Market Roundup

• CSE report on colas trashed by government panel
• Sanyo looks at local manufacture of refrigerators
• Qualcomm in efforts to lower cost of handsets
• HLL seeks placement for food division employees in Bangalore
• Tata Motors to roll out small car from WB plant in 2008
• IFC plans to invest $500mn in India
• Goodyear India targets sales of Rs1,000-crore this fiscal
• Sterlite to sell power transmission line biz

• 46 SEZs get approval
• World Bank approves health projects after investigations
• Sri Lanka allows Indian food imports to Jaffna

• Rupee declines against dollar
• Tata Motors to spin off auto finance arm
• PNB offers insurance to home loan borrowers
• Bharti AXA Life flags off insurance biz
• UTI Bank offers debit card for SMEs

• KEW Ind to enter capital markets
• SEBI shifts 15 scrips to rolling segment
• US private equity fund acquires 50 per cent stake in IT park company
• Endurance raises funds worth Rs150-cr from Standard Chartered equity arm
• Network to raise Rs25-cr via securities
• Gontermann draws up Rs40-cr expansion plan
• Madhucon Projects to hike FII limit to 40 pc
• L&T issues shares upon FCCB conversion
• Hotel Leela's shareholders approve stock split

• Microsoft files lawsuits against "cybersquatters"
• Survey: Blair's foreign policy has made Britain target of attacks

• IMF chief economist, Raghuram Rajan, resigns
• Manoranjan Mohapatra appointed president, Flextronics
• Sify portal gets new president