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Voltas in talks to buy Wipro's water biz, stock gains

10 years ago

Shares of India's third-largest software services exporter, Wipro, surged 2 percent in morning trade on a media report that electro-mechanical projects firm Voltas Ltd is in advanced talks to buy the water purification and treatment business of Wipro Ltd.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> The soaps-to-software maker has mandated investment bank Anand Rathi to find a suitor for the water treatment business, which it entered about four years ago.

Sahara case: SEBI wants to buy time from apex court

10 years ago

The dispute relates to a June 2011 SEBI order which had asked Sahara India Real Estate and Sahara Housing Investment Corporation to refund Rs 19,000 crore raised from an optionally fully convertible debenture (OFCD) issue with 15 percent interest, and restrained them from accessing capital markets for allegedly violating SEBI regulations.<br /><br /> <br /><br />

Jubilant Life Sciences gets $70 mn manufacturing contract

10 years ago

Jubilant Life Sciences said on Wednesday its unit has signed a $70-million contract to manufacture an over-the-counter women's healthcare product for a US-based company.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> The product will be manufactured at its facility in Canada for a period of four years, it said in a statement.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> The contract can be extended for another two years for a higher quantity, it said.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> It did not name the US firm or give details of the product.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> "This contract is an outcome of our strategy to expand offerings across products and geographies. We are happy to extend services for an over-the-counter product with a leading customer in North America," Shyam Bhartia, chairman and managing director, Jubilant Life Sciences, said.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> This is the second large deal for Jubilant in the last one month after it signed a $33 million manufacturing contract with a US firm.<br /><br /> <br /><br />

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