Market Roundup

COMPANIES

• Parliament passes Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2006
• Wipro buys CAD firm Quantech in all cash deal
• Assam Company picks 50 pc stake in Aussie O&G firm
• Lupin signs licensing deal with Italian firm
• BSNL, MTNL likely to settle dispute over NLD charges
• VSNL refutes USTR charges
• Outsourcing: TUs plan stir
• New logo for Anil Ambani group
• Aftek Q3 net up at Rs.26.1-cr
• Infosys in major global hiring initiative
• Suzlon to raise Rs5,000-cr overseas

GENERAL

• Cement firms drop prices for govt. projects
• Petro price war: solution soon
• Monsoon on time: Met
• Gold prices plunge
• Ficci survey: India Inc upbeat on economic conditions

• Tata MF launches Equity Management Fund
• Regional stock exchanges set for closure
• Zenith Birla files draft prospectus for offering of Rs.131-cr

• Global commodity prices tumble as speculators exit
• Global markets: US blue-chip stocks rise as oil prices dip three per cent
• Oil prices dive below US$70
• Carbon trading chaos in Europe
• Boeing in $615mn settlement with Justice Department