Market Roundup

• Vodafone to invest $2-billion
• Nortel, Ericsson, Nokia awarded 4 million BSNL line deal
• Tatas to manufacture pick-up vehicle in Argentina
• Videocon to set up Rs6100 crore LCD facility in Italy
• Apollo to invest in tyre retreading plant in Haryana
• Airtel slashes domestic roaming charges
• Hindalco's Novelis buy fails to impress rating agencies
• I&B ministry sends notice to Nimbus over live feed
• Coke India posts 12 pc increase in volumes

• Government bans wheat exports
• Italy, India signs 11 MoUs; Prodi wants customs duties reduced

• Rupee gains
• Public sector banks raise lending rates
  

• Mitsubishi UFJ's brokerage arm opens India office
• Bank stocks hit after CRR hike
• MindTree public IPO oversubscribed 92.55 times
• AIG to start MF operations
• Cinemax lists at marginal premium
• Deutsche Borse acquires 5 pc holding in BSE for Rs189 crore

• Thousands of migrants to be deported from Britain
• Coca-Cola quarterly net profit falls on impairment charge
• Chrysler to cut 13,000 jobs

• IOB, OBC, Indian Bank to get new chiefs
• Analjit could hike stake in Hutch
• Ramki Sundaram appointed CFO Air Deccan
• Sharma to resign as ONGC CMD, to stay on as financial head