Stocks in news:

• Results today:
  Empee Distilleries audited for year ended Sep
• Board meetings:
  Dish TV board to consider capital infusion via preferential allotment
  Parekh Aluminex on QIB issue; preferential issue to select investors
  Blue Star on purchase of a business
• FII registration set to top all-time high
  180 entities have come in so far, 46 after new P-note norm
• Shree Digvijay Cement comes out of purview of BIFR
• Portuguese co to buy out Grasim in Digvijay cement - ET
• NSE bars further F&O positions in Arvind Mills, Nagar Fert, & Bongaigaon as 95% of marketwide limit reached, Still in NSE F&O curb:
• Essar Oil, IFCI, Rajesh Exports, Adlabs Films
• BGR Energy IPO opens today; offer of 91.36 lakh shares; price band Rs 425-480
• FIIs need RBI nod to buy further shares of Bhagwati Banquets as their holding reaches 22% limit
• Ashok Leyland says:
  Leyland-Nissan unit likely in Uttarakhand, Andhra or TN
  New Uttarakhand plant to start ops by 2008-end
  To decide Nissan JV plant site in 3 weeks
• Tata Tele demands that GSM mobile firms surrender excess spectrum; rejects DoT's possible package to end stalemate - PTI
• GSM players’ proposal - BS
  Trai recommendation not acceptable, but a 25% increase from current base acceptable
  Can auction, but 12.2MHz for metros
• Exclusive: Sources say
  Ford Management To Meet 3 Bidders Over Next 2-3 Weeks
  All Bidders Keen On Acquiring 100% Stake, Ford Union Wants Ford To Retain 20% Stake
• Praful Patel says:
  Air India IPO Likely In 2nd Half Of '08, Govt May Divest 10-15% In Air India Via IPO
  In Long-term, FDI Cap In Aviation Has To Go; Merged Air-Deccan, Kingfisher can fly abroad
• Gammon board meet on Dec 12 to consider issue of convertible warrants to promoters on preferential basis
• BL Kashyap plans to divest stake in real estate subsidiary Soul Space Projects
• Gulf investors buy 18% in Parekh Aluminex - ET
• Medicines may get cheaper, Govt plans to cap trade margins - ET
• Nitin Fire to buy 40% in Dubai Co - ET
• Jacob Cap, JM financial eye 10% in Sayaji hotel - ET
• Open access norms in power sector by Jan - ET
• M&M looks for bargain basement buys in US - DNA
• Alok Ind to place 20% of realty unit with PE firms - DNA
• Cement price seen rising in Jan: Rs 5/bag hike in western markets already - DNA
• Phoenix Mills closes in on buying majority stake in Indore’s mall developer Ent world developers for around Rs 450 cr - HT
• GMR plans to bid for Prague airport project - TOI
• Multi brand retail may see FDI soon - FE
• Subhiksha defers IPO indefinitely; has cash for expansion - Mint
• Govt may raise investment into infrastructure to 9% of GDP from 5% - Agency
• Bajaj Auto open to take majority stake in Austria’s sports bike maker; already has 18% stake in co - BL
• Indo Asian Fusegear:
  Forays into cables & wires manufacturing business
  To set up new subsidiary with investment of Rs 100 cr
• UTI MF to file papers with SEBI for IPO mid-Dec: NW18