B G Shirsat &Amp; P B Jayakumar

Stories by B G Shirsat &Amp; P B Jayakumar

With eye on bank, L&T rejigs arms

With eye on bank, L&T rejigs arms

Rediff.com   27 Sep 2010

The two arms of L&TFH are L&T Finance, with its retail, micro-finance and corporate loan portfolio, and L&T Infrastructure Finance.

Merck arm sues Sun over cancer drug

Merck arm sues Sun over cancer drug

Rediff.com   21 Sep 2010

Merck arm sues Sun over cancer drugSchering Corporation, part of multinational pharma company Merck & Co, and London-based Cancer Research Technology Ltd have sued Sun Pharmaceutical for allegedly infringing patent rights on the world's largest selling brain cancer drug, Temodar.

ADAG picks up 15% stake in new Kerala airport

ADAG picks up 15% stake in new Kerala airport

Rediff.com   6 Sep 2010

The Reliance-Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (R-ADAG) has picked up a 15 per cent stake for Rs 225 crore (Rs 2.25 billion) in a new international airport coming up at Aranmula in Pathanamthitta district of central Kerala.

Cipla to buy 25% in S Africa unit

Cipla to buy 25% in S Africa unit

Rediff.com   3 Sep 2010

Cipla, the largest player in the domestic drug market, could play white knight for Cipla Medpro, South Africa's third-largest drugmaker and a key ally of the Indian company. Cipla is looking to acquire around 25 per cent in the manufacturing division of Cipla Medpro, where it does not hold any stake at present.

Engineering giants gear to set up N-projects

Engineering giants gear to set up N-projects

Rediff.com   31 Aug 2010

With passage of the nuclear liability Bill, the heavy engineering supply chain, led by Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL), Larsen & Toubro (L&T) and Bharat Forge Ltd (BFL), is gearing to take up the challenge ahead.

Lupin sues Ranbaxy in US for patent infringement

Lupin sues Ranbaxy in US for patent infringement

Rediff.com   10 Aug 2010

In a twist to the tale of drug patent infringement cases in the United States, Indian drug company Lupin has sued Ranbaxy Laboratories, which is now controlled by Japanese drug major Daiichi Sankyo, in an American court.

India Inc gets cosy with the Russians

India Inc gets cosy with the Russians

Rediff.com   28 Jul 2010

India Inc's bear hug with Russian consumers is getting warmer. From selling marquee cars to liquor, the relationship is heading into the next league -- joint ventures in diverse areas such as petrochemicals, telecom, pharmaceuticals and nanotechnology.

Drug retailers set to compete with pharma majors

Drug retailers set to compete with pharma majors

Rediff.com   19 Jul 2010

Over 550,000 small drug retailers in the country are transforming into producers and marketers of pharmaceutical products, readying to compete with companies such as Ranbaxy, Cipla, Sun Pharma and Lupin whose produce they sell.

Small and midsize promoters raise own stake

Small and midsize promoters raise own stake

Rediff.com   19 Jul 2010

Piramal Healthcare acquired 4.36 million shares from the open markets through its two promoter companies, PHL Holding Pvt Ltd and Swastik Safe Deposit & Investment.

Pharma sector profits in June to rise

Pharma sector profits in June to rise

Rediff.com   13 Jul 2010

The rupee's appreciation of 6.4 per cent against the dollar and 12 per cent against the euro is likely to hurt the first-quarter performance of the pharmaceutical sector, indicate a results' preview by broking houses.

India Inc's capex up 12% in 2009-10

India Inc's capex up 12% in 2009-10

Rediff.com   6 Jul 2010

Capex plans for the next six months imply a 20 per cent increase in calendar 2010.

India Inc doles out highest-ever dividends

India Inc doles out highest-ever dividends

Rediff.com   30 Jun 2010

The payout rise was higher than that in net profit, which was 21.5 per cent. As a proportion of net profit, the payout was 25.15 per cent, compared to 24.1 per cent in March 2009 and 21.8 per cent in March 2008.

L&T plans to restructure JV with Mitsubishi

L&T plans to restructure JV with Mitsubishi

Rediff.com   25 Jun 2010

L&T plans to transfer the equity of L&T in their joint ventures with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries into L&T Power through a book transfer, if clauses for the re-tender remain the same, company executives told Business Standard.

RIL likely to go slow on pharma, healthcare

RIL likely to go slow on pharma, healthcare

Rediff.com   18 Jun 2010

Plans to set up an integrated pharma firm in a phased manner.

Mukesh Ambani eyes energy source to power UMPPs

Mukesh Ambani eyes energy source to power UMPPs

Rediff.com   17 Jun 2010

Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries Ltd may be one of the biggest producers of natural gas in the country, but its power foray is likely to be coal or renewable energy based. The company is planning to not only bid for ultra mega power projects but also go in for acquisition of the power plants, said industry sources.

India Inc's growth  at 8-year low, profit up 27.6%

India Inc's growth at 8-year low, profit up 27.6%

Rediff.com   16 Jun 2010

In 2001-02, demand recession had clipped the sales growth rate of corporate India to 2.6 per cent from the double-digit one of the earlier years.

Sun, Ranbaxy hit by US patent counter-suits

Sun, Ranbaxy hit by US patent counter-suits

Rediff.com   15 Jun 2010

US-based Abbott Laboratories has sued Sun Pharmaceutical Industries and Ranbaxy Laboratories in courts there for challenging the patents of its cholesterol-lowering drugs, Niaspan and TriCor, respectively, in separate infringement suits.

Birlas get Kerala nod for Rs 4,000-cr IT park

Birlas get Kerala nod for Rs 4,000-cr IT park

Rediff.com   21 May 2010

The Aditya Birla Group has received in-principle approval from the Kerala government to set up a Rs 4,000-crore (Rs 40 billion) IT and Biotech Knowledge Park and a branch of Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences (BITS) at Kozhikode.

IT sector to see a better year ahead

IT sector to see a better year ahead

Rediff.com   11 May 2010

Hiring up, rupee hedges in place, but net addition in clients still subdued.

L&T on aggressive expansion abroad

L&T on aggressive expansion abroad

Rediff.com   6 May 2010

Larsen & Toubro, India's largest engineering, construction and technology company, is aggressively expanding its footprint across various places abroad