Weekly Roundup

COMPANIES

• Jet Airways set to fly to US, Canada
• ITC farm retail ops to begin by mid 2007
• Orascom Hutch talks fail
• ONGC-Hinduja JV off
• TCS gets $35mn Eli Lilly contract
• Gujarat farmers file PIL in SC against RIL over SEZ
• British Telecom readies for India entry
• Pepsico India looks to sell salt
• Pfizer settles trade margin issue with pharma dealers in Maharashtra
• Rajasthan Spinning to expand capacity
• Reliance cuts retail fuel prices
• HZL cuts zinc, lead prices
• Provogue India to offload shares in subsidiary
• Forbes Gokak to consider biz restructuring

• Govt plans Rs7,000-cr investment in deep-sea port off Bengal
• Global oil prices expected to rise again
• Gujarat first state in India to electrify all villages
  

• Banks ask RBI to relax pass book stipulation
• PNB raises interest rates by 0.25-0.50 per cent

• Moody`s approves 3-year lock-in of ICRA stake
• Primacy may be given to hedge funds following disclosure norms
• LSE, BSE may tie-up, plan cross-listing
• IPOs fail Crisil grading test
• NCDEX to start 100 gm gold mini contract
• Gold soars
• Base metals fall on global trends
• Garware Offshore to consider interim, expansion

• Motorola to acquire Good Technology

• Chadha appointed GM of PepsiCo India, Bakshi to head Asia ops
• TCL shuffles management
• Damian to head Terapia-Ranbaxy