Headlines (22/11/09)

• ICICI Bank raises $750 m through overseas bond issue
• 200 more ‘King Longs’ to offer BEST ride
• Manufacturing sector set for recovery with high growth in first half
• Index Outlook: Market keeps everyone guessing
• Why gold prices are at dazzling highs
• Gold sales fall by 30-40% in 7 months this fiscal

Headlines (21/10/09)

• GVK keen to hike stake in Bangalore, Mumbai airport cos
• Corporates swamp the bond market
• MFs sit on cash piles
• DoT, Defence end stalemate on spectrum
• States get back power to set cane prices
• FMC-CERC power war reaches Court
• Switching operator will cost no more than Rs 19
• Rolls-Royce Ghost is here
• Mobile services fetch less for telecom players in Q2
• Banks find DRT a better recovery mechanism
• India’s exposure to US bonds least among BRIC nations
• Govt mulls tax to phase out fuel-inefficient vehicles
• Know the Nifty sentiment via ‘tweets’
• GM India will not cede ground in Chinese alliance

Headlines (20/11/09)

• Suzlon raises Rs 1,735 cr through Hansen stake sale
• Sugarcane farmers stir against Ordinance on fair price echoes in Parliament
• Cabinet clears national solar mission
• Sony Ericsson to shut down Chennai unit
• JSW in pact with Japanese co for auto-grade steel
• India’s billionaires number doubles this year
• The RBI’s tiny pot of gold
• Potatoes, onion drive up food inflation to 14.55%
• India cuts holdings of US treasuries in Sept
• Visa Steel applies for mining leases in Orissa, Chattisgarh

Headlines (19/11/09)

• Global PE funds back in the hunt for Indian firms
• Govt mulling rice imports
• Manmohan, Obama to iron out pending issues on nuke deal
• IndianOil climbs onto the nuclear power bandwagon
• ‘No consensus on longer market hours’
• Low-cost car: For Ghosn doing it right, not delays, is key
• Glittering gold sees no sellers for old jewellery
• Strong local demand to drive commercial vehicle sales
• India-focused hedge funds lose steam
• Tea may see action
• Check out India's Top 10 cities in terms of development
• US wants India to raise FDI cap in defence, insurance to 49%

Headlines (18/11/09)

• Reliance plans big push for gas, oil exploration
• Cos may soon earn ‘credit’ for doing good
• Hyundai too joins compact car race
• Jharkhand agrees to renew Chiria mine lease, says SAIL
• Fresh move to end spectrum stalemate with Defence
• Govt to revisit class action suit provision in Cos Bill
• Believe markets or economies?
• Public sector banks loosen strings on personal loans again
• Rupee faces resistance around 46 (
• Stuff of legends
• Tata says search underway for successor: Report
• Cadbury’s ‘forced’ exit offer may hit legal roadblock
• Indian car buyers look the SUV way
• Gold slips after hitting high, dollar stays down

Headlines (17/11/09)

• It is back to the campus for IT companies this year
• RBI survey upbeat on corporate profits
• Michelin to invest Rs 4,000 cr in new Chennai plant
• Banks asked to disclose to customers fees, commissions received from mutual funds
• SAIL, NMDC sell-off may fetch Rs 30,000 cr
• NTPC buys insurance cover for an entire village
• Gold zooms to new high
• Pranab says no stimulus withdrawal this year
• DoT fails to clear queries at 3G pre-bid meet
• PSU refiners borrow more as fuel losses mount
• Textile Ministry to seek suspension of cotton exports
• Seafood export value rises 7%, volume falls

Headlines (16/11/09)

• FIIs reduce holding in one-third of BSE 500 stocks
• UltraTech agrees to 4:7 swap for Samruddhi merger
• Oman Oil picking up more stake in BPCL’s Bina refinery
• Taj hotel heritage wing to open doors soon
• States asked to expedite power-for-all plan
• Return of India’s gold
• Telecom operators want lock-in policy relaxed
• Gold futures may test resistance levels
• Writing of options involves margin requirements
• Profit booking may check market momentum
• Engg, management grads see clerical job as a ‘stopover’
• COBOL — ‘going strong'

Headlines (15/11/09)

• Recession pains not over for 16 of 65 sectors surveyed
• Banks aim to score big with education loans
• Cos with prime land attract interest, benign and hostile
• Inflation rate rises on costlier food, fuels
• A demand Wave for new Google tool
• Index Outlook: Towards a new 2009 high
• Index Strategy: Long straddle to play the volatility
• L&T goes green
• Weekly News Round Up

Headlines (14/11/09)

• Retail investors set to get rich pickings of Central PSUs
• SEBI allows registered brokers to deal in mutual fund products
• HDFC picks up 41% in Credila Financial
• RBI cautions NBFCs on ‘politically exposed persons’
• Nalco to partner NPC for n-power project
• New cane seeds could wipe out sugar shortage
• BSNL puts 93-m-line GSM tender on hold
• PVR acquires DLF’s DT Cinemas
• Unstable weather forecast across country over weekend
• No spike in bank NPAs despite loan recast: RBI
• Bourses free to set expiry date for F&O

Headlines (13/11/09)

• Capital goods power industrial growth in Sept
• Domestic airlines carry 27% more passengers in Oct
• Govt mulls auctioning four 3G slots in all circles sans spectrum
• Infosys BPO acquires US co McCamish for $38 million
• L&T to sell part stake in Mahindra Satyam
• Dollar as common currency
• Food inflation climbs to 13.68%
• ‘Extend ban to duplicated IMEI numbers’
• Vegetables, pulses, fruits set to cost more: Abhijit Sen
• Consumer durable growth story intact
• Cabinet nod for OVL’s additional investment in Brazil
• State Bank of Indore merger with SBI by March

Headlines (12/11/09)

• Yahoo!, Cisco eye role in unique ID project
• ‘Virtual bench’ turns into real seats at mid-size IT cos
• Rising excise, Customs revenues signal economic pick-up
• Exports decline 11.4% in October
• Ministry signals cheaper digital TV option
• MFs online trading platform likely by March
• FIIs continue buying; focus on mid- and small-cap segments
• Air India losses double to Rs 5,548 crore

Headlines (11/11/09)

• States will retain power to tax alcoholic beverages
• RIL strikes oil in Cambay Basin
• Now, location-based mobile tariffs
• Brokerages remain resilient in Sept quarter
• Double-digit growth by next year: Nasscom
• Alcatel-Lucent offers to match Huawei’s price for BSNL deal
• Rupee to vacillate sideways
• Impose ceiling on banks’ exposure to interest rate futures
• Fretting about growth decimal points

Headlines(10/11/09)

• Institutions get a free hand in follow-on issue pricing
• UTI sponsors offload 6.5% stake each
• Tata Steel forms joint venture with 2 Canadian firms for ore project
• Niche bike makers Harley-Davidson, Ducati to ride into Indian market
• Marketmen welcome removal of cap for FPOs
• L&T bags Rs 1,635-cr order from M.P. power co
• ‘Data, video services to see dramatic growth’
• Shipping companies to pay more for insurance
• Faltering coal output may leave power projects stranded

Headlines(09/11/09)

• PM bets on domestic demand to spur growth
• ONGC may be allowed to sell C-series field gas at $4.75
• Ad spends outpace sales growth for FMCG cos
• Wal-Mart looking to open 40 more stores: Sharma
• Bid soon for Rs 5,000-cr mega highway project
• Is it the right time to purchase gold?
• Per-employee revenues, profits rise in IT firms
• Complex issue of capital controls
• Comex gold may correct lower
• Gold retains potential as safe investment haven
• Profit-booking may push indices downwards
• More teeth and byte to IT law

Headlines(07/11/09)

• SBI cuts deposit rates on slow credit, liquidity glut
• BSNL too offers per second billing
• Windows 7 to be available off the shelf soon
• India-focused ETFs on the rise in US
• 3.4 million apply for 11,000 clerical vacancies in SBI!
• Asset bubbles to exit recessions?
• SBI told to stop buyouts within group
• Govt staff pension funds to hike equity investments by this fiscal
• Hotel sector hopes the worst is over
• Patni Computer plans $200-400 m acquisition
• Govt can’t help Price Waterhouse on class-action suits in US: Khursheed

Headlines(06/11/09)

• Directive on PSU listing opens disinvestment tap
• Govt raises wheat MSP by Rs 20 over 2008-09 crop
• GVK Power to buy Zurich’s 12% stake in Bangalore Airport co
• Morgan Stanley shores up Indiabulls Power buying 21 lakh shares
• Sudha Murty raises Rs 440 cr for Catamaran
• Maytas Infra bags Rs 790-cr order
• Inflation surges 8.94% for primary articles
• Retailers keep up sales growth
• Madras SE-NSE tie-up takes off with 10 listings
• CD rates likely to plunge as credit growth remains low
• Realty cos: Slow build-up in sales, even as profits deconstruct

Headlines(05/11/09)

• 24% fall in indirect tax revenues worries Govt
• Judge recuses from Reliance case
• PM’s advisory panel ‘surprised’ by Ministry’s kharif estimates
• RCF forays into cement distribution
• TVS Shriram Growth Fund picks up 25% in Landmark
• ArcelorMittal eyes alternative sites for plants
• Phone subscriber base crosses 500-m mark
• New premium likely to see less equity exposure
• Banks’ profit growth moderates in Sept quarter
• Godrej Properties IPO in two months: Adi Godrej
• Digital media players on consolidation mode

Headlines(04/11/09)

• Sensex nosedives 491 points on global cues, FII selling
• No plans to curb capital inflows for now: Pranab
• RBI buys 200 tonnes of gold from IMF
• L&T bags Rs 6,900-cr order
• Sensex sheds 2000 in post-Diwali blues
• Cognizant Q3 net income rises 22% on strong organic growth
• No immediate plan to exit fiscal stimulus: Pranab
• SBI to review special home loan scheme on Nov 5
• Britannia bets big on small packs
• Airlines flying in losses on discounted fares
•  Rupee decline to continue

Headlines(03/11/09)

• Wheat prices surge on open sale move by Govt
• ISPs dial up competition panel on Net telephony
• Rating raises credit flows to small, micro units
• Diwali provides the bang to vehicle sales in October
• Dubai MFs eye India
• Next year’s blockbusters may be IPL matches
• IT majors go to ECGC for credit risk insurance cover
• No cartelisation in cement sector: Vinita Singhania
• Basmati trade flounders on default by Iran buyers
• Financial services’ share in revenues of IT cos rises
• Wipro explores non-linear initiatives to boost growth

Headlines(01/11/09)

• India Inc manages to make profits on lower sales in Q2
• SBI net rises 10% to Rs 2,490 cr on non-interest income spike
• Cos may have to separate posts of Chairman, CEO
• Hind Unilever net down 21.6% on forex loss, rejig
• PowerGrid plans Rs 3,000-cr follow-on offer in April/May
• Index Outlook: The long-awaited correction
• RCom net halves to Rs 740 cr on provisions for forex losses
• Why Bajaj Hindusthan is interested in Balrampur Chini

Headlines(02/11/09)

• Private sector hikes wage bill, but cautiously
• Centre may auction captive coal blocks
• Pusa-1121 prices crash on bumper crop
• New provision cover norms to cost banks dear
• Wooing talent with paid internships
• Clean coal tech gets leg-up from oil cos
• No Boeing deliveries to India till end-2010
• Shipping cos’ Q2 net sinks, as freight market remains damp
• Weak trend persists in L&T
• Gold futures to correct lower
• Gold vulnerable to further profit taking in short term