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BEML Opens Assembly Unit In Brazil; Eyes Latin American Mining Market

BEML Opens Assembly Unit In Brazil; Eyes Latin American Mining Market  BEML Limited, second largest maker of earth moving equipment in Asia, announced that it has established an assembly division, BEML Brasil Industrial Ltda, at Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.

Shri Pradeep Kumar, Secretary (Defence Production), Govt of India inaugurated the BEML BRASIL INDUSTRIAL LTDA in the company of His Excellency Shri BS Prakash, Ambassador of India to Brazil and Shri V RS Natarajan, Chairman and Managing Director, BEML LTD.

Glaxo and Pfizer come together to create new company, devoted to development and marketing of HIV drugs

Glaxo and Pfizer come together to create new companyWorld's two biggest drug companies GlaxoSmithKline PLC and Pfizer Inc. will join hands to create a new company exclusively for developing and selling of HIV medicines. Both companies made announcement of the new venture on Thursday. The name of the company will be announced after the finalization of the deal. The new company will be based in London.

Restructuring program for Jet Airways; nearly 400 employees to be laid-off

Jet AirwaysA 'cost-reduction, efficiency-enhancement' aimed restructuring program appears to in the offing for Naresh Goyal's private carrier Jet Airways! The company, which has recently slashed 30 percent of its flights and leased out several of its planes, is now planning to layoff nearly 400 employees.

Some other steps to be taken by the company include the closing down of some of its offices in metros that basically handle ticketing; as well as working out a centralized operation control centre in Mumbai. At present, flight despatch job for the airline is handled at its hubs at Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, and Bangalore.

RIL withdraws Jamnagar refinery’s EoU status; to sell fuel in domestic markets

Reliance Industries LtdFollowing the recent withdrawal of the export-oriented unit (EoU) status of Jamnagar refinery, a move facilitating the sale of its products in the domestic market, Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) is expected to get on with it selling fuel in the country, next week onwards.

RIL's decision to go in for a change in status of the refinery is reported to have come in the wake of a nosedive in the prices of international crude and petroleum product. The drop in prices has reduced the company's its export realization, thereby indicating lower margins.

Suzlon Energy’s shares plunge 19% reportedly due to blade supply problems

Suzlon Energy LtdWith the Wall Street Journal reporting that some problems had occurred in Suzlon Energy Ltd's supply of blades to REpower Systems AG for a project in China, the shares of the company - India's foremost wind-turbine generators' manufacturer - plunged 19 percent to Rs 55.95 on the National Stock Exchange on Thursday.

While Suzlon's blades have reportedly been rejected, the company - which owns 74 percent of Germany's REpower and is looking at increasing its stake beyond 90 per cent - denied any problem, saying that prototypes were being tested and the actual delivery would begin in a couple of months.

QIP issue helps Unitech raise Rs 1,620 cr; promoters' stake falls to 51%

unitechThe liquidity position of the cash-strapped realtor United Ltd is expected to improve, with the company recently raising Rs 1,625 crore at Rs 38.50 per share through qualified institutional placement (QIP) issue. The proceeds from this sale of new shares to qualified institutions will help the country's second-biggest real estate developer repay a part of its more than Rs 8,900-crore debt.

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