GE Appliances to walk out of Godrej venture
Yet another high-profile joint venture has fallen by the wayside. The six-year old marriage between Godrej & Boyce and GE Appliances of the US, part of the General Electric conglomerate, after having failed to meet any of its performance projections, is all set to be called off.

Unichem Laboratories sales rise 16 percent to Rs 87 crore
Unichem Laboratories has registered a 16% growth in sales as compared to the pharma industry growth of 11% in the first five months (April to August) of the current financial year.

Maruti to roll out new look Zen by week-end
Maruti Udyog Ltd (MUL) is all set to dispatch two new variants of its popular Zen -- VXI (with power steering) and MPI (Euro-II compliant) -- by the week-end.


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