When the country&rsquo;s largest iron ore producer, NMDC, declares its financial results for 2009-2010, it will report a Rs 1,000-crore drop in net profit. Not on account of last year&rsquo;s slowdown, but Naxalite attacks.

Naxal hits to pull NMDC net down by Rs 1,000 cr

Business Standard

Beating analyst expectations, especially on profit and margins, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), India&rsquo;s largest information technology services&rsquo; provider, posted a 50.1 per cent jump in its net profit (consolidated Indian GAAP) at Rs 2,001 crore for the quarter ended March 31, compared to the same period a year earlier.

TCS beats expectations, Q4 net jumps 50%

Hero Honda Motors, the country&rsquo;s largest two-wheeler manufacturer, today posted a net profit of Rs 598.8 crore in the fourth quarter of 2009-10, its highest to date, as compared to Rs 402.2 crore during the corresponding quarter of 2008-09, growth of 48.9 per cent.

Hero Honda posts its best quarterly result

It had a loss of Rs 98.30 crore for the same period of last year.

Chettinad Cement turns around, posts Rs 7 cr profit

Press Trust of India

Software outsourcing firm HCL Technologies today said its net profit rose 72 per cent at Rs 262.57 crore for the third quarter ended March 31, over the same period last year.

HCL Tech Q3 net climbs 72% to Rs 263 cr

Mukesh Ambani Group firm Reliance Industrial Infrastructure today said its net profit declined by 15.78 per cent at Rs 5.44 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 31, over the same period last year.

RIIL Q4 profit dips 16% to Rs 5 cr

Technology giant Apple has registered a 90 per cent jump in net profit at $3.07 billion in the first three months of 2010, helped by sales of iPhone and Mac computers.

Apple Q2 net jumps 90% on iPhone sales

Internet major Yahoo! has registered nearly three-fold growth in its net income to $310 million during the three-month period ending March 31, 2010, helped by an uptick in the online advertising business and its search deal with Microsoft.

Yahoo! Q1 profit surges three-fold to $310 mn

TVS Motors recorded 38.78 per cent jump in net profit to Rs 20.3 crore for the quarter ended March 31, 2010, as against Rs 14.6 crore in the corresponding quarter last year.

TVS Motor Jan-March net up 39% Rs 20 cr

Income from operations rose to Rs 2,498.47 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 31, compared to Rs 1,262.68 crore for the same period last fiscal, Hindustan Zinc said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).

Hindustan Zinc Q4 net zooms doubles to Rs 1,240 cr

Hiring up this year, pay rise planned in July.

HCL net income rises 57% in third quarter

United Spirits, the second largest company in the world by volume in this sector, announced a rise of 2.2 per cent in net profit to Rs 56.85 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 31, against the same quarter previous year. It has been able to post profit on the back of strong growth registered by its leading brands.

United Spirits net sales up 38% in fourth quarter

Net sales of the company rose to Rs 232.65 crore during the last quarter of FY10 from Rs 214.76 crore in the year ago period, Zensar said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).

Zensar Tech Q4 profit up 18% to Rs 27 cr

ACC, one of the country's leading cement makers, has posted a marginal decline of 1.6 per cent in its consolidated net profit at Rs 392.9 crore for the quarter ended March 31, compared with Rs 399.3 crore in the previous corresponding quarter. The consolidated net sales during the quarter, however, were 3.5 per cent higher at Rs 2,240.4 crore, against Rs 2,164 crore last year.

ACC's March quarter sees dip in net, sales volumes

Telecom transmission solutions provider Sterlite Technologies today said its net profit rose 65 per cent to Rs 72 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2010, over the same period last year.

Sterlite Technologies net up 65%

Bangalore-based pharmaceutical company Strides Arcolab has posted a fourfold jump in its net profit for the January-March quarter, to Rs 39.8 crore, compared with the same period a year earlier.

Strides net profit in March quarter rises fourfold

Emaar Properties PJSC, which opened the world&rsquo;s tallest skyscraper this year in Dubai, said the first quarter profits more than tripled, helped by its shopping mall and hotel units.

Emaar profit more than triples on malls, hotels

Mahindra Finance, the non-banking financial arm of auto major Mahindra &amp; Mahindra, reported a 31 per cent increase in consolidated net profit to Rs 143.8 crore for the quarter ended March 31, 2010, as against Rs 109.9 crore a year ago.

Mahindra Fin  net up 31%

Runaway input costs ate into the profitability of Nestle India as the company recorded a mere 2.3 per cent hike in net profit for the quarter ended March 31. It stood at Rs 201.86 crore for the first quarter, as against Rs 197.30 crore in the corresponding period a year before. The company&rsquo;s net sales increased 16.9 per cent to touch Rs 1,479.8 crore in the first quarter as against Rs 1,265.85 crore in the corresponding period a year before.

Nestle net up only 2%

The company had a net income of $1.1 billion (Rs 4,900 crore) in the year-ago period. Its net revenue grew by 13 per cent to $9.3 billion(Rs 41,385 crore) against $8.2 billion (Rs 36,490 crore) recorded in the first quarter last year.

PepsiCo Q1 net up 13%

A big gain in net interest income pushed up the net profit of Bangalore-based public sector lender State Bank of Mysore (SBM), an associate bank of State Bank of India (SBI), for the fourth quarter ended March. For the quarter, the lender reported a 2.4 times rise in net profit at Rs 123.6 crore compared with the corresponding quarter last year. The operating profit for the quarter rose 60.4 per cent to Rs 290.9 crore.

SBM Q4 net up 2.4 times

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