NMDC, the largest supplier of iron ore in the country, has registered net profit of Rs 944.93 crore for the second quarter ended September 30, a 48 per cent growth over the same period a year ago. 

The company had posted a net profit of Rs 640.02 crore in the second quarter of FY 2008.

Total income of the company went up by 45 per cent at Rs 1,857.27 crore in the quarter under review, from Rs 1,282.72 crore in the same period last year. 

NMDC Ltd is a state owned mining firm involved in the exploration of wide range of minerals including iron ore, copper, rock phosphate, lime stone, magnesite, diamond, graphite, beach sands etc.

Unity Infraprojects has received an order worth Rs 375.25 crore from Pink City Expressway Pvt. Ltd.

The scope of work involves Widening and Up gradation of Existing 4-Lane Road to 6-Lane Road under Contract Package IV from Km 144+770 (Mardha Village) to Km 181+300 (Antela Village) in the state of Rajasthan.

The order is scheduled to be completed within 30 months. 

Bangkok - Honda-brand products exported from Thailand earned 80.98 billion baht (2.6 billion dollars) during the first nine months of this year, a 11 per cent increase year-on-year, Asian Honda Motor Comany announced Monday.

But exports of Honda automobiles, motorcycles and power products grew only 4 per cent in the third quarter, pointing to a downward trend.

Industrial gas maker BOC India Limited has informed that it would invest around Rs 200 to Rs 250 crore on several ongoing projects in India by the end of the first quarter of the next financial year. 

The company has a cash reserve of around Rs 200 to Rs 250 crore, which is the part of the Rs 600 crore investments committed by parent company Linde Group to India early this year.

Apart from routine investments in ongoing projects, the company was scouting for buyout opportunities in the country.

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Emami Ltd, one of the fastest growing FMCG Company in India, is presently in the process of exiting from the real estate business by selling 100% stake of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Emami Realty Ltd. 

A top company official stated that Emami is currently in talks with other parties for selling the stake of the company in the realty firm. 

According to them, it could be one of the various group companies of Emami to buy out the stake, or any other entity outside the group.