Wednesday, June 4, 2008

United Airlines said Wednesday that it's cutting up to 1,100 more jobs

Service sector growth moderates in May

Xilinx to cut 7% of work force

USA economy

U.S. May ISM services index stays above key 50% level

U.S. May ISM services index 51.7% vs 52.0 April

Energy sector down ahead of inventories data (tomorrow)

U.S. stocks attempt to recover from three days of losses

Financial stocks slide in early action

Companies in the U.S. private sector added 40,000 jobs in May, according to the ADP employment report

U.S. Q1 productivity revised up to 2.6% vs. 2.3% prev

news

SRF announced an open offer to buy back about 4.38 million shares worth Rs 700 million

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) bags order from BHEL for supply of main power equipment for a proposed 1,600 mw power project in Andhra Pradesh

stock

Shri Dinesh Mills board to consider stock split, dividend .

Jindal Steel arm bags 2,640 MW power project

AIA Engg. board approves 1:5 stock split

Fuel price hike: Petrol up Rs 5 a litre; Diesel up Rs 3 a litre ,LPG have been hiked by Rs 50 per cylinder

National Aluminium Company (Nalco) reduced prices of its rolled products by Rs 3,500 per ton

General Motors to shut down 4 North American plants

Deep Industries bags Rs 143 mn order from RIL

Aksh Optifibre inked an agreement with BSNL, world`s seventh largest telecom company in the world, to provide Interactive Personalized Television (IPTV) services


NMDC has entered into an MoU with Spice Minerals and Metals to form 50:50 joint venture (JV) company namely `NMDC Spice International`,

Spice Communications, may consider acquiring the stake of Telekom Malaysia

Deepak Fertilisers to foray into contract mining

Mudra to build Rs 3-bn spandex yarn unit at Silvassa

GMR Industries is investing about Rs 8 billion to set up sugar mills in Karnataka

Hanung Toys and Textiles is planning to acquire three overseas companies through deals worth USD 30 million

Suzlon Energy is among six others who have signed an agreement with the US government to help the world`s biggest economy generate 20% of its electricty using wind power by 2030

Ispat Industries will buy a 40% stake each in three overseas mines of Global Steel Holdings,Global Steel owns 70% stakes in iron ore mine in Brazil and two coal mines in Columbia and Mozambique

india stock news

First Winner Industries` Rs 715 mn IPO on June 9 ,Mumbai based company engaged in the business of trading of textile fabric and manufacturing of grey fabric

India`s natural rubber production up 27% in May`08

Fitch places Reliance Infrastructure on Negative Watch

Infosys Technologies to set up Research Center at USC in US

Govt. withdraws custom duty on crude to curb the rising prices

Essar eyes Pakistani energy, steel, shipping sectors

Ipca Lab receive US FDA approval for Propranolol Hydrochloride tablets

Compucom Software bags Rs 1.42 bn worth project from Rajasthan govt

USA economy

MBA's purchase index fell 5.4 percent in the May 30 week to a very low 333.6 though the four-week average isn't quite as low at 354.3.

Challenger's job cut count totals 103,522 in May, up from April's 90,015

Global Economy

U.K. consumer confidence falls to four-year low in May

India raises fuel prices, cuts tax on crude oil imports

Homebuilders fell in London on Wednesday after UBS analysts said that they believe house prices in the U.K. could decline by between 15% to 20%,

U.K. May services PMI falls more than expected