COMPANIES

• Rel Comm comes into profitability; Q2 net at Rs702-cr
• Spanish Court holds Pfizer's atorvastatin patents invalid
• Paras Pharma gets $12mn in venture capital funding
• Deccan Aviation registers Rs42.94-cr Q1 loss
• Tata Motors net rises 31 per cent to Rs442-cr
• Jagran net soars 135 pc
• Tatas' Corus buyout to be completed by mid-January
• ITC Q2 net up 18 pc
• Asian Paints Q2 net up 27 pc
• Madras Cements Q2 rises four times
• Ashok Leyland to set up unit in Uttaranchal
• Orchid, Swedish co sign pact

• TN, South Australia sign sister-state agreement
• RBI upbeat on growth of economy
• Textile ministry pitches SEZ-like benefits
• Wheat MSP raised by Rs100
  

• SBI Q2 consolidated net profit up 9 pc to Rs1734-cr
• SBI MD sees upward bias in interest rates
• Rabo India may enter derivatives, debt syndication areas
• Insurance cos to be allowed to invest in SEZs

• Tata Motors to raise $300mn through ECBs

• Jobless rate rises in Japan
• Schneider buys out APC in $6.1bn deal

• AMD appoints Alok Ohrie as MD