Market Roundup

GENERAL

• Bangladesh keen to get on board India-Myanmar gas pipeline
• WTO talks: Nath says India will not cross certain 'laxman rekhas' on agriculture
• FICCI signs MoU with Tajikistan chamber

• Rupee in range - securities steady
• Securities resale norms relaxed
• RBI's Technical Advisory Committee on monetary policy meets
• 91 and 364 day T-bill auctions fully subscribed
• RBI's technology vision document asks banks to focus on rural areas
• LIC dominates single premium policies in FY05
• PNB to offer 12-hour banking at all centralised branches
• SIDBI, IL&FS tie up to develop textile parks
• Tata AIG's mobile service for insurance claims
  

MARKETS

• Ramasubramaniam appointed ED, Product Development, at Ashok Leyland
• Bharti Tele-Ventures haemorrhages - Reliance Infocomm soaks up

• Corporate America brush off for China - Maytag and Unocal accept home bids
• China's GDP up 9.5 per cent for H1
• IBM reorganising its services division
• Counterfeit euro bills flood Europe
• Mobiles sales to reach a billion