http://feeds.business-standard.comThe latest news from India's most respected business daily.enBusiness Standard LimitedSun, 22 Nov 2009 01:15:03 GMTNewspapersBS RSS Generator10http://feeds.business-standard.com/images/logo_small.gifhttp://feeds.business-standard.com14428Business Standardhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Companies-Industry-Corporate-Data/~3/a2nIMjHmki8/storypage_c.phpIndias second-largest business process outsourcing company, WNS, posted a net income of $13.7 million for the second quarter ended September 30, up 15.6 per cent from $11.9 million in the corresponding quarter in the last financial year.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375407Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:58:00 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375407http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Companies-Industry-Corporate-Data/~3/9ODkKRT3cng/storypage_c.phpAhmedabad-based Electrotherm (India) Limited has posted a net profit of Rs 10.75 crore for the quarter ended September 30, down by 20 per cent as compared to Rs 13.52 crore during the correspoding quarter previous year due to higher depreciation and interest cost.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375196Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:23:49 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375196http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Companies-Industry-Corporate-Data/~3/2HkF0P9T03M/storypage_c.phpThe West Coast Paper Mills has posted a marginal 1.28 per cent rise in net profit after tax at Rs 23.20 crore for the quarter ended September 2009, against Rs 22.90 crore in the same period last financial year. The net sales of the company in the quarter under consideration was nearly Rs 169 crore, against about Rs 162 crore in the corresponding period last year, registering a rise of about 4 per cent.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375178Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:52:00 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375178http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Companies-Industry-Corporate-Data/~3/2u5oHem3vl8/storypage_c.phpHero Honda Motors on Sunday reported a marginal increase in October sales at 354,156 units against 352,449 units in the same month last year. We are happy to have clocked this healthy sales number in October given the large base of the previous year. It comes on back of a record retail sales achievement during the just-concluded festival season, said Sr Vice-President (Marketing & Sales).http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375034Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:35:00 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375034http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Companies-Industry-Corporate-Data/~3/rj5_CXl1S6Y/storypage_c.phpTVS Motor Company reported an 18 per cent jump in domestic sales of two-wheelers last month over the same period last year, at 118,563 units against 100,088 units.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375040Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:34:00 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375040http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Companies-Industry-Corporate-Data/~3/3yPYdsfrrEw/storypage_c.phpUniversal Cables Limited, belonging to the M P Birla group, has clocked in a net profit of Rs 6.95 crore for the quarter ended September 30, from a net loss of Rs 1.37 crores in the corresponding quarter of the previous year. Net sales were at Rs 130.11 crore against Rs 157.96 crore in the previous corresponding quarter. D R Bansal, chief executive officer, attributed this performance to the initiative of putting up a vertical continuous vulcanization (VCV) line for the manufacture of XLPE cables up to 400 kV in technical collaboration with Furukawa Electric Co Ltd, Japan.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=374987Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:33:42 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=374987http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Companies-Industry-Corporate-Data/~3/1WUY3luo9q4/storypage_c.phpAnil Ambani-controlled Reliance Infrastructure (R-Infra) posted a net profit of Rs 306.90 crore for the second quarter ended September 30, up 6.2 per cent over the corresponding period last financial year. Total income rose 5.16 per cent to Rs 2,812.82 crore.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=374935Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:50:00 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=374935http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Companies-Industry-Corporate-Data/~3/GO_XzLxOftw/storypage_c.phpHit by foreign exchange and mark-to-market losses, the Anil Ambani groups telecom service company, Reliance Communications (RCom), posted a 51.63 per cent fall in net profit to Rs 740.30 crore on a consolidated basis for the second quarter ended September 30. RCom, which made a provision of Rs 283 crore for MTM losses, had recorded a net profit of Rs 1,530.78 crore in the same period of the previous financial year.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=374934Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:48:00 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=374934http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Companies-Industry-Corporate-Data/~3/sKFc_k17Vlo/storypage_c.phpState Bank of India (SBI), the countrys largest lender, today said that its consolidated net profit rose 28.29 per cent to Rs 3,133.16 crore for the quarter-ended September 30 from Rs 2,458.04 crore in the same quarter of the previous year.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=374950Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:24:00 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=374950http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Companies-Industry-Corporate-Data/~3/LG4rrLqqUs4/storypage_c.phpThe net profit of Indias largest fast-moving consumer goods maker, Hindustan Unilever, fell in the second quarter (July to September) on a one-time charge related to a settlement with former workers.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=374949Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:22:00 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=374949http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Companies-Industry-Corporate-Data/~3/Ob0EffiGngY/storypage_c.phpNava Bharat Ventures Limited, which has interests in ferro alloys, power, sugar and others, reported a 1.21 per cent increase in net profit to Rs 120.03 crore for the quarter ended September 30, 2009, compared with Rs 118.56 crore during the same period last year. Its revenues decreased to Rs 245.07 crore during the quarter from Rs 399.26 crore last year, down by 38.61 per cent.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=374940Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:15:00 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=374940http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Companies-Industry-Corporate-Data/~3/ZvszISdUN-A/storypage_c.phpSuven Life Sciences Limited, a biopharmaceutical company engaged in drug discovery and developmental activities in central nervous system (CNS), recorded a 48.03 per cent fall in its net profit to Rs 2.51 crore during the quarter ended September 30, 2009, compared with Rs 4.83 crore in the same period previous year.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=374946Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:14:00 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=374946http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Companies-Industry-Corporate-Data/~3/It-D9zJS8qs/storypage_c.phpHyderabad-based Nagarjuna Construction Company Limited (NCCL) reported a marginal 3.8 per cent rise in net profit at Rs 43.92 crore for the quarter ended September 2009, against Rs 42.30 crore posted in the same period last year.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=374945Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:13:00 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=374945http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Companies-Industry-Corporate-Data/~3/HZF_QpwbVxI/storypage_c.phpDelhi-based real estate player Omaxe Limited registered a net profit of Rs 22.51 crore for the quarter ended September 30, 10.45 per cent up from Rs 20.38-crore profit reported during the same period in the previous year.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=374944Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:12:00 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=374944http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Companies-Industry-Corporate-Data/~3/eblLmoPzr4Y/storypage_c.phpNaveen Jindal-promoted Jindal Steel and Power (JSPL) today reported a 6.04 per cent rise in net profit for the second quarter at Rs 808.36 crore over the same period a year ago, mainly on account of improved performance of its power subsidiary, Jindal Power.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=374943Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:11:00 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=374943http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Companies-Industry-Corporate-Data/~3/-5RF5G8V5Zg/storypage_c.phpWind turbine supplier Suzlon Energy posted a Rs 356-crore loss in the quarter ended September 30, compared with a Rs 22.84-crore loss posted in the same period last year, owing to lower volumes.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=374942Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:09:00 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=374942http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Companies-Industry-Corporate-Data/~3/8_Iv1jTKEDk/storypage_c.phpHindalco Industries, Indias largest aluminum producer, said that its standalone net profit for the quarter ended September 30 declined by 52 per cent to Rs 344 crore due to a drop in metal prices. Aluminum prices in the reporting quarter were, on an average, about 35 per cent lower on the London Metal Exchange (LME).http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=374941Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:08:00 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=374941http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Companies-Industry-Corporate-Data/~3/l14jhumBPRQ/storypage_c.phpEssar oil has posted a net loss of Rs 94 crore for the quarter ended September 30, against a net profit of Rs 26 crore in the corresponding quarter last ear.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=374933Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:57:00 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=374933http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Companies-Industry-Corporate-Data/~3/0xYMdimQ7LQ/storypage_c.phpGodrej group company, Godrej Industries (GIL), posted a consolidated net profit of Rs 66.7 crore for the quarter ended September 30, against Rs 19.47 crore posted in the corresponding period last financial year.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=374939Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:56:00 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=374939http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Companies-Industry-Corporate-Data/~3/CIJZ2Om140E/storypage_c.phpCity Union Bank has reported a 21.5 per cent rise in net profit for the quarter ended September 30 at Rs 45.75 crore as compared to Rs 37.65 crore. Total income rose 30.53 per cent to Rs 284.98 crore from Rs 218.32 crore.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=374924Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:55:00 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=374924