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Stage set for Indian Oil-IBP merger
The board of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has cleared a proposal to merge its marketing subsidiary IBP with the parent company. ...  | Read.. 
 
Timing of plan fuels speculation
The IBP top-brass was caught off guard by the Indian Oil (IOC) board’s decision today to merge IBP, a company it already con ...  | Read.. 
 
Grasim fourth-quarter net leaps
Grasim Industries Ltd has reported a roaring performance for the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2004. Net profit rose to Rs ...  | Read.. 
 
Bata loss deepens to Rs 14 cr in first quarter
Bata India’s first-quarter loss escalated 122 per cent to Rs 14.6 crore compared with Rs 6.57 crore loss in the correspondin ...  | Read.. 
 
Snafu sparks stock swings
The stock markets today witnessed volatility in trading, which was heightened by yet another ‘technical snag’ in the futures ...  | Read.. 
 
Unisys Global Services vice-president Cal Killen (right) greets the company’s global operations director Nick Hills (left) at a press conference in Bangalore on Wednesday. (AFP)
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Nasser Munjee mulls ways to rebuild cityscapes
IDFC’s recent loss could well be the gain for Indian cities. ..  | Read.. 
ADB tugs at core of India with $2bn loan
The Asian Development Bank is likely to lend $2 billion for infrastructure projects in India in 200..  | Read.. 
 
Kesoram records 125% rise in profit
Kesoram Industries has registered a 125 per cent rise in its net profit in 2003-04 at Rs 63 crore a..  | Read.. 
 
Focus on gas-based power plants
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) is toying with the idea of moving up the value chain by ..  | Read.. 
 
Assam Company to run three ONGC oilfields
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has outsourced the operations of three of its marginal o..  | Read.. 
 
Unisys centre to recruit 2000
Unisys Corporation, the US-based IT services and solutions company, is planning to set up a new..  | Read.. 
 
Hind Paper to tap Bangla market
Hindustan Paper Corporation, which owns two writing and printing paper plants in the Northeast, wil..  | Read.. 
 
Linc Pen scripts 77% rise in net
Linc Pen and Plastics has posted a whopping 77 per cent rise in net profit at Rs 3.85 crore in ..  | Read.. 
 
Zee Interactive to offer new courses
Zee Interactive Learning Systems has identified seven sectors of growth and plans to introduce ..  | Read.. 
 
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