Telecom to Telekom Malaysia in an attempt to complete the merger, sources involved in the negotiations said, declining to be identified. The group has hired Enam Financial as adviser to the transaction. Investment banking sources said the lawyers from both the parties are now busy structuring the deal so that the acquisition meets all the regulatory norms of the country and the Birlas retain control over Idea Cellular.
Idea Cellular, the Aditya Birla group firm that is on the verge of taking over Spice Communications by buying out B K Modi's 41 per cent stake, is sounding out its bankers to raise funds to upgrade in the struggling telecom operator's network and technology.
Kolkata-based personal care products maker Emami, which made a hostile takeover bid for Zandu Pharmaceuticals, on Friday forced the latter to withdraw a plan to offer preferential shares to its promoters.Zandu had sent notice to the Bombay Stock Exchange late on Thursday evening saying its board would meet to discuss a preferential share issue to the promoters and directors.Emami lawyers swung into action and sent legal notice early on Friday to Zandu's board.
Britannia Industries, the country's top biscuit maker, has taken the income tax department, Kolkata, to court after it received a show-cause notice asking it to explain the withdrawal of funds from the employees' pension fund in 2003.
Kode has proved that justice may be delayed but it cannot be denied to the 257 innocent who lost their lives in the blasts.
The Aditya Birla group's financial services firm, Birla Global, has seen some top level resignations.
Global management consultancy firm McKinsey has moved the Bombay high court against Reliance Industries and Reliance Communications for non-payment of dues of Rs 27 crore
The euro 14 billion French dairy major, Groupe Danone, has formally initiated arbitration proceedings to end its partnership with the Mumbai-based Wadia group.
Reach out-of-court settlement on trademark violation.
When Mumbai-born architect Mukesh Mehta first waded into Dharavi a decade ago, he went in as - in his own words - a mercenary looking to make money
Defaults due to rising rates resulted in the move.
Two former directors on the Larsen & Toubro board have returned the employee stock option shares to the company following an out-of-court settlement reached this week with two government-owned financial institutions.
India Inc's bid to stop people from joining rivals has not found favour with the judiciary.
The sale of Daewoo assets in Surajpur to Crosslinks, a company floated by former Hyundai executive B V R Subbu and Spicejet promoter Ajay Singh, has hit a legal quagmire with a slew of new players staking a claim for the 205-acre land.
Royalty terms with Danone for brand on the cards.
An interview with Tata Steel Managing Director B Muthuraman
In a communication to L&T, the financial institutions on Thursday said they were withdrawing the nominations of Sinha and Deshmukh from the board with immediate effect.
The Larsen and Toubro employee stock option controversy is becoming a major face-off between the financial institutions and the construction major.
The judge orally observed that the obtaining of this kind of benefit by any such nominee-director raised an important question of morality and, equally, of law.
Financial institutions are facing a Herculean task in convincing their nominee directors not to exercise the employee stock options granted to them
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