Market Roundup

COMPANIES

• TCS Q2 consolidated net up 43 per cent at Rs1,019-cr
• HCL consolidated net rises 45.1 per cent
• Geometric Q2 consolidated net rises 200 per cent
• GAIL led consortium to invest Rs1,1250-cr for CBM blocks
• Piramal ties up with French company to develop chikungunya medicine
• Tata Steel may pick up 20 per cent in Corus for $1.5bn
• RIL to begin retailing ATF at 25 airports
• Wanbury acquires Spanish pharma co
• IVRCL bags Rs329-cr orders
• Provogue India enters into JV with Liberty Intl
• Tata Motors to sell cars in Ghana
• Zensar's PAT soars 175 per cent to Rs12.09-cr

• India received less than 1 pc of global FDI: UNCTAD
• Government to amend Telegraph Act
• SC questions basis of arriving at 27 per cent quotas for OBCs
• Panel set up on pvt sector quota
  

• Rupee gains
• Govt announces issue of Rs5,000-cr worth oil bonds at 8.13 pc
• RBI makes realty lending norms stricter
• BNP Paribas infuses Rs290-cr in local arm
• JM Financial Q2 net up
• Bank of Rajasthan hikes deposit rates
• Indian Bank, OBC, Corp Bank & IIFC sign agreement

• Oil India may float Rs1300-cr IPO
• CCEA approves package for small enterprises
• Norms for pre-IPO placements made tougher
• Indiabulls plans demerger of financial services business
• BSE m-cap higher than GDP
• LMW to split shares
• Calsoft offers 5.5 lakh shares to Inatech
• Angel Broking to place equity with financial partner

• Asian countries unable to reduce poverty: ADB, UN agencies
• Crude oil begins ascent as cold weather sets in US

• SBI reshuffles top brass
• Google India appoints Prasad Ram as CTO