Weekly roundup

COMPANIES

• Maruti to launch new Grand Vitara
• Maruti targets rural India for sales
• Honda to position small car in premium segment
• Spentex acquires Czech firm for $25 mn
• Bajaj June bike sales decline 12 per cent
• Jet Airways in talks with PE players for selling stake in Jetlite
• Tata Steel out of biding for Vietnam steel firm
• Airtel, RCoM DTH to enter broadband
• Exports of top 3 IT majors stand at $9 bn; survey

• AP to fight for its share in natural gas find
• India, Kuwait sign aviation deal

• ICICI Bank approves $200 million credit to Videocon
• RBI to lend $5bn to govt infra arm

• US, S Korea sign free-trade pact
• Chinese asks US to revoke seafood ban