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    insight95in
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    * BANKS : Govt decides to double the limit of authorized capital in PSU banks to
    help some banks like OBC, Syndicate Bank & UCO Bank to raise funds, which hv
    been constrained so far because of the limit

    * INFOSYS : CFO denies co looking at acquiring European IT firm Ciber Novasoft

    * RELIANCE IND : Sinopec & TPG weigh a joint bid for LyondellBasell..
    seperately S&P says limited benefits for Co if bid for LyondellBasell succeeds

    * UNITECH : plans to raise $700mn via FCCBs.. seeks Govt nod for the issue

    * SATYAM : the Central Bureau of Investigation finds evidence of an additional
    Rs47bn corporate fraud in the co, perpetrated by its erstwhile promoters

    * EXIDE INDUSTRIES : mgt says sales to remain low & no expectation of growth in
    sales of batteries for heavy commercial vehicles in Q3

    * GUJARAT FLUOROCHEM : plans to invest Rs 5bn for doubling existing capacity to
    meet increased demand from dom and intln mkts

    * ACKRUTI CITY : plans to set up Rs 3bn textile park to be completed in a year

    * BAJAJ HINDUSTAN : Jt MD says prodn shortfall in India could push sugar prices
    higher by 36% to 30 cents/pound, a 29 yr high

    * MPHASIS : PAT Rs 9.09bn for yr ending Oct'09, Rev Rs 43.09bn

    Corporate News – Industry trends

    * The man who spearheaded the Satyam fraud, which had rocked the
    corporate world early this year, was booked by the CBI for allegedly
    accepting bribe; The country’s premier investigating agency has taken
    into custody R Vasudevan, the acting chairman of the Company Law
    Board, for allegedly accepting Rs 7 lakh from a company secretary
    whose case is being heard by the board (BS)

    * Infosys Technologies, the country’s second largest IT services
    company, is actively looking at acquiring companies in the consulting
    and healthcare spaces in the range of US$400-500 mn (BS)

    * Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd said it has bagged an Rs 56bn contract
    from an arm of Jaiprakash Associates for setting up a thermal power
    plant in Uttar Pradesh (BL)

    * Reliance Industries has reopened about two-thirds of its 1,432
    petrol pumps in the country and is selling about 2,000 kilolitres of auto
    fuel per day, RIL president-refinery business P Raghavendran said (BS)

    * Bhushan Steel may look at doing a JSW Steel-JFElike deal with
    Japan’s Sumitomo Metal Industries; Sources said Bhushan might
    explore offloading around 2.1 mn shares of its 42 mn shares to
    Sumitomo. This was in addition to the joint venture opportunity being
    explored for the six mn-tonne Bengal steel project (BS)

    * The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) has
    recommended approving Gucci’s plans to pick-up 51 % stake in Luxury
    Goods Retail Ltd, under single brand retail (BL)

    * Unitech will raise US$700 mn through FCCBs; the company has
    sought approval from the Department of Industrial Policy and Planning
    (DIPP) and the Reserve Bank of India to raise the fund through
    convertible instruments (ET)

    * Hindalco Industries has raised US$600 mn by selling shares to
    institutional investors. The issue that was launched on Monday, diluted
    Hindalco’s equity capital by 11% and pared down the promoter
    shareholding (ET)

    * JSW Steel, which last week tied up with Japanese steel giant JFE for
    technology, may sell as much as 40% in its upcoming 10-million tonne
    steel unit in West Bengal to its overseas partner (ET)

    * Sun TV Network Ltd, announced tariff revision for its flagship
    channel Sun TV; On the basis of its “sustained viewership and
    consistent higher ratings for its serials,” the company has increased its
    advertising rates by 9% to 33%, says a press release from the
    company (BL)

    * Mumbai-based real estate developer Ackruti City plans to set up an
    Rs 3bn textile park on 60 acres in suburban Biwandi near here (BL)

    * To promote traffic of automobiles through the railways, its
    ministry is considering 15 automobile hubs to be set up on PPP across
    the country; the railways would provide land for constructing the hubs
    and the facilities would be set up by private sector players. These auto
    hubs would not only serve as vendor parks, but also have assembling
    units where components can be put together before cars are
    transported to sales centers (BS)

    Economic/Regulatory development

    * PRIME Minister Manmohan Singh and US President Barack
    Obama attempted to give new impetus to the strategic relationship
    and push forward ties in several key areas from climate change to
    counter-terrorism; “I believe relations between India and US will be
    the defining moment of the 21st century,” said Mr Obama at a joint
    press conference after the talks (ET)

    * THE auction of 3G spectrum, vital for high-end services such as
    ultra-fast internet on mobile, which is slated to begin on January 14, is
    likely to be deferred by a ‘few weeks’, as the DoT and the defence
    ministry will require more time to coordinate and assign the airwaves
    vacated by the armed forces (ET)

    International trends

    * The US economy grew more slowly than first thought in the
    third quarter, but house prices rose for the fifth month in September
    and US consumer confidence was up in November in data published on
    Thursday, suggesting a slow economic recovery is still intact (BS)

    * Lloyds Banking Group Plc, the UK’s biggest mortgage lender, plans
    to raise a record 13.5 bn pounds in the country’s biggest rights
    offering, selling shares at a 59.5% discount. The bank gained in
    London trading (BS)

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    priya0710
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    Sensex, nifty and bank nifty closed on a positive note today where sensex was up by 348 points. To earn good returns from stock market it is required to learn about market updates timely.

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