Market Roundup

• Tata acquires Corus with 608 pence bid
• Tata Steel put on rating watch
• Govt 'ready to help'
• Sony Ericsson to set up manufacturing facility in TN
• Nagarjuna Construction net up 53 pc at Rs44.90 crore
• Kinetic to launch three products this fiscal
• PC sales at 3 mn units in H1, FY07
• ITC net up 24 pc
• Hero Honda net down
• Ashok Leyland posts two fold rise in profit
• Reliance Communications net triples

• IT services exports touch $24 billion
• DTH, VSAT operations face block from security agencies

• Rupee gains slightly
• RBI raises repo rate by 25 bps
• Home loans not to be affected for the present
• PNB float to cut Govt stake to 51 pc

• CLB approves Haldia Petro share allotment to IOC
• Benchmark AMC launches Gold Exchange Traded Fund
• Tata Mutual files for gold fund
• Corus buy: Tata stocks hammered
• Euro Ceramics plans to enter capital market
• Autoline lists at 16 pc premium on BSE
• Realty MFs to be close-ended; Sebi

• Fed leaves interest rates unchanged
• Google records doubling of profits
• Dell appoints Michael Dell as CEO