Petronet LNG, the nation's largest liquefied natural gas importer, has registered 70.24 growth in its net profit to Rs 204.35 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 31.
The company had a net profit of Rs 120.03 crore in the same quarter ended March 2008.
Further, the company's total income also rose to Rs 2,654.88 crore in the quarter, up by 51.47% from Rs 1,752.65 crore in the previous year-ago quarter.
For the full year ended March 31, 2009, the company posted a net profit of Rs 518.44 crore, up 9.22 % as compared with Rs 474.66 crore in the last fiscal.
Bank of Baroda, the sixth largest bank of India, has reported growth of 172% in its net profit at Rs 752.69 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2009. 
Exide Industries Ltd, one of the world's largest producers and recyclers of lead-acid batteries, has registered 36% jump in its net profit for the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2009. 
Sugar producer Triveni Engineering & Industries, on Monday announced a 10 per cent surge in its net profit at Rs 37.77 crore for the second quarter ended March 31, 2009, compared to Rs 34.28 crore in the year-ago period. 
Maruti Suzuki India Limited, a subsidiary of Suzuki Motor Corporation of Japan, is the leader in the Indian car market with 54% market share. The company has State? of? the? art Manufacturing Facilities at Gurgaon located some 25 km south of New Delhi & has also commissioned a plant at Manesar.
New York - Verizon Communications Inc, the second-largest US phone company, had better-than-expected profits of about 3.2 billion dollars in the first quarter as customers laid out more money for text messaging and other services. Sales rose 12 per cent to 26.6 billion dollars, bolstered by the purchase of Alltel Corp. But global business revenues dropped 3.4 per cent as companies fired workers and delayed new purchases, Bloomberg financial news service reported.
