HCL Technologies Ltd, India's fifth largest IT company's mega-acquisition of UK-based SAP consulting company Axon Group, is nearly complete. HCL chief executive Vineet Nayar said "Axon investors by majority (99.9 per cent) accepted our cash offer of 650 pence ($9.78) per share. The deal will be finalised after the court approval Dec
15."
Meanwhile, the Delhi-based HCL informed the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) that a London court had also cleared the scheme of arrangement to implement the acquisition by its subsidiary HCL EAS Ltd.
While it has always been felt that IITians take more than they give to the society, a study carried out by PanIIT, an organisation of all the seven IITs in partnership with the India Brand Equity Fund, has highlighted the contribution made by IITians for economic value addition, job creation and managing huge budgets over the past 50 years in India and abroad. The study emphasised the economic impact created by them in terms of wealth creation and social transformation.
Seoul - South Korea's GM Daewoo Auto and Technology Co, a subsidiary of the financially troubled US carmaker General Motors Corp, said Tuesday that it would halt a production line in December because of sagging sales brought on by the global financial crisis.
The assembly line for mid-sized cars and sports utility vehicles at GM Daewoo's largest plant at Bupyong near Seoul is to come to a halt from Monday through January 4, a company spokesman said in Seoul.
A second production line at Bupyong for compact cars is to be closed down from December 22 to January 4, just like GM Daewoo plants at Kunsan and Changwon.
Dunlop Chairman Pawan Kumar Ruia, asked for 12-year sales tax exemption from the government to save the industry from impact of the global slowdown. The company needs Rs 70 crore to resume operations and it has applied for bank loan which would be sectioned within 2-3 months. Ruia is also meeting the state Labour Minister Mrinal Banerjee for seeking tax exemptions to achieve long-term revival plans of the company.
UK-based Cobra Beer is looking at setting up wineries in the country besides investing more in expanding the company's beer business in the domestic market.
Cobra Beer Promoter and Chairman Karan Bilimoria said "There are many locations in the country such as Uttarakhand and Karnataka where wineries could be created and we are studying the possibility of setting of wineries in the country".
HCL Technologies Ltd, India's fifth largest IT company's mega-acquisition of UK-based SAP consulting company Axon Group, is nearly complete. HCL chief executive Vineet Nayar said "Axon investors by majority (99.9 per cent) accepted our cash offer of 650 pence ($9.78) per share. The deal will be finalised after the court approval Dec 
While it has always been felt that IITians take more than they give to the society, a study carried out by PanIIT, an organisation of all the seven IITs in partnership with the India Brand Equity Fund, has highlighted the contribution made by IITians for economic value addition, job creation and managing huge budgets over the past 50 years in India and abroad. The study emphasised the economic impact created by them in terms of wealth creation and social transformation. 
Sydney - Anglo-Australian mining company BHP Billiton Ltd said Tuesday the 
Seoul - South Korea's GM Daewoo Auto and Technology Co, a subsidiary of the financially troubled US carmaker General Motors Corp, said Tuesday that it would halt a production line in December because of sagging sales brought on by the global financial crisis.
Dunlop Chairman Pawan Kumar Ruia, asked for 12-year sales tax exemption from the government to save the industry from impact of the global slowdown. The company needs Rs 70 crore to resume operations and it has applied for bank loan which would be sectioned within 2-3 months. Ruia is also meeting the state Labour Minister Mrinal Banerjee for seeking tax exemptions to achieve long-term revival plans of the company. 
UK-based Cobra Beer is looking at setting up wineries in the country besides investing more in expanding the company's beer business in the domestic market.
