Market Roundup

• Tata Steel wins Corus bid
• Tata Steel net up 41 pc at Rs1,064 crore
• Novartis challenges Patents Act provision
• Sun TV posts 49.79 pc rise in PAT
• Volvo, Jaico plan bus manufacturing facility in Bangalore
• Suprajit Engg ties up with Korean co
• Blackstone eyes stake in NDTV company
• Hyundai hikes prices by 1-1.5 pc
• Wipro plans more acquisitions
• MS launches Vista, 2007 Office

• UP, Bihar to increase focus on tech education
• India committed to successful WTO talks: FM
• S&P upgrades India's rating to investment grade

• Uco Bank to sell NPAs worth 50 crore this fiscal

• Actis to set up $300-m realty fund
• S&P upgrades six banks, 3 companies
• Oriental Trimex IPO to open on Feb 8
• No change in MphasiS open offer price
• Essar Oil board approves delisting

• Icahn seeks place on Motorola board
• Sony Q3 profit falls

• Gary Davies appointed Applabs' Europe business development head
• Sundaram Alliance promotes Antony Jacob
• Sanjay Kumar appointed CCO Indigo Airline