COMPANIES

• M&M net profit rises 146 pc in second quarter
• Carrier to merge Indian subsidiaries
• Output unaffected: Reliance Ind
• Flextronics name changed to Aricent
• UB Group plans to source Scotch
• Maruti Suzuki emerges most favoured co in JD Power survey
• iGATE on recruitment spree
• Wipro to acquire two companies
• Maruti Udyog Q2 net rises 40 per cent on small car sales
• Shipping Corporation Q2 net soars 114 pc

• 'SEZ should be avenues to growth'
• India, China dominate global carbon market
• Spain to explore biz avenues in India
• Nymex crude rules steady around $60/bl
  

• Rupee gains
• IIFC, IL&FS enter into pact
• ICICI Bank ties up with car rental company Sixt
• Banking tie-up may share payment modes
• Corpn Bank net up 20 pc
• Andhra Bank Q2 net up to Rs146.4-cr
• Capgemini acquires Kanbay for $1.25bn
• RBI may defer implementation of Basel II norms

• Upcoming IPOs
• SEBI Act may be amended
• GMR Ind may issue FCCBs to fund expansion

• French companies go on deal signing spree with China
• Ford to double auto components purchases from China
• MS profit up 11 pc