Market Roundup

COMPANIES

• TCS obtains $100mn deal from Kimberly-Clark
• TV18 Group buys Crisil MarketWire
• Carrier India hikes AC prices
• Indo Tech bags new orders
• Zydus Cadila files new drug application obesity drug
• Grasim signs agreement to set up cement project in Orissa
• HCL Tech signs JV with Canada's Celestica
• Garware Offshore submits bid with ONGC for building vessel
• Tata Sons readies for Corus, sells TCS stake
• Carraro gung-ho on India; plans Rs85-cr capex
• RNIL to raise its steel making capacity to 16mt
• BSNL slashes local, STD call charges from its PCOs
• ONGC Videsh finds oil in Iran Block
• Ford to set up diesel engine plant in India
• United Phosphorus to acquire Europe co

• Government to formulate new policy on iron ore export
• India, China boost Africa's growth, says World Bank
• Edible oil imports down 14 pc in 2005-06
  

• Rupee declines
• Priority sector lending up 33.7 pc in 2005-06
• Tatas to enter banking infrastructure biz
• ICICI Bank earmarks Rs1,000-cr to fund biotech sector
• LIC achieves 178 pc rise in premium collection
• Rabo India Finance becomes public limited company

• Panoramic Universal to float $15mn GDR issue
• HT Media shareholders consider stock split
• Shrenuj gets shareholders approval for amalgamation
• Dr Reddy's to offer 13.5 million ADS
• HDFC starts operations in United Kingdom
• Crayon Capital to launch Rs40-cr art fund
• Standard Chartered MF launches arbitrage fund
• DLF IPO likely to go ahead as shareholder dispute resolved
• Templeton to acquire Rahejas stake in AMC

• Vodafone Yahoo signs mobile ad deal
• Clariant to cut 2,200 Europe jobs

• George Soros on India visit next month