Reports citing Maurice Bannayan, senior vice-president at Reliance Industries (RIL) indicated that RIL may reportedly buy a refinery or a chemicals unit before the end of the year in the US or Europe. The targets for RIL could be assets of Italy's Eni, US's Valero Energy Corporation and Sunoco, Royal Dutch Shell's Stanlow, Harburg and Heide refineries , the Grangemouth refinery operated by British chemicals maker Ineos, and Swissbased Petroplus's UK refinery, reports added.
India's second largest mobile phone company by subscribers, may continue to be in limelight on reports the stock market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has shown interest in reviewing the findings of a government-appointed audit firm that pointed to a series of alleged accounting irregularities by Reliance Communications (RCom). RCom's shares fell 6.54% to Rs 231.60 on Wednesday on the Bombay Stock Exchange.
The audit firm, Jaipur-based Parakh and Company, submitted the report to DoT last week. The report alleged RCom had under-reported revenue to save on licence fees and inflated numbers to the stock exchanges. The report said the company had sought to avoid paying nearly Rs 316 crore to the national exchequer—Rs 258.46 crore in licence fees and Rs 57 crore in spectrum usage fees—in 2006-07 and 2007-08.
GVK Power & Infrastructure board of directors, at its meeting held on 14 October 2009, approved a proposal to raise up to Rs 1,800 crore through the issue of securities in one or more tranches. The company made this announcement after market hours on 14 October 2009.
Tata Power is reportedly looking at options to raise about $200 million to $250 million to finance expansion plans, including a new power plant and developing infrastructure for retail customers in Mumbai.
Aditya Birla Nuvo is close to finalizing details of a plan to spin-off its financial services business, reports indicated. The restructuring will be implemented in three phases.
Bajaj Auto, Jaiprakash Hydropower, Jindal Saw, Balaji Telefilms, Alembic, CMC, KPIT Cummins, Merck, Reliance Industrial Infrastructure, and Supreme Industries among others will unveil their September 2009 quarterly results today, 15 October 2009.
The following results for the quarter ended September 2009 were announced after market hours on Wednesday, 14 October 2009. Net profit of Sonata Software rose 8.83% to Rs 14.67 crore in the quarter ended September 2009 as against Rs 13.48 crore during the previous quarter ended September 2008. Sales declined 7.73% to Rs 59.95 crore in the quarter ended September 2009 as against Rs 64.97 crore during the previous quarter ended September 2008.
Net profit of Rallis India rose 9.91% to Rs 45.71 crore in the quarter ended September 2009 as against Rs 41.59 crore during the previous quarter ended September 2008. Sales rose 13.22% to Rs 316.64 crore in the quarter ended September 2009 as against Rs 279.68 crore during the previous quarter ended September 2008.
Net profit of Container Corporation Of India declined 8.64% to Rs 204.35 crore in the quarter ended September 2009 as against Rs 223.68 crore during the previous quarter ended September 2008. Sales rose 6.16% to Rs 959.90 crore in the quarter ended September 2009 as against Rs 904.22 crore during the previous quarter ended September 2008.
Net profit of Nilkamal rose 181.76% to Rs 13.13 crore in the quarter ended September 2009 as against Rs 4.66 crore during the previous quarter ended September 2008. Sales rose 11.10% to Rs 245.77 crore in the quarter ended September 2009 as against Rs 221.21 crore during the previous quarter ended September 2008.
Net profit of Parsvnath Developers rose 150.00% to Rs 57.15 crore in the quarter ended September 2009 as against Rs 22.86 crore during the previous quarter ended September 2008. Sales declined 30.85% to Rs 147.58 crore in the quarter ended September 2009 as against Rs 213.41 crore during the previous quarter ended September 2008.
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