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BHEL’s boiler auxiliaries plant achieves record turnover in 2008-09!

Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd In a press release on Sunday, the state-run Power equipment maker Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) announced that the annual 2008-09 turnover figures of its boiler auxiliaries plant marked a record high of Rs. 2,000 crore!

The turnover for exports also showed an increase of 40 per cent, as compared to the year-before figures, yielding Rs. 28 crore for the year on the whole. In case of the value addition per employee also, the figures depict a year-on-year increase of 19 percent to Rs. 19.79 lakh.

March sales statistics of leading cement companies upbeat!

March sales statistics of leading cement companies upbeat!The March sales statistics, vis-a-vis the February figures, were upbeat for the leading cement companies including ACC, Ambuja Cement, and Aditya Birla group's UltraTech Cement and Grasim Industries.

SBI might cut interest rates in the new financial year

State Bank of IndiaThe lower-than-expected credit growth might just be enough reason for SBI - State Bank of India - to slash interest rates in the forthcoming new financial year.

Talking to reporters on the sidelines of the 53rd convocation ceremony of the Xavier's Labour Relations Institute in Jamshedpur, SBI Chairman O P Bhatt hinted at measures that India's largest lender intends taking for bringing down interest rates.

Adani Wilmar to double capacity of its refinery

Adani WilmarAdani Wilmar, famous for its best-selling edible oil brand Fortune, would double the capacity of its Haldia based utility to 1,600 tonnes per day by December 2009. The company, with total worth of Rs 6,000 crore, would invest Rs 100 crore for the project to complete it by 2012.

Adani Wilmar CEO, Atul Chaturvedi said, "We are in the process of enhancing the Haldia unit's capacity from the existing 800 tonnes per day. We acquired nearly 8 acres of additional land adjacent to the existing unit spread over 9 acres for the same."

Pfizer Pitches in with Smoking Cessation Clinics

Pfizer Pitches in with Smoking Cessation ClinicsPfizer the pharmaceutical major has tied up with Max Healthcare to help smokers quit and plans on opening 600 smoking cessation clinics by the end of 2010 in and around New Delhi. India has 120 million tobacco users and the cessation clinics are much needed.

Passenger car segment grew 22% in Feb

Passenger car segment grew 22% in FebCountry's passenger car sales grew 22%, the highest growth rate in current financial year, in February while commercial vehicle segment continued to decline, registering a drop of 32 per cent, despite various measures announced by government in its economic booster package including decline in excise duty.

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