Market Roundup

COMPANIES

• ECS overrules DGH, allots blocks to ONGC
• Tata Steel may increase bid price for Corus
• Siemens Q4 net rises 31 pc
• Essar Steel, Sinosteel to set up plants
• Simbhaoli Sugar to expand capacity
• Gemini Comm to set up RFID unit near Chennai
• Aircel to enter Bihar, HP by year-end
• Swiss firm acquires 26 pc in Race Tech
• VSNL to give access to landing station to all operators
• United Phosphorus buys DowAgro's propanil
• Microsoft acquires 10 pc in TCS China

• Another `Panchsheel' signed between India, China
• India telecom growth expected to continue: Fitch
• India Inc tells China to reciprocate by relaxing rules
• CCEA approves $1 billion FDI in realty
  

• Rupee gains
• SBI starts online trading
• HSBC pushes case for modern property registration system
• PNB to foray into credit cards
• 75 pc of banks not ready for Basel II: KPMG
• ICICI Bank signs pact with Canadian agency

• Sebi lays out new delisting norms
• Cairn raises Rs3,700-cr in pre-IPO floatation
• IPOs of three power PSUs get approval from CCEA
• Bharat Earth Movers plans public issue
• Firstsource files for IPO
• Oriental Bank to offer online share trading in tie-up with IL&FS Investsmart
• HDFC Bank allowed to open DP a/cs
• SEBI to announce qualification norms for MF distributors
• LIC Mutual introduces India Vision fund
• FIIs' investment in Yes Bank

• Euronext plans merger with NYSE
• Microsoft files revised antitrust documents with EU