Market roundup

COMPANIES

• Core Technologies teams up with IBM for education solutions
  
• Mcleod Russel to invest Rs50 crore in bio-fuel JV
  
• BPCL's `In & Out' stores to sell Air Deccan tickets
  
• Jet Airways posts first quarter profit
  
• Deccan - Kingfisher want partner for MRO JV
  
• Tata Steel preference issue to fund Corus merger raised to Rs6,000 crore
  

• USAF takes 'war on terror' into cyberspace
• India's April-June fiscal deficit crosses 74 per cent of annual traget at Rs112,000 crore
• CRR hike: What bankers say
• RBI raises CRR to 7 per cent
• India ranks 17 among 23 Asia-Pacific economies in well-being
• China, India driving world economic growth, says IMF chief
• China's net steel exports expected to fall 60 per cent in 2007
• Air travel: Online booking has arrived
  
• Manufacturing remains growth engine: RBI
• US, Britain maintain optimism on global trade pact
  
• Bombardier delivers first Learjet 60 XR
  

• Tata Motors net rises 22.20 per cent at Rs466.75 crore
• Hindalco Industries Limited Q1 FY 2007-2008 results
• Tata Steel net up 29 per cent on better realisation of prices
  
• Titan Industries' quarter one net profit triples on sales growth of 48 per cent
• Other income boosts Sundram Fasteners' bottomline in Q1
  
• Cholamandalam DBS Finance increases revenues and profit
  
• Cumi's Q1 net drops despite increase in turnover

• Boeing says India will buy aircraft worth $86 billion over 20 years
  
• PPG buys Barloworld Coatings Australia
  
• Merck buys cardiac biotech start-up NovaCardia
  
• Genstar makes another grab for PRA
  
• VF on a shopping spree
  
• Private equity firm Fortress raises a $5-billion war chest
• News Corp hints at losing interest in bid for Dow Jones