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To: Mohan Marette who wrote (8889)	10/24/1999 6:00:00 PM
From: Mohan Marette	Respond to of 12475

Kajaria Ceramics profit may double kajariaceramics.com KAJARIA Ceramics Ltd (KCL), manufacturers of wall and floor tiles, is set to achieve a turnover of Rs. 225 crores ($53 million) and net profit of over Rs. 15 crores ($4 mil) for the current financial year, representing a sales growth of about 16 per cent and a doubling of its profit levels over the previous year.( BL 10/25/99)

To: Mohan Marette who wrote (8889)	10/24/1999 6:04:00 PM
From: JPR	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12475

Mohan: Somewhere I read that they - French - will sell the same kind of sub to India. Hasan Sharif, son of former PM of Pakistan, wants help from Vajpayee, Tony Blair and Clinton. Help my dad, Sharif Jr pleads with Vajpayee London: Hasan Sharif, son of the deposed Pakistan premier Nawaz Sharif, on Sunday made a ?personal appeal? to Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee to strive for the ?safety of Sharif and his family? and restoration of democracy in Islamabad. ?My appeal to Vajpayee is personal. It has nothing to do with politics and I am not in politics,? 23-year old Hasan, studying here for the last five years, said. ?My father was for peace and despite all odds he worked hard for peace in the region. That is why he met him (Vajpayee) in Lahore,? Hasan said. Lamenting that ?my family?s and my human rights have been violated in Pakistan,? he said, ?I will do whatever possible to get Pakistan out of the fascist regime.? He said he had no contact with his father since October 10, two days before he was overthrown in a bloodless coup by the Army led by General Pervez Musharraf.Hasan said he was quite touched by reports from Jati Umran, the ancestral village of Nawaz Sharif, now in India, where the villagers were praying for the safety of his father. Hasan said he had also urged US President Bill Clinton and British premier Tony Blair to ensure the ?safety of Nawaz Sharif and family.? Thanking the British government, the European Union and the commonwealth for taking a ?tough stand? for demanding restoration of democracy in Pakistan, Hasan said he had sought an appointment with the Foreign Minister of Canada Lloyd Axworthy, MP, who would be leading a four-member fact-finding team of the commonwealth to Islamabad this week. ?I want to hand over a letter seeking safety of my father,? he said.Referring to the Common

To: Mohan Marette who wrote (8889)	10/24/1999 6:14:00 PM
From: Mohan Marette	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12475

Accel Group Ltd to leverage Fujitsu ICIM buy lasertecdiesystems.com Our Bureau (BL) CHENNAI, Oct. 24 THE Accel group, after the acquisition of Fujitsu ICIM's Systems and Services division, plans to become one of the country's largest IT services provider. Accel Ltd, the holding company of all the Accel group companies, recently signed a deal to acquire the systems and services division of Fujitsu ICIM Ltd, for a consideration of Rs. 12.25 crores, and additional liabilities of about Rs. 12 crores. According to Mr. N.R. Panicker, Chairman, Accel Ltd, the newly created Accel ICIM Systems and Services Ltd would become an infrastructure resource planning (IRP) solution provider by cutting down the total cost of ownership of IT infrastructure for clients. The other group companies are Accel Technologies, which is into VLSI design and embedded systems, and Accel USA Inc, which provides software professional services. Accel Ltd, which is into software and telecom products, will evolve as a major applications software development company in the near future, according to Mr. Panicker. With the acquisition of Fujitsu ICIM's division, the Accel group will clock a turnover of Rs. 150 crores ($35 million) during the current year. Between January and September, 1999, the Fujitsu ICIM services division had generated a revenue of about Rs. 23.5 crores. Accel ICIM, during the current financial year (till date) had generated a revenue of Rs. 60 crores, according to company officials.