Stocks in news:

• Board meetings:
  Ansal Housing on issue of shares / convertible warrants on preferential basis
  Century Plyboards to consider split of FV of shares from Rs 10 to Re 1
  AMD Metplast on issue of warrants on preferential basis
  SSI audited results for Q4 & year ended Sep
• First on CNBC-TV18
  Sterlite-Morgan Stanley Emerge As Front Runners For IFCI Stake Sale: Sources
  Shinsei Bk, PNB & JC Flowers Consortium Left Behind In Race:Srcs
  Cargill Fin & Texas Pacific Left Behind In Race: Sources
  Shinsei, PNB & JC Flower Bid In Range Of Rs 80- 85/sh
  Cargill & Texas Bid Below Rs 80/sh
  Sterlite-Morgan Stanley Bid Between Rs 90-100/sh
• Indian ADRs:
  Sterlite, VSNL down 10%, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank down 8%, Tata Motors, Satyam down 5.5%, MTNL down 6%
• NSE F&O curb update
  New in curb:  IFCI
  Already in curb: Adlabs, Alok Industries, Essar Oil, Gitanjali Gems, Nagar Fert, Neyveli, Power Grid, Rajesh Exports
  Out of curb: Bongaigaon, GMR Infra Hotel Leela, MRPL, TTML
• QIBs may have to fork out 100% upfront margin money while bidding for shares in IPO - ET
• NYSE, Nymex keen on stake in MCX - ET
• HDIL plans entertainment foray, to invest Rs 1000 cr to set up 150 theaters - ET
• Jubilant, Hikal drop out of race to buy Pfizer's Ireland unit - ET
• Videocon renews Daewoo bid, keen on Korean firm if price is reasonable - Agencies
• Indiabulls Financial to foray into insurance, to announce a JV with a global player in next few days - BS
• United Phosphorus board meet on Dec 20 on transfer of Haldia Division of subsidiary SWAL Corporation
• Modern India board approves splitting FV of shares from Rs 10 to Rs 2
• India Infoline board meet on Dec 24 on
  Preferential allotment of shares / convertible instruments
  Raising of capital in subsidiaries
• Zicom Electronic board meet on Dec 20 issue of warrants on preferential basis
• Rel Com acquires telecom license in Uganda; to offer GSM services; total investment $200 m
• India Infoline board approves
  Sponsoring mutual fund & setting up Asset Management Company
  Increasing limits for investments / loans up to Rs 2,000 cr
• Shiv Vani Oil bags contracts from Oil India for charter hire of 4 rigs for Rs 261 cr
• Govt may ease FDI in retail on condition that a large organised industry would not hurt standalone small retailers - HT
• Tata Project to buy Artson Eng, BIFR order for taking stake expected in a fortnight - DNA
• BPL's coal based power plant at Ramagaundam set for implementation with project size going up from 520MW to 600 MW - BL