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Saturday, March 21, 1998
  Escorts to pick up 49% stake in US firm
Aiming for a global presence, Escorts Ltd has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to acquire a 49% stake in a US tractor distribution company and is negotiating with a European company, located in Poland, for assembly facilities.
  HCL may drag Compaq to advertising watchdog over personal-computer blitz
HCL is planning to move the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) against arch-rival Compaq, charging the latter with issuing misleading advertisements to promote its personal computers (PCs). HCL and Compaq have been involved in a bitter price war over the past couple of weeks.

Dunlop scouts for asset buyers in two metros
Ailing tyre-maker Dunlop India Ltd has appointed solicitors Crawford Bailey in Mumbai and Orr Dignam in Calcutta to find a buyer for its prime assets in the two cities. The company, which applied to the Board for Industrial & Financial Reconstruction (BIFR) in January, informed the Department of Company Affairs (DCA) on March 13 about its bid to raise cash by selling real estate.
"ONGC Mumbai region achieves production target before schedule"
The Mumbai region of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has achieved the production targets of oil, gas, condensate, liquefied-natural gas (LPG) and natural-gas liquid (NGL) ahead of schedule, ranging from nearly three months to 12 days for different products.


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Nicholas Piramal glass unit spin-off cleared
Shareholders of Nicholas Piramal have unanimously approved the spin-off of the company's glass and bulk drugs business into separate entities at an extraordinary general meeting held in Mumbai yesterday.

HLL tops list of ad-spenders in A&M survey
Hindustan Lever Ltd is back to the top slot of "big spenders" in advertising, after having lost its No. 1 position to ITC in 1995-96, according to an annual survey conducted by A&M of the country's 250 biggest spenders. HLL upped its ad spend by almost 153% to Rs 273 crore in 1996-97.

 


  Corporate Briefing
  Sterlite to highlight open offer opportunity cost to Indal holders
  Indal, HSBC Capital Markets woo FIIs
  Sterlite accuses Alcan of violating Fera Act in defending Indal stake
  Bengal Tea transfers chief business to Tuscon
  Boeing cracks whip, freezes pay hike
  Internationalist takes helm at scandal-marred Bank of Japan
  Executive Briefing
  Rajarathinam arrested
  Sterlite raises offer price for Indal stake
  SWC to hold board meets sans CLB nominee
  Sun Paper Mill promoters brave rough weather
  Braun in talks with local firms for entry into parenteral market
  Court reserves order in Raasi Cement case