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.
Hinting towards a possible takeover of Satyam Computer, engineering major Larsen & Toubro on Friday raised its stake in the beleaguered IT firm to 12 per cent through open market share purchases.
The market capitalisation of BSE-listed firms jumped to an all-time high of Rs 304.53 lakh crore on Wednesday, buoyed by an unprecedented rally in equities where the BSE benchmark Sensex ended over the 67,000-mark for the first time ever. Rallying for the fifth day running, the 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 302.30 points, or 0.45 per cent, to end at its lifetime closing high of 67,097.44 points. During the day, it jumped 376.24 points, or 0.56 per cent, to reach its all-time intra-day peak of 67,171.38 points.
Larsen & Toubro Limited, India's largest engineering and construction conglomerate, which has already won several contracts in China, is planning to make a major foray to tap the booming market of the communist giant.
Indian engineering and technology conglomerate Larsen & Toubro Ltd on Monday opened its first-ever electrical manufacturing facility abroad in the Chinese city of Wuxi.
Larsen & Toubro has just announced a tie up with Sweden-based Scania to distribute its multi-axle trucks.
Benchmark BSE Sensex closed above the historic 66,000-mark for the first time while NSE Nifty hit a new all-time closing high driven by heavy buying in IT counters and fresh foreign fund inflows. Optimism in global equity markets also helped the local markets maintain their winning momentum for a second day. The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 502.01 points or 0.77 per cent to settle at its new all-time closing high of 66,060.90.
Investors' wealth fell by Rs 2.89 lakh crore in two days of market fall, with the BSE Sensex tumbling 796 points on Wednesday, amid weak global market trends ahead of the US Federal Reserve's interest rate decision. Fresh foreign fund outflows and caution ahead of a host of interest rate decisions from global central banks also added to the overall bearish trend. Besides, the US Fed meeting, the BoE (Bank of England) and the BoJ (Bank of Japan) are also scheduled to meet this week.
Engineering and construction major Larsen & Toubro (L&T) is planning a capital expenditure of Rs 2,500 crore (Rs 25 billion) for the financial year 2008-09. The company might raise Rs 500-700 crore (Rs 5-7 billion) through debt, equity or a debt-equity mix in the second half of the financial year.
Larsen & Toubro Ltd said on Tuesday the country's leading housing finance company Housing Development Finance Corporation and HDFC India Real Estate Fund will acquire a 25 per cent stake in L&T Urban Infrastructure Ltd.
The acquisitions, costing more than $1.6 billion, have helped Holcim corner close to quarter of the country's 189 million-tonne cement market. Lafarge, which entered India in 1999 by acquiring the cement division of Tata Steel and bought out Raymond's cement facility in 2001, has a capacity of only 5.5 million tonnes. Holcim also plans to invest around Rs 10,000 crore (Rs 100 billion) in the next five years to set up plants.
Among the Sensex firms, Asian Paints, NTPC, Tata Motors, Bharti Airtel, State Bank of India, Larsen & Toubro, Wipro, Tech Mahindra, Tata Consultancy Services, ITC, HDFC Bank and Maruti were the biggest winners. Hindustan Unilever, Infosys, UltraTech Cement, Bajaj Finance, Nestle, Axis Bank, Reliance Industries and HDFC were among the laggards.
Engineering and construction major Larsen & Toubro Ltd has bagged a major order worth $30 million for upgrading facilities at the Bu Hasa project of the gas gathering and processing company GASCO at Abu Dhabi.
The Sensex opened 36 points lower at 15,755, but aggressive buying in Reliance, TCS and Larsen & Toubro saw the index rally to a high of 15,954. The Sensex finally ended with a loss of 95 points at 15,695. The NSE Nifty dropped 14 points to close at 4,733. ICICI Bank, Ranbaxy, HDFC Bank, SBI and Infosys, DLF and Cipla, Tata Motors, Wipro and HDFC were major losers. Reliance Energy, L&T, Tata Steel were major gainers. Reliance topped the value chart with turnover of Rs 375 cr.
The Larsen & Toubro-Grasim deal is expected to aid the recovery in cement prices and limit the share of the multinational companies, according to CRIS INFAC, a research subsidiary of the rating agency CRISIL Ltd.
International Finance Corporation, the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, will provide a loan of $50 million to Larsen & Toubro, one of India's largest engineering and construction companies.\n\n\n\n
Larsen & Toubro, a cement and engineering conglomerate, said on Monday it had received a $103 million order from a unit of French building materials giant Lafarge to construct a cement plant in northern Bangladesh.
Equity benchmark Sensex gained 37 points on Thursday, tracking gains in index majors Kotak Bank, L&T and Bharti Airtel amid a largely negative trend in global markets. After a largely choppy session, the 30-share BSE index ended 37.87 points or 0.06 per cent higher at 60,298 after starting the trade on a weak note. During the day, it hit a high of 60,341.41 and a low of 59,946.44.
Titan, IndusInd Bank, Axis Bank, State Bank of India, Power Grid, NTPC and Tata Motors were among the among the major gainers. Mahindra & Mahindra, Larsen & Toubro, Nestle, JSW Steel, Infosys and Tata Consultancy Services, Tech Mahindra and Maruti were the major laggards.
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Grasim Industries Ltd has submitted an alternate proposal to Larsen & Toubro before the engineering major decides to demerge its cement business at its board meeting
Wipro, Power Grid, Larsen & Toubro, Mahindra & Mahindra, Tech Mahindra, NTPC, Titan, Tata Consultancy Services and HCL Technologies were among the other major winners. Bajaj Finance, IndusInd Bank, Asian Paints, Hindustan Unilever, Axis Bank, ICICI Bank, Reliance Industries and HDFC Bank were among the laggards.
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State-run Life Insurance Corporation of India has raised its holding in cement and construction major Larsen & Toubro by about one percentage point to 18.4 per cent.\n\n
Larsen & Toubro Ltd has secured a contract from National Highways Authority of India for constructing a six-lane dedicated flyover on National Highways No 1 (NH1) in Haryana at an estimated cost of Rs 418 crore.
L&T chairman AM Naik speaks about on his blueprint to simplify the 'complex' structure of the company.
The NSE Nifty ends at 4,619, up 53 points.
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