increased to Rs 316.72 crore from Rs 226.72 crore in the previous year - an increase of about 40 per cent.
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Pepsi to hike capacity by 40 pc
New Delhi: Pepsi Foods is planning to raise capacity by upwards of 40 per cent in the current year by setting up new greenfield plants as well as appointing new franchisee bottlers. Pepsi currently has about 38 assembly plants in the country, of which about half are company-owned.

For the upcoming Indo-Pak cricket series, the company would be rolling out a new campaign this week featuring several members of the Indian cricket team. Pepsi is also the associate sponsor for the series on the Ten Sports channel.
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