COMPANIES

• BSNL to cut GSM tender by half
• TCS consolidated net rises 36 pc in Q1
• RCom acquires US data communications company
• Reliance Retail to open 30 new Reliance Fresh stores in Mumbai this month
• HUL declares lock out at Doom Dooma plant
• TVS begins operations in Indonesia
• Infosys to buy Philips Global's finance BPO
• 65 per cent work completed at RPL Jamnagar refinery
• Lanco gest projects worth Rs1,006-cr
• Ashok Leyland forms JV with Siemens Automotive
• MTNL gets Rs1,462 cr refund from IT dept

• Consumer confidence index high in India
• Hydrogen energy to be available in India by 2020

• Stanchart, ILFS to raise $1bn from infrastructure private equity (PE) fund
• Credit Suisse Singapore, Macquarie Bank invest in Sical Logistics
• Sundaram BNP Paribas launches Global Advantage fund
• JM Mutual launches Contra Fund
• IVR Prime IPO price band fixed at Rs510-600 per share
• Zylog's IPO to raise Rs126 cr

• Rupee gains
• Indian Bank sees slight fall in margins
• Indian economy to grow at 9 pc, inflation at 4 pc
• PNB insurance foray may be stalled

• RBS raises offer for ABN Amro
• Vodafone refutes Verizon bid rumour