Weekly roundup

COMPANIES

• Mitsubishi to manufacture diesel engines at Bangalore
• Praful Patel wants PM's backing to acquire 60 more aircraft for AI-IA
• California Software completes majority stake acquisition in Aspire Communications
  
• Tata Motors could commence due diligence on Jaguar, Land Rover next week
• Renault and Bajaj confirm preliminary deliberations
  

• FM asks corporate houses to expand abroad through acquisitions
• India, US finalise nuclear cooperation agreement

• SBI first quarter '07-08 net vaults 79 per cent to Rs1,426 crore
• Grasim Q1 net profit up 54 per cent
• BPCL income up 6.5 per cent as rupee keeps rising
• RIL reports Q1 turnover of RS 29,493 crore

• Google ranked fastest growing brand: Interbrand survey
  
• Brazil claims victory against US cotton subsidies before WTO
  
• Ford reports $750 million profit
  
• Genstar to acquire contract drug manufacturer PRA for second time
  
• Wrangler set to acquire new jeans brand, ladies' activewear lines
• Boeing in titanium joint venture with Russia's VSMPO-Avisma
  
• After Intel, Cisco to invest $150-million stake in Vmware