Market Roundup

• M&M signs agreement with Renault for greenfield car plant
• Qantas Airways awards $142-million deal to TCS, Satyam
• Astra Microwave gets orders worth Rs 120 crore
• Hershey to enter India
• Gilette India sells Delhi office as part of restructuring
• Bajaj enters Indonesia
• Du Pont India looks at 25 per cent growth in turnover
• Merieux Alliance acquires Shantha Biotechnics
• NIIT to set up 100 centers, plans Rs 8 crore investment
• Rolls-Royce signs agreement with HAL
• Tata Motors commences in-factory trials of Rs 1-lakh car
• GAIL likely to acquire stake in Reliance gas fields
• ITC plans Rs 1,200 crore spend in WB
• NTPC to invest Rs 500 crore to boost coal mining to 60 mt

• US consulate slashes visa fees, promises interviews in one week
• JNPT slashes container handling charges
• India adds 4.7 mn GSM users in Oct
• Government approves proposed law on foreign funding
  

• Rupee gains on dollar inflows
• Govt approves restructuring of Central Bank capital
• Canara Bank may be rated `investment grade'

• Bajaj Allianz launches new unit-linked plan
• Crisil's ranks MFs
• Relistings
• Pantaloon IndIndustries to de-list
• Sebi considers amending norms of MF trusteeship
• Gold funds get clearance
• Gujarat NRE plans rights issue

• Bill Gates tells Russians not to compete with India
• Adidas slashes 2007 profit forecast

• NTPC appoints advisor
• KJ Jawa sales head of Voltas quits